2024 Event details – 17/5

Games take sweat, blood, and often multiple years to create – but there’s a lot of benefits with creating shorter, polished games in smaller chunks of time. In this talk, I will share some of the methods I used to create Drillbird in four short months. 

Often wondered how to make your cosplay creation light