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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Agenda

Turning Conversation into Gameplay: Lessons from 'Courtroom Chaos' with Snoop Dogg (Presented by Amazon Web Services)

Sergey Rudenko  (AI Technologist, AWS)
Maxim Garber  (Head of Design, Amber)
Location: Room 3001, West Hall
Date: Tuesday, March 10
Time: 3:40 pm - 4:40 pm
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass - Get your pass now!
Audience Level: All
Track: Game & Production Technology, Production
Format: Partner Developer Summit
Vault Recording: Video
Audience Level: All
AWS
Amber

This session will explain how the team behind Courtroom Chaos: Starring Snoop Dogg designed, built, and shipped a conversational AI game with AWS services on Amazon Luna. The talk will outline the design framework behind player and AI interaction, how the team structured goals and feedback around freeform spoken dialogue, and the prototyping process that shaped the final mechanics. The session will also cover the technical approach and backend services that ensured stability, personality, and speed.

Takeaway

Attendees will leave with practical methods for creating replayable conversational gameplay and a clear understanding of the challenges in delivering AI-driven games to real players.