• Tuesday 8/27
• Wednesday 8/28

Tuesday 8/27

• 10:30am

  • Kickoff Session: Digital Extremes - The Evolution of a Dev Studio

• 12:15pm

  • State of the Industry - Take This' White Paper Review
  • Show Me Your War Face! The Tactical AI of Battletech
  • Exploiting the Ragequit Precipice: Frustration Neuroscience
  • Overview of Critical Legal Issues for Video Game Startups
  • Designing Puzzles for Collaborative Solving
  • Infinite Monkeys on Infinite Keyboards - Role of the Writer

• 1:30pm

  • Introduction to Samsung AR Emoji SDK
  • Universal Communications in Games and Its Benefits
  • Discord Tools for Devs: Build and Engage Your Game Community
  • Booth on a Budget - The Third One
  • I Can't See Your Game: Colorblindness vs. Game Graphics

• 2:45pm

  • Understanding Patterning for Marvelous Designer Artists
  • What We Do in the Shadows (of Kickstarter)
  • Dedicated Game Servers for Multiplayer Games
  • Represent & Retain: Cultivating Inclusive Studio Culture
  • The Infinite Storytelling Engine of Professional Wrestling
  • Everyone Will Remember That: A Deep Dive Into Choice Design

• 4:00pm

  • Game Workers Unite Presents: Organizing is Happening Now!
  • It’s not a Trap: Using Tenets & Traps to improve games UX.
  • Deeper Data Dungeons and Actual AI Dragons
  • Heroic Alpha to Veiled Early Access, a Breach Post-Mortem
  • Implementing Behavioral Economics Model into a Game Server
  • Creating Captivating Combat : An Interactive Discussion

• 5:15pm

  • Cardboard Lessons: From LCG to UDG
  • Negotiating Deals with “Next Generation” Distributors
  • Building a Better Mission Giver in Borderlands 3
  • Healthier by Design
  • Bringing Open Source to Game Development
  • Help Us Integrate Sound Effects into Games LIVE

• Tuesday 8/27
• Wednesday 8/28

Wednesday 8/28

• 10:30am

  • Understanding Combat Choreography with Eric Jacobus
  • The Beauty and Mayhem of a Decade of User Generated Content
  • Tech Hacks for Small & Mid-Sized Teams to Do More with Less
  • The Devil is in the Details

• 12:15pm

  • Time to Buzz the Tower: Training Air Force Pilots with Games
  • Let's Create a Dating Sim Together!
  • Game Creators and the Pursuit of Leverage
  • The Only Thing a Playtester Says That Matters
  • Keep Calm and Carry On: Building an Indie Studio that Lasts
  • Live Events for Cross-Platform Competition

• 1:30pm

  • The Life of a Niantic Map Tile
  • So, About That Loot Box Bill aka "Games, Stop Being Casinos"
  • Self-Employed, Not Self-Destroyed
  • Take your Marvelous Designer Garments to the Next Level!
  • Love and Lust in Games: A Roundtable Discussion
  • Play Nice: How to build a healthy gaming community

• 2:15pm

  • Intro to UX Workshop

• 2:45pm

  • How Music Works: What Musicians Do When Musicians Do Music
  • Everyone Needs a Little Help: Best Practices in Outsourcing
  • Worst Regrets from Pro Game Designers.
  • Surviving in a Crowded Market
  • Diversity Consultants: What We Do and Why You Need Us

• 4:00pm

  • Writing Effective Design Specs
  • Building A Local Design Community
  • Ask Game Lawyers Anything: This Normally Costs Money!
  • Conceptualizing Accessibility with these Magnificent Players
  • Re-imagining Mayhem for Borderlands 2 VR

• 5:30pm

  • Closing Session: The Creative Battery