NRW Minister Scharrenbach looked at what can be derived from games in practice at the simulation specialist Astragon.
After her trip to Ubisoft Düsseldorf three weeks ago, North Rhine-Westphalia's Homeland, Construction and Digitalization Minister Ina Scharrenbach (CDU) is once again stopping off at a large game manufacturer in the state capital: Astragon Entertainment.
Scharrenbach follows on from her Gamescom visit in Cologne. When we met again, Astragon Managing Director Julia Pfiffer and Head of Project Management Tim Pl?ger went into more detail Construction simulator one that conveniently covers two areas of responsibility for the politician.
NRW Minister Ina Scharrenbach then statedthat he "Dare to look beyond your own keyboard" needed to advance the digitalization of the construction industry and public administration – for example with regard to permits and applications. "Gaming practice can provide innovative impulses for this. It has been shown that the state is often not the better programmer. That's why it's important for us to work closely with practitioners, specialist process manufacturers and administrative staff."
Astragon managing director Julia Pfiffer, who is also a member of the board of the Game industry association: "We have been maintaining close and successful collaborations with international companies from the construction industry for years. From our perspective, these partnerships impressively demonstrate the enormous potential and diverse opportunities for collaboration between the video game industry and other industries. We firmly believe that the know-how of the video game industry can be beneficial for other industries. We will continue to actively seek synergies in the future."
Astragon Entertainment specializes in professional simulations – from Construction simulator on the Bus Simulator until Police Simulator. The Düsseldorf-based company is also a long-standing sales partner of Agriculture simulator-Manufacturer Giants Software. The company has been a subsidiary of the British publisher Team17 since the beginning of 2022.
