Introduction to Video Game Design
Influences
A course by Arturo Monedero Alvaro , Video Game Designer
Joined July 2019
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Throughout my career I have met many artists: musicians, poets, photographers, actors and actresses, artisans ... That allowed me to create a network of contacts and expand my cultural knowledge to levels that I could not have imagined. As a result, our games have had mathematicians, music groups, actresses, graduates in Fine Arts and interior decorators, among many other disciplines. All of them have helped my cultural frontier to grow and they are all my references now. ”
In this video lesson Arturo Monedero Alvaro addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Video Game Design. Learn how to create a game design document, the first step to making your video game ideas come true.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. i'll discuss the various influences that have shaped my career path. Even as a child. i had clear sense of wanting to work in animation and gaming. Although gaming was initially just a hobby. i began exploring animation professionally from a very young age. Quite early on. i was working. drawing and coloring frames in films. The world of animation was always an important influence. One of these influences is in this book. which is about the film Totoro by Miyazaki and Studio Gimli. It was something fascinating to me. It was about finding narratives vastly distinct from what ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Video Game Design
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Areas
Game Design, Video Games

Arturo Monedero Alvaro
A course by Arturo Monedero Alvaro
Arturo Monedero is a video game designer from Bilbao (Spain) with over 20 years of experience. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and Interactive Sciences. He has worked in video games for all types of platforms, such as Los Delirios de Von Sottendorff for Nintendo 3DS; Los Ríos de Alice for Nintendo WiiU, Steam and iOS; and Kinito Ninja for iOS and Android.
He founded Delirium Studios more than 8 years ago, a videogame studio with which he has produced most of his works, as well as projects for commercial brands.
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