A quick look at African game development

The amount of comments in this article pretty much indicate the amount of gamers found in that continent. I don't think the continent as a whole has adapted to technology yet.

Whoa.. Whoa! One of my best buddies is from South-Africa, and you would be surprised at the gamer he is.

For example, he actually defends his use of a MASSIVE CRT monitor (i'm talking 40-50 pound 19-incher), because it has a cleaner image than LCDs when playing games at below-native resolutions.

I ought to get him on here to defend gaming Africans everywhere. :P

They should make an MMORPG set in Nigeria. Instead of Gold Farming or leveling, you call people in another MMORPG (set in America) and tell them that they've won the lottery, or that you'd like to sell them dirty money at half the cost.

True, the level of game design in Africa isn't as high quality as in the US or Europe (yet). Don't count the African developers out quite yet though, I've been talking to a few of them and there are some interesting projects on the horizon.

Ignorance is a very funny thing. @ Zwarrior, I am now sure that stupidity and the universe are the only two unlimited things in this world...Africa hasn't adopted to technology yet? are you mad? I can tell you with all confidence that as far as technology goes there are places that compare very much with any where in the world..I can also tell you that there are places that have never experienced internet service in Africa, just like some parts of canada. You also have to understand the fact that most times, some people do not catch the internet and tyechnology bug not because they can't...but because they prefer not to..It makes their life simpler. Some people just want to fish or do thier handiwork and provide for their family. But you wouldnt know any of that now would you.. i bet u r having sleepless nights waiting for halo 3 and the iphone..lol. Know what you speak of before you actually speak of it.

I was going to let this past seeing as I missed this little factoid yesterday but then I realized I should say something. As a disclaimer, I am African American.

I might as well throw this in and reap whatever is to come.

Especially since many will have the same knee jerk reaction to my comments as I had to following a very suspicious link only to have them confirmed.

Africa as a continent is made of dark skinned people.

"White" people are not native to the country/continent. So, here you have "white" people continuing the long standing "white" domination of Africa. And now they have a blog where they assert how much they love Africa too and call it the "White African blog."

I guess this is to differentiate it from "black" Africans who were there long before "white" people showed up but don't have their own blog.

Continued arrogance and colonialism from "white" people over once sovereign tribes in Africa before being co-opted to the detriment of the native people by those same white people.

I'm sorry I clicked through to give this guy another web page visit.

#7, Aaron Walker, If you're against the White African board, shouldn't you also be against the NCAAP, BET, or any other African American groups that separate themselves from other Americans because of their Arican background? What's that word... it start with H and ends with ypocrit. And take your tin foil hat off, the blog isn't supporting white supremicy.


#6, I meant as a whole. Sure I bet there are many tech savvy Africans, but they are more of the exception than the rule. Until Microsoft builds the super affordable PCs, maybe then there will be a rise in interest in technology over there.

All the comments I've posted to this article refuse to show up - so in brief: The 'african computer gaming article' had no research done, and neglects to mention several large developers for Xbox and PS2.

There are quite a lot of South African game development either currently underway or in the process of building momentum.

There are two known South African sites you should stop and take a look at:

http://www.sagamedev.com
and
http://www.gamedotdev.co.za

Im the developer of http://www.sagamedev.com (South African Game Development), and the reach of the SAGD site is approaching an international level, since SAGD is well-ranked with other major gamedev sites.

That in itself should be starting proof that things are happening in South Africa and Africa as a whole.

Every country has its problems, but also its expertise.