Osaka Electro-Communication University will exhibit at “Tokyo Game Show 2024” from September 26th to 29th – Expanding the booth and exhibiting a total of 10 works, including 7 games that the entire school can participate in and play.
*Osaka Electro-Communication University Educational Corporation* Press release: September 20, 2024
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Osaka Electro-Communication University will exhibit at “Tokyo Game Show 2024″ from September 26th to 29th – Expanding the booth and exhibiting a total of 10 works, including 7 games that the entire school can participate in and play.
Scene from last year’s exhibition
Osaka Electro-Communication University (Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture, Shijonawate City/President: Kuninari Shioda) will be hosting the world’s largest university conference from September 26th (Thursday) to September 29th (Sunday) at Makuhari Messe (Mihama Ward, Chiba City). We will exhibit at the “Tokyo Game Show 2024”, a comprehensive digital game exhibition. This is the 15th time the university has participated in the exhibition, and this year they have expanded their booth. In addition to being able to try out the seven games that passed the internal screening, 2D/3D graphic works and video works will also be on display. Furthermore, students from the Department of Spatial Design in the School of Architecture and Design will design an exhibition booth, and student works from Osaka Electro-Communication University High School will also be exhibited, allowing the entire school to participate in the Tokyo Game Show.
* ■Points of this case*
・Exhibited the 15th game exhibition booth at “Tokyo Game Show” ・10 works that won the internal screening will be exhibited (all 7 games can be tried out)
・Introducing the latest information on esports projects
・Exhibiting a real-time competition booth with student VTubers ・Students majoring in spatial design designed the booth
・Student works from Osaka Electro-Communication University High School will be exhibited for the first time
* ■Summary of the matter*
The Department of Digital Games and the Department of Game & Media in the Faculty of Information Studies are the only departments in Japan that offer learning through games. These two departments have been exhibiting at the Tokyo Game Show since 2007, but this year, which marks the 15th time they have exhibited, there will be students from the Department of Information Studies, Faculty of Comprehensive Information Studies, Department of Spatial Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design, as well as students from Osaka
Electro-Communication University High School. will participate and exhibit as a whole school.
At the game exhibition booth, there was a 3D game created by students from the Faculty of Information Studies.
Seven works, including action games, VR games, and smartphone apps, that passed the internal screening were exhibited. There will be a real-time battle booth where you can try out all the games and have fun competing against student virtual livers (VTubers) who are active in the campus project “Den ch!”. In addition, 2D/3D graphic works and video works will also be exhibited. You can enjoy high-quality student works that have received high praise from the game industry. Also, this year, for the first time, works by students from Osaka Electro-Communication University High School will be exhibited. One team will be selected through an internal screening process and will exhibit their game work.
In addition, first-year students from the Department of Spatial Design, Faculty of Architecture and Design, which just opened in April 2024, designed an exhibition booth. The booth is designed to be bright and pop-like, allowing visitors to enjoy trying out the exhibited works.
-For members of the press-
This exhibition is an opportunity for the students who created the works to give explanations to visitors and receive direct feedback, providing a place to put our university’s practical education into practice. We would appreciate it if you could cover the students exhibiting at “Tokyo Game Show 2024” and their works.
* ■Overview of “Tokyo Game Show 2024”*
[Period]
September 26th (Thursday) to 29th (Sunday), 2024
Thursday, September 26th and Friday, September 27th Business Day September 28th (Sat) and 29th (Sun) Public open days
*Osaka Electro-Communication University will exhibit for all four days [Time] 10:00-17:00 *9:30-16:30 on Sunday, September 29th
[Venue] Makuhari Messe (2-1 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture) [URL]
https://tgs.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2024/jp/
* ■Exhibited works*
[Game works]
-Osaka Electro-Communication University-
・Girls XFire
・Falling slime
・Henkei Machine Hitotabi
・Moeyo Pizzas
・Panic Station
・Candle Adventure & Barcour Dash
*We will also introduce the esports project and exhibit works from the 2D/3D illustration category.
-Osaka Electro-Communication University High School-
・Efficiency site
[Video exhibition]
・Yumetsushi
・Run!Barrel!!Run!!
(Related link)
●Osaka Electro-Communication University
・Faculty of General Information Studies
https://www.osakac.ac.jp/faculty/isa/
・School of Architecture and Design, Department of Spatial Design https://www.osakac.ac.jp/faculty/architecture/arcdesign/
●Osaka Electro-Communication University High School
https://www.dentsu.ed.jp/
* ■University Overview*
[University name] Osaka Electro-Communication University (President: Kuninari Shioda)
[URL] https://www.osakac.ac.jp/
[location]
Neyagawa Campus: 18-8 Hatsumachi, Neyagawa City, Osaka 572-8530 Shijonawate Campus: 1130-70 Kiyotaki, Shijonawate City, Osaka 575-0063 [Academic Department]
Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Comprehensive Informatics
*Faculty of Health Informatics established in April 2025
*Scheduled to reorganize the Digital Game Department of the Faculty of Information Studies in April 2026 (tentative name/under planning) [Number of enrolled employees] 5,748 people (as of May 1, 2024) (Related article)
・Osaka Electro-Communication University will exhibit at “Tokyo Game Show 2023” from September 21st to 24th —
Trial play of game works that passed the internal screening committee and competition with student VTubers (2023.09.12)
https://www.u-presscenter.jp/article/post-51473.html
Scene from last year’s exhibition
This year’s internal examination
An example of exhibited works
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