video games help explore space

a journey to Mars is a time of certain limbo between two worlds. this time can be used in an effective way to prepare interplanetary travellers for living in an alien environment. video games have the unique ability to simulate all, even the most improbable events. It is thanks to such simulations that one may gain essential experience without the necessity of putting the success of the whole expedition at risk. the university of Silesia is ready for the conquest of interplanetary space thanks to the created study programme in the field of video game design. the university of Silesia offers classes dedicated to the creation of new worlds and simulations which enable players or future astronauts to enter a different reality. our students and graduates contribute to the Polish game industry, which is considered one of the most dynamically developing sectors in the world. It is, among others, thanks to their hard work that a few hundred games are created in Poland a year, and many of them are world’s best sellers, such as the Witcher 3, Dying Light, this War of Mine etc. Can we imagine a better group of people who will conquer Mars before embarking on the real journey?

Remigiusz Kopoczek, PhD Faculty of Ethnology and Educational Science, University of Silesia in Katowice President of the Management Board of ARP Games Ltd