PlayCoo Product R&D Department Senior Game Designer CHENG, Ching-Lun (Priest)   R&D subsidiary PlayCoo has been producing games that did well in the market in recent years. From Lucent Heart to Divina, these games have won over countless players. What keeps these players coming back? The design team undoubtedly spent a great deal of effort on designing the game content. G!VOICE has invited the Cheng, Ching-lun ("Priest"), the lead designer for Divina, to share with everyone his experience with creativity in R&D.    G!VOICE：What is your source for creative inspiration in game development?  Priest： If we are talking about

Everyone wishes for boundless creativity at work or in their everyday life so they can constantly create something exciting in their life. But "creativity" doesn't grow on trees. You must spend time cultivating your concepts and building up your knowledge every day! So how do you learn about creative concepts? What databases can you draw on? G!VOICE has drawn up a list so your creativity can stand on the shoulders of giants!      Book Kashiwa Sato's Ultimate Method for Reaching the Essentials – Kashiwa Sato Japan's famous designer Kashiwa Sato tells us that creativity must be "organized" and

Gamania is renowned for its business acumen and many competitors have tried and failed to emulate its "out of the blue" creativity. How does Gamania's operations division go about being creative? What is their attitude toward creativity? G!VOICE invited Bea from GTW-GO1 to share their secrets with us. To our surprise, Bea told us right off the bat: There is no such thing as creativity that comes out of the blue. Creativity must be "cultivated"!   GTW-GO1 Senior Manager WANG, Lan-Chun (Bea)   G!VOICE: What does creativity mean to you? Bea： Any idea is creative if it is not

Creative Design Concept Design – WANG, Teng-Yu (Fish) The words "Creative Center" conjures up imagery of "creative" people hard at work coming up with answers to any question you might have. In reality, that's what happens. When G!VOICE asks tough questions about creativity, Fish, a concept designer with Creative Center, gives us answers that every creative worker should think carefully about.  G!VOICE: What does creativity mean to you? Fish： Something that is surprising, unusual and makes people jump.  G!VOICE: Where does your creativity come from? How does it take shape?Fish： I tend to be take bigger leaps in my

Brand CenterCreative Director WANG, Hsin-Hui (Xinhui)   Everyone inside and outside of Gamania has given high marks to the designs produced by the Brand Center. The creativity that produced these designs was however the result of solid preparation and research. So what techniques and concepts are involved? Xinhui, the Creative Director of the Brand Center, will now reveal them to you!    G!VOICE: What does creativity mean to you? Xinhui： I think creativity is about doing something that people find interesting. Not only must you find it to be interesting, other people must feel the same way as well.

There are many elements involved in organizing a successful game show. Once you get past the venue design, show girls and performances, what really matters is a wealth of greatly quality game content. The Gamania Game Show featured 4 MMO heavyweight titles and 9 SNS, Web Game and Mobile Game titles. The lineup not only demonstrated Gamania's strong, vibrant R&D capability and originality but also gave this rare expo on self-developed titles in Taiwan both depth and breadth. In keeping with the spirit of "a good show is worth sharing!", G!VOICE ventured deep into the GGS to bring Gamanians

Gamania is a conglomeration of dreams, converging dreams from CEO, Albert, fellow Gamanians and many others from the society. Founded for over a dozen years, Gamania has continuously received support and help from the outside over the years which prompted it to think about establishing an integrated and organized institution to give back to the society and to fulfill its corporate social responsibility. Hence in January 4th, 2008, Gamania officially founded, Gamania Cheer up Foundation. The Foundation believes that teenagers are the initiators of all dreams and the main force that drives our future world. However, in this age

（Source of picture: http://www.deviantart.com）   Revolution came from the Latin root Revolutio which means to turn direction or to change fundamentally.  Looking at uprisings from across nations in 2011, from Tunisian Revolution in North Africa, Egyptian Revolution to American citizens occupying Wall Street, the word “Revolution” is happening in all corners of the world.  Towards the end of this revolution year, G!VOICE deconstructed various meanings and aspects of revolution, taking Gamanians to learn the Spirit of Revolution that is ever relevant and innovative!   Speaking of revolution, the first thing that comes in mind is usually the image of political

Gama Bears inherit the spirit of pursuing glory from Gamania and never give up any battle. Though there were setbacks and failures, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going until the victory arrives. Gama Bears spirit can be easily observed from the logo and uniforms of every generation. Now, more products were launched while the spirit of Gama Bears keeps spreading. G!VOICE is going to show the identification, uniforms, and products of Gama Bears to all. Unique V-Shape as the Symbol of Victory The idea of fighting for battles and pursuing glory can be easily be found

"Two Tigers" Animation Company Goes Wild!  On September 9, an earth-shattering announcement was made at GGS: SOFA Studio CEO Yang Shao-chang and Gamania Chief Strategy Officer William Chen jointly announced that the two companies will set up a new joint venture: the "Two Tigers" animation company. With the backing from the top brands in gaming and animation, "Two Tigers" should prove to be well-night unstoppable in the future! The press conference also hosted the global premiere of Two Tigers' first 3D animation Jade Armor, winning the praise and acclaim of the global media in attendance with its mix of

A Bridge to the Global Media – PR Team The Public Relations (PR) team played a key role in the GGS as the liaison with the media around the world. Were there any interesting incidents during the process? What problems did they encounter with communication and coordination? Let's see what the PR staff have to say in their interviews with G!VOICE!  GUS – Yuwei Chang G!VOICE: What was the trickiest part of the talking with international game media? Yuwei: The media in America is easy to work with so there were problems there. Still, people were spread out all

If you, as a Gamanian who spends time with young consumers, do not understand the word “trendy”, a catchword of today’s youth, I'm afraid you will be or were already left behind. “G! VOICE” specially invited Shen Junwei, a veteran journalist who has worked for many years with trends, to explain in detail to Gamanians what “trendy” is and how the world is “trendy” via his profound observations.    The street culture of Uraharajuku gives rise to the trends that influence China Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and even the entire world. Image source: http://sleepwalkingintokyo.wordpress.com     To explain