On January 19th, 2020. Our club organized the UBC’s first games and technology cross-industry conference.
Game developers, technology enthusiasts, and gamers came together to meet experts in the games industry through a series of workshops, Q&A sessions and the oppourtunity for members to show off their games
We were very committed to invite industry experts to share and teach their awesome knowledge with our members.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Pedro Medeiros is a game artist and programmer. He worked on Celeste, TowerFall, Out There Somewhere and more than 70 pixel art tutorials and game development articles. He is also the co-founder of MiniBoss and Extremely OK Games.
PANELISTS
INTRODUCING
MICHAEL NINIAN: CEO of Illusity.
Enterprise VR/AR field, product design, business development, raising investment, branding, team building, and more.
OMAR ABDELWAHED: Director of Engineering at East Side Games.
Game design, software development and cloud-based architectures, product development and full-release cycles in Robotics/AI, Games, Mobile, Web, and more.
STEVE ORILLION: Head of marketing and community at The Gaming Solutions.
Content creation, choosing software and hardware, marketing yourself as a streaming influencer and creator, approaching sponsors for content creation, and building a genuine community
WORKSHOPS PRESENTERS
BLACKBIRD INTERACTIVE
Workshop: The Life of a Game
Blackbird Interactive Inc presents The Life of A Game: How We Developed the Worlds and Vehicles of Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak.
A THINKING APE
Workshop: Marketing, Monetizing and Maintaining a Game
A Thinking Ape Entertainment Ltd. will be presenting Marketing, Monetizing, and Maintaining a Mobile Game!)
ILLUSITY
Workshop: Enterprise Applications
How game development skills can be transferred and applied to enterprise
KABAM
Workshop: Game concepts and Design Mentality
Kabam will be presenting Game Concepts & Design Mentality
Workshops
PARTNERSHIPS AND SPONSORS
This event wouldn’t have been the same without them. We can’t thank them enough for all their support in this event.
