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Speaker: Alexander King (Local No. 12 / NYU Game Center)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
"CODE RED!": How We Organized a Game Jam From Bomb Shelters
Speaker: Elena Lobova (GDBAY)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
'Expeditions: Rome' vs. History
Speaker: Fasih Sayin (Campfire Cabal)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
'Moss: Book II': Toward Powerful and Authentic Voice Performance
Speakers: Stephen Hodde (Polyarc), Morla Gorrondona (Independent)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio
Format: Lecture
'Outcast 2': Developing the Audio of the Future
Speakers: Lennie Moore (3l33t Music), Pablo Diaz (Demute)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio, Design
Format: Lecture
'Overcrowded: Tycoon' Postmortem: A Tycoon with Emotions
Speaker: Jorge Rosado (Zeptolab)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
'TUNIC': This Was Here the Whole Time
Speaker: Andrew Shouldice (ISOMETRICORP Games Ltd.)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
'The Looker': The Art of Parody Against the Menace of Goofiness
Speaker: Bradley Lovell (Subcreation Studio)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
'Us vs. Them' and the LaserDisc Debacle of 1984
Speaker: Warren Davis (Independent)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Programming
Format: Lecture
Speaker: Zoe Bell (New York Times)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
10 Live-service Lessons: Launch Day Is Only the Beginning
Speaker: Jordan Power (Phoenix Labs)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
100 Million Holobux: Transitioning Knockout City to Free-to-Play
Speaker: Zack Hiwiller (Velan Studios)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
A Moderation Guide for Successful Brand Livestreams and Digital Events
Speakers: Victoria Tran (Innersloth), Kat Lo (Center for Responsible, Ethical, and Accessible Technology, University of California, Irvine)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Advocacy, Business & Marketing
Format: Lecture
Speaker: Ed Walker (Sounding Sweet Ltd)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio
Format: Lecture
Speaker: Neil Kirby (The Ohio State University)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Roundtable
Accessible, Not Utilitarian: Design for Everyone in 'Cosmonious High'
Speakers: Jazmin Cano (Owlchemy Labs), Peter Galbraith (Owlchemy Labs)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Advocacy, Design
Format: Lecture
Achieving High Quality 90FPS Realism in a Mobile Game, Technically and Visually
Speakers: Zhi Liang (Netease), Baoyong Cao (Netease)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming, Visual Arts
Format: Lecture
Acquiring Game Design Skills Beyond Entertainment
Speaker: Noah Falstein (The Inspiracy)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Alternative Controller Game Design: From Game Design to Controller Design
Speaker: Tatiana Vilela dos Santos (MechBird)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
An IMMORTALITY Project: Creating the Ultimate Interactive Movie
Speaker: Sam Barlow (Drowning a Mermaid Productions, Inc.)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
Speakers: Euna Park (That's No Moon), Jenni Suever (Naughty Dog)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Roundtable
Applying Blizzard's Core Design Principles To Create Genre-Defining Games
Speaker: Allen Adham (Blizzard Entertainment)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
Art of 'The Last Clockwinder': Visual Cohesion
Speaker: Anita Tung (Pontoco)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Lecture
Speakers: Guy Somberg (Echtra Games), Tomas Neumann (Blizzard Entertainment)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Audio, Programming
Format: Roundtable
Speaker: Andrew Fray (Roll7)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Roundtable
Building Champions: Character Art Pipeline for Rumbleverse
Speaker: Steven Kosanovich (Iron Galaxy Studios)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Lecture
Cards, Dice, and RNGs: Using Randomness Intentionally
Speaker: Randy Smith (Waves All Day)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
Caring for Togetherness: Nurturing Hybridity in the Cross-Platform Game Community
Speaker: Bingjie Yu (Thunderfire UX)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Case Study: Creating Realistic Facial Motion for 'The Quarry'
Speakers: Aruna Inversin (Digital Domain), Peter Rabel (Digital Domain), Rickey Cloudsdale (Digital Domain)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming, Visual Arts
Format: Lecture
Speaker: Winifred Phillips (Generations Productions LLC)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio
Format: Lecture
Closing the Gap: Chasing Effective Level Design Processes in 'Rollerdrome'
Speaker: Jacob Mills (Roll7)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
Culture Shock: Staying True to Your Values Through Growth
Speaker: Forrest Dowling (The Molasses Flood)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Defiant in Life and Death: What Happens After You Fail?
