ECGC Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 9

Thursday Events

Thursday Events

How can it be Thursday and the last day of ECGC already? Highlights of today's events are featured below. Don't forget to pick up some ECGC swag to tide you over until 2024.

Expo Hours

The expo hours are 10 to 5 today. Don't wait until late in the day to visit. The best swag will be gone by then. The final Child's Play raffle is scheduled for 4 PM.

Thursday Session Schedule

9:00AM - 10:00AM

Game Education and Research Showcase - Part 1

Brandon Crews, Amber Johnson, Justin Johnson
Room 301A

Game on Minecraft Educaiton
Tara Powell- -Room 301B

Photogrammetry: The Secret Sauce for Digital & Physical Convergence
David Morris - Room 302C

Revolutionizing Esports through Education and Youth Development
Caleb Smith - Room 305A

Before the Monomyth: Motifs and Why They Matter
Seth Hudson - Room 306A

Diegetic Telegraphing: Getting the Complexity off the Player and into the World
Adam Flores - Room 306C

10:15AM - 11:15AM

Game Education and Research Showcase - Part 2
Brandon Crews, Amber Johnson, Justin Johnson
Room 301A

Teaching Gamers like Games Do: Iterative Experiences Aren’t Just for Tutorials, Any More!
Jeff Rogers - Room 301B

The Battle Royale of IP
Patrick Messenger, Mary O'Brien, Gary Greenstein
Room 302A

Level Up Your Art Skills by Leveraging Your Limitations
Jesse Henning - Room 302C

My Journey: From Voice Actor, to Director, Writer and Game Dev
Stephen Weese - Room 305A

So You (Don't) Want to Write for Mobile Games
Jedidjah Jullia Noomen - Room 306A

Idle, Run, Jump, and Attack: What Animators can Learn from Common Gameplay Animations
Greg Marlow - Room 306C

Releasing a Complete Game as a Hobbyist (Atama)

Hunter Nance - Room 306A

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

11:30M - 12:30PM

KEYNOTE

The Future is in Our Hands: How Gamers Can Save the World
Keisha Howard - Ballroom A

2:00PM - 3:00PM

A Decade of Vibes: Lessons Learned Scoring FTL, Into the Breach, Subnautica: Below Zero and Others
Ben Prunity - Room 301B

Tilting at Windmills - The Quest for a Better Quest Design
Jesse Scoble, Michelle Clough, Arthur Protasio, Zach Bush
Room 302A

Code-first XR with .NET
Nick Klingensmith - Room 302C

Humans and NLP - How to Ask the Right Questions
Kenneth Hubbell - Room 305A

How to Become an Esports Coach
Joshua Hilton - Room 306A

Developing Mobile App Games with Purpose (And A Marketing Plan To Distribute!)
Bonnie Mauldin - Room 306C

Open Salaries: Ensuring Equitable Pay through Transparency

Matt Schembari- Room 306C

3:15PM - 4:15PM

Tech Designer Shaped Hole in Tech Art
Randy Nash - Room 301B

The Evolution of Commerce
Sayma Potlapalli - Room 302C

Tying Knots in Virtual Reality
Austin Caskie - Room 305A

DLSS, Frame Generation and Generative AI Models for Games and Content Creation Pipelines
Chris Alvarez-Russell - Room 306A

From Controller To Infinity
Justin Achilli - Room 306C

4:30PM - 5:30PM

The 3D Art Production Pipeline for 'That Damn Goat'
Jesse O'Brien - Room 301B

Why John Carpenter Hates Cut Scenes
Matthew Weisse - Room 302C

Hitting the Right Notes: Tying Gamplay to Music in 'Soundfall'
Nick Cooper - Room 305A

Rapid Prototyping and Communication Strategies working with Subject Matter Experts
Katie Stokes - Room 306A

Designing Content Agnostic Serious Games
Joshua Peery - 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 include:

THURSDAY, APRIL 20

10:15 AM - Ryan Hoss, Volition Games - VFX
2:00 PM - Tim Shumaker, Bungie - hard surface & weapons
3:15 PM - Jay Powell, CEO, The Powell Group - Pitch Deck Reviews
4:30 PM - Ryan Grady, Daughters of Atlas author - general art & character

VIP Lunch

VIP pass holders, lunch today is guaranteed to please your palate. There's nothing like Italian food to top off the last day of ECGC. Don't forget your ticket and your badge, maybe an extra napkin as well. Lunch begins after today's keynote address.

Zenith Raleigh After Party

Let's wrap up a successful ECGC with a celebration! After the last session, hop over for the party at Downtown Raleigh's newest nightlife destination in the renovated space at 226 Fayetteville Street. A pop culture and retro-themed dance club named Zenith Raleigh.

They have a game dev spotlight night planned. ECGC VIP Conference Pass Holders will receive beer/wine drink tickets at the door. Don't forget to bring your conference badge.

Coming Soon

ECGC Videos

Did you see the cameras in the session rooms? Yes, we recorded most all the sessions. These were recorded and will be processed by volunteers. Once they are all uploaded to our ECGC YouTube channel, we will send you links to all the sessions.