A Czech game nominated for the “Gaming Oscar”












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            * A Czech game nominated for the “Gaming Oscar”
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            The game Attentat 1942, developed by Czech researchers, is currently competing in one of t

            prestigious competitions of the gaming industry, 2018 Independent Games Festival Awards [ 
            igf.com/article/2018-independent-games-festival-announces-main-competition-finalists"] . A
            nominated together with five other games from all over the world. The awards will be annou

            in San Francisco.
            “It’s a fantastic success, more than we were hoping for,” says Vít Šisler [ URL "https://u
            cs/o-ustavu/vyucujici/vit-sisler/"] of the Faculty of Arts at Charles University, the proj

            and chief designer of the game. “The nomination proves that computer games can be perfect 
            important stories.”

            “The IGF nomination is a dream feat – it’s like being nominated for Oscar or the Palme d’O
            I’m really happy that the IGF values a game developed in the Czech academic environment, w
            still a new subject in making,” said Jakub Gemrot of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physic

            University, the chief programmer of the game.
            Attentat 1942 tells the story of the Nazi occupation from the perspective of those who exp
            The game is built on film dialogues, interactive comics, and authentic footage. The charac

            stories are fictional but based on historical research and testimonies.
            “Behind every character, episode, personal document or item in the story, there’s profound
            resources and period documents,” says Marie Černá of the Institute of Contemporary History

            Sciences of the Czech Republic.
            Attentat 1942 [ URL "http://attentat1942.com/"] is based on the older game “Československo
            adding new gaming elements, enhanced graphics and English translation. The game was develo

            from the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University, tog
            representatives of the Institute of Contemporary History, Academy of Sciences of the Czech
            development was financially supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Technology Agency

            Republic. All proceedings are invested into science and research.
            iForum reported on the first successes of the game in late November 2017 [ URL "https://if
            IFORUM-16242.html"] .