Speaker: Morgan Jaffit (Defiant Development)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Developing 'Terra Nil': A Strategy Game About Nature, Not Expansion
Speaker: Sam Alfred (Free Lives)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
Differentiated Management Communities: Centralized vs. Decentralized Communities
Speaker: Keyu Wu (Thunderfire UX)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Efficient Software Occlusion Culling on Mobile Platform in 'Life After'
Speaker: Wenhui Tao (Netease Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Lecture
Embrace the "Dark Side": Demystifying Game Venture Capital
Speaker: Moritz Baier-Lentz (Founding Member, Metaverse Initiative at the World Economic Forum)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing
Format: Lecture
Engine Optimization Powered by Big Data
Speakers: Vladimir Katchadourian (Ubisoft), Vincent Leclercq (Ubisoft)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Leadership, Programming
Format: Lecture
Extending In-Game Textures Using CDNs for 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'
Speaker: Chris Fowler (Sledgehammer Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Lecture
External Development (Outsourcing) Roundtable
Speaker: Carl Schmidt (Zynga)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Leadership, Visual Arts
Format: Roundtable
Fall Foliage in Redfall: Creating the Essence of Northeast America.
Speaker: Ehsan Ebrahimzadeh (Arkane Austin Studio)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Visual Arts
Format: Lecture
Fantastic Audio Algorithms and Where to Find Them
Speaker: Guy Somberg (Echtra Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio, Programming
Format: Lecture
Fixing the Unfixable: Techniques that Improved Stability for 'Elder Scrolls Online'
Speaker: Péter Barabás (Nemesys Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Lecture
Flopping Successfully: How to Run a Studio Without a Huge Hit
Speaker: Yngvill Hopen (Henchman & Goon AS)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing
Format: Lecture
Freelancers and Independent Contractors Roundtable
Speakers: Toiya Kristen Finley (Schnoodle Media, LLC), Fred Wan (Freelance)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Roundtable
From Battlegrounds to Fairways: Terrain Procedural Tools in Frostbite
Speaker: Julien Keable (Electronic Arts)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Programming
Format: Lecture
Speakers: Rebekah Saltsman (Finji), Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs), Anlu Liu (Kowloon Nights), Stephan Metaxa (Maximum Games & Modus Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Special Event
Format: Special Event
Speakers: Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs), Justin Woodward (Media Indie Exchange), Becky Sayers (Humble), Bobby Wertheim (Curve Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Special Event
Format: Special Event
Speaker: Richard Dansky (Red Storm/Ubisoft)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Roundtable
Speakers: Tim Cullings (Global Game Jam), Charly Harbord (Global Game Jam)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Roundtable
Grappling with Performance: Rendering Optimization Strategies in 'Rumbleverse'
Speaker: Jon Moore (Iron Galaxy Studios)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Lecture
Hit Features Across the PeopleFun Portfolio: Training New Feature Owners
Speakers: Carol Miu (PeopleFun), Jonathan Lindsay-Rivera (PeopleFun)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Hot Desks to Sweatpants: Hybrid Work Roundtable
Speaker: Jessica Damerst (Unknown Worlds Entertainment)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Leadership
Format: Roundtable
How Cult of the Lamb Indoctrinated So Many - Marketing Postmortem
Speakers: Jared J. Tan (Devolver Digital), James Pearmain (Massive Monster), Nigel Lowrie (Devolver Digital), Clara Sia (Devolver Digital)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Design
Format: Lecture
How a 3 Eyed Horse Changed Meme Marketing Forever
Speaker: Nathalie Puchalski (Behaviour Interactive)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing
Format: Lecture
How a Small Developer Landed Some Really Big IPs
Speaker: Dustin Adair (Scary Robot Productions)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Hunting with Hits: Tempo Slaying Monsters in Harmony
Speaker: Chase Bethea (Chase Bethea)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio, Design
Format: Lecture
I'm Wrong—and So Are You! Breaking Though Cognitive Dissonance
Speaker: Mark Stuart (Insomniac Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
Identifying Indie: A Study of Who Plays What and Why
Speaker: Phil Hofman (Humble Bundle)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing
Format: Lecture
Improving Game Credits at Your Studio
Speaker: Katie Golden (Riot Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Advocacy, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Speaker: Frédéric Giraud (Ubisoft Paris)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
Leaders Working at the Heart of the Team in 2023
Speakers: Grant Shonkwiler (Shonkventures), Erika Olsen (Xbox Game Studios Publishing), Richard Atlas (Clever Endeavour Games), Roger Collum (Creative Assembly), Carolina Mastretta (Original Fire Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Speakers: Georgina Havelka (Relic Entertainment), Heidi Eaves (Relic Entertainment)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Local Game Community Organizers Roundtable
Speakers: Marlena Abraham (Bit Bridge Indies), Daniel Lin (Schell Games), Michael Lee (Schell Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Roundtable
Localization of 'Cyberpunk 2077': Technology, Tools, and Approach
