📅 On April 3, 2025, teachers and students of the Department of Economic Cybernetics took part in the event ‘Development of a solution for vegetation animation in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2’, which took place as part of the international gaming conference GAMES GATHERING 2025 LVIV.
🎤 The speaker of the event was Maxim Maltsev, Tech Artist at GSC Game World. He shared his experience of developing vegetation animation in the cult game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, focusing on:
✅ the use of geometry in 3D modelling;
✅ technical and organisational challenges in creating realistic flora;
✅ controlling a large number of assets to ensure development flexibility;
✅ scaling solutions for the game world, etc.
💡 The Department of Economic Cybernetics expresses its sincere gratitude to Oleksandr Khrutskyi, founder of GAMES GATHERING and member of the Expert Council of Employers of the OP ‘Esports and Computer Games Development’, for the opportunity for our students to join this event.
🎮 Participation in such events is an important step in training specialists for the game development industry and opens up new opportunities for students in the field of computer game development. 🚀
