Internship at Spacepup Entertainment

From top, left:Pok, Khoo Jing Shian, Bryan Ooi, Lo, Lim Chai Kim, Yapp and Lim Yung Sing
From bottom, left:Joseph  and Wong Yee Huei

Faculty of Creative Industries Deputy Dean for Student Development and Industrial Training Aloysius Yapp, Lim Chai Kim along with some students made a visit to Spacepup Entertainment, a game development company on 7 April 2017 in Kuala Lumpur Sentral. Lim made the visit to observe the interns under her supervision which are Joseph Chung, Pok Nie Kai and Lo Chin Yong. Founder and CEO of Spacepup Entertainment Lim Yung Sing gave a warm welcome to the UTAR staff.

The visit began with a brief discussion between Yapp, Lim and the interns over lunch. After the discussion, they made a short tour of the office premise and Lim spent some time to interview the interns about their internship experience. In the interview, Joseph mentioned that he was happy to do the internship at Spacepup because it provided him an opportunity to learn many things. Pok too expressed her delight in working at Spacepup because of the clean and relaxing environment. She is also very appreciative of the flexibility in the working hours and the work pace. Lo said that he had learned a lot from his on-site supervisor.

In a parallel session, Yapp took this opportunity to speak to Lim about the possible collaborations in the area of R&D between Spacepup and UTAR. Through that session, both parties are now looking forward to work out a possible collaboration plan in terms of games or Culture Preservation by New Media such as a virtual reality (VR) walkthrough. Also, more industrial partners and R&D collaboration visit from the Faculty of Creative Industries (FCI) and Centre of Immersive Technology and Creativity (CITC) is anticipated in the future. Through this visit, Yapp hopes that UTAR’s vision to broaden its horizon and the research centre’s will be realised. He also hopes that these visions will continue to become the guiding principle for everyone in all the future visits.

Lim who is also the on-site supervisor, shared some insightful views about the interns. He commented that the interns were well-equipped with the skills that his company seeks. He also gave suggestions on the areas that could be included in the curriculum. He added that the interns were well behaved and had contributed to the company.  He looks forward to receive more interns from UTAR in the future.

                  Pok and Lo at work while Lim interviews Joseph

The entrance to Spacepup Entertainment