Speakers: Tommi Nykopp (CD Projekt Red), Mikolaj Szwed (CD Projekt Red)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Leadership, Programming
Format: Lecture
Lost XP: Why Junior Game Developers Quit and How to Help
Speakers: Johanna Weststar (Western University), Jakin Vela (International Game Developers Association (IGDA)), Sarah Spiers (International Game Developers Association Foundation), Pierre-Luc Labbée (rhum.hr)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Advocacy, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Panel
Making Waves for Skull and Bones: Advancements in Water Tech
Speaker: Kris Kirkpatrick (Ubisoft Singapore)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Lecture
Speaker: Patrik Rosander (Remedy Entertainment)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Lecture
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with 'Roller Champions'
Speaker: Eva Raggini (Ubisoft)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Programming
Format: Lecture
Music Design Is Composition: Interactive Music in 'Back 4 Blood'
Speaker: Martin Stig Andersen (Independent)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio
Format: Lecture
Need for Speed: Hyperreal Sound Design
Speaker: Nathaniel Daw (Criterion Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Format: Lecture
Occupational Burnout in Games: Causes, Impact, and Solutions
Speakers: Raffael Boccamazzo (Take This), Alicia Fortier (Spry Fox), Osama Dorias (Unity Technologies), Anna Brandberg (Pending Announcement)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Advocacy, Business & Marketing
Format: Panel
Pain and Gain: Obtained from Applying a Reinforcement Learning Game Bot to BarbarQ 2
Speaker: Xiaohang Xu (Electronic Soul)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Programming
Format: Lecture
Picking A Good Spot: Naughty Dog's Post System
Speaker: Ming-Lun "Allen" Chou (Naughty Dog)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Format: Lecture
Populating the World With an Acoustic Graph in 'Cyberpunk 2077'
Speaker: Marek Bielawski (CD PROJEKT RED)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio, Programming
Format: Lecture
Prioritizing Roadmaps for Growth: Simplified Framework for Small and Growing Teams
Speaker: Constantin Calavrezos (Trailmix Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
REAPER Extension Plugin: SQUARE-ENIX Tools Showcase
Speaker: Nao Kasahara (SQUARE-ENIX CO., LTD.)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio, Programming
Format: Lecture
Rendering Lights and Shadows on Mobile in Diablo Immortal
Speaker: Hao Wu (Netease)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Lecture
Speaker: Stephen McAuley (Sony Santa Monica Studio)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Leadership, Programming
Format: Lecture
Rolling with the Punches: Reinventing Fighting Games for Mobile
Speaker: Charley Price (Hidden Variable Studios)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Rules of the Game 2023: Deep Techniques from Distinctive Designers
Speakers: Richard Rouse III (FarBridge), Tanya X. Short (Kitfox Games), Beth LaPensée (Twin Suns), Richard Lemarchand (USC Games), Jamie Cheng (Klei Entertainment Inc.), Aleissia Laidacker (Open Meta)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
Sink or Swim: Build AA Games and Talent (But Quickly)
Speaker: Carina Kom (MixMob)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Stray Gods: The Challenges of Creating an Interactive Musical
Speakers: Austin Wintory (Independent), Troy Baker (Independent)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio
Format: Lecture
Tech Art Game Adjacency: A Panel of TAs Share Their Stores About Moving From Games to High Tech
Speaker: Jeff Hanna (NVIDIA Corporation)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming, Visual Arts
Format: Panel
Speaker: Jeff Hanna (NVIDIA)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming, Visual Arts
Format: Roundtable
The Golden Rule of Game Promotion: NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR GAME
Speaker: Thomas Reisenegger (Future Friends Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing
Format: Lecture
The Language of Gameplay and How to Speak It
Speaker: Jakub Stokalski (11 Bit Studios)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Lecture
The Multi-Platform Gamer: Understanding the Complexity of Today's Game Habits
Speaker: Piers Harding-Rolls (Ampere Analysis)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing
Format: Lecture
The State of the Games Industry
Speaker: Jayant Uppal (Newzoo)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
Speakers: Jian Xiao (Tencent), Cangjian Hou (Tencent)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Lecture
Speaker: Robin-Yann Storm (Freelance)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Production & Team Leadership
Format: Roundtable
Speaker: Geoff Evans (Independent)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Roundtable
Using Vertices Over Pixels: Achieving Cartoon Graphics on Standalone VR
Speaker: Stefan Hell (Salmi Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming, Visual Arts
Format: Lecture
Speakers: Jason Keyser (VFX Apprentice LLC), Keith Guerrette (Beyond-FX, Inc & RealtimeVFX.com, LLC)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Roundtable
VoRACE: Tools for Automating Dialogue Processing
Speaker: Jean-Philippe Letendre (Ubisoft)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio, Programming
Format: Lecture
Wordscapes: How Design and Analytics Keep a Blockbuster Game Growing
Speakers: Theodore McCormick (PeopleFun), Demmie Apte (PeopleFun)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Design
Format: Lecture
Your DEI Initiatives are Making Your Culture Worse
Speaker: Anita Sarkeesian (Feminist Frequency)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Lecture