ECGC Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 8

Wednesday's Keynote & Schedules

A Full Day of Events Planned

What a great day we had yesterday for the launch of ECGC 2023. It was great to see familiar faces and meet so many new volunteers.

Highlights of today's events are featured below. Tickets are still available at the door.

Preview the schedule, speakers, and sessions to get the greatest benefit from the conference. Don't miss the expo hall too. We've got terrific exhibitors and fun activities planned for the space. Don't miss the Zenith after party.

Expo Hours

The expo floor is open from 10 AM to 6 PM today. Don't miss visiting our exhibitors, play some games, check out who's hiring, make a donation to Child's Play, vote for your favorite digital art or just relax on a comfy couch and chat with some new found friends.

Wednesday Session Schedule

9:00AM - 10:00AM

Flow: Friend or Foe
Josh Ether - Room 301B

The Influence of Digitally Native Creators in the Metaverse
Ashley Hopkins, Katherine Manuel, Dean Takahashi
Room 302A

Localization: Getting your game ready for the world
Tobe Sexton - Room 302C

Choices and Braching: Designing and Writing Meaningful Stories - Part 1
Toiya Kristen Finley - Room 305A

Forming the Perfect Indie Team: Finding True Collaborators
Barret Vasilchik - Room 306A

I Don't Know What I Don't Know - Demystifying the Laws of Making a Video Game
Branden Moore - Room 306C

10:15AM - 11:15AM

6 Reasons to Track Your Work Hours on Indie Side-Projects
Michael Schmitt
Room 301B

Unlocking the Benefits of IGDA Membership: Insights and Opportunities for Game Developer
Dr. Farhad Javidi, Evy Kollstrand, David Braz
Room 302A

Casting Voice Actors for Games
Ian Russell
Room 302C

Choices and Braching: Designing and Writing Meaningful Stories - Part 2
Michelle Clough
Room 305A

Releasing a Complete Game as a Hobbyist (Atama)
Hunter Nance
Room 306A

Unreal: Beyond Editor Utililty Widgets with Python
Randy Nash
Room 306C

11:30AM - 12:30AM

Expressing Narrative Design through Level Design
Stefan Hall - Room 301B

Narrative Dreams & Living Nightmares
Jesse Scoble, Justin Hellstrom, Heather Albano
Room 302A

Generating Responsive Open World VFX for Saints Row (2022)
Ryan Hoss - Room 302C

The Versatile Game Developer
Garrett Williams - Room 305A

Changing the Esports Model
Glen Swan
Room 306A

Open Salaries: Ensuring Equitable Pay through Transparency
Matt Schembari- Room 306C

2:00PM - 3:00PM

KEYNOTE

Everything. Everywhere. Everyone. Our collective, virtual, future.
Jason McGuigan - Ballroom A

3:15PM - 4:15PM

Games of Expression or Escapism

David Klingler - Room 301A

Unreal Engine 5 Mass: Learning the Hard Way
Gary Reif - Room 301B

Overcoming Business and Legal Challenges of Non-US Team Members
Rachel Presser - Room 302C

Building a Live Game that Endures, Sponsored by Unity
Matt Dondelinger- Room 305A

Coins, Card Towers and Casinos: Modelling Attraction and Chemistry Through Narrative Design
Michelle Clough - Room 306A

Optimization and Porting: Fitting Large Games into Small Packages
Allen Oliver - Room 306C

4:30PM - 5:30PM

Maximize your Wellbeing
Mary Holtschneider - Room 301A

Life Experience to Puzzle Pipeline
Mostafa Haque - Room 301B

How to Deliver Real-Time Features That Maximize Game Engagement
Oliver Carson - Room 302C

An Introduction to Performance Analysis for Unity Projects
Shaun Peoples - Room 305A

3D Digital Human Facial Construction
Sarit Somasa - Room 306A

Prototype Everything
Jakub Kastaiski - Room 306C

5:45PM - 6:45PM

Hard Currencies: A Technology Perspective
Gabriel Aufort - Room 301B

The Veteran VO Narrative
Eli Harris, Dearld Wise, Megan Hughes
Room 302A

Inventing the Future: The Future History of Computer Games
David Smith - Room 302C

On the Wind's Breath: Tales from Modding a Twenty-Year-Old Game
Dylan Ascencio - Room 305A

Text to Pixels: Turning Colossal Cave Adventure into 3D
Amber Johnson - Room 306A

I'm Stressed, You're Stressed, The Cat is Stressed Too: Understanding What Your Player Really Wants
Suzanne Peterson-Warr - Room 306C

Complete Session Schedule

Career Lounge: Portfolio & Pitch Deck Reviews

The always popular portfolio reviews will be held in the Career Lounge. Same-day sign-up opens each morning. The review sessions will be about 45 minutes long and include 4-5 people (about 10 minutes/per person). For the best critique, sign up for a time when the reviewer's focus/discipline most closely matches your own.

The industry professionals providing critique includes:

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
- 9:00 AM - Nick Georgopoulos, Firaxis Games - environment, props, character
- 10:15 AM - Jay Powell, CEO The Powell Group - Pitch Deck Reviews
- 11:30 PM - Chris Devens, Insomniac - environment tech art, photogrammetry
- 3:15 PM - David Schultz, id Software - environment, props, assets/weapons
- 4:30 PM - Jacob Sutton, Infuse Studio - general review, all aspects of portfolio

Meet the Author

Meet author Michelle Clough at Booth #123 at 4:30 Wednesday, following her presentation, "Coins, Card Towers, and Casinos: Modelling Attraction and Chemistry Through Narrative Design", She will read some samples, answer questions, and autograph your book.

Passion and Play is a practical sex-positive guide provides you with foundational tools to write, design, and create sex scenes and sexual themes in video games in ways that are diverse, healthy, narratively compelling, and hot!

Purchase a copy in advance, Routledge is running a 20% off sale through April.

VIP Events

VIP guests check the tickets in your badge holder for the location and times for our exclusive lunch and Wednesday evening event. Tickets and VIP badges are required for entrance at both events.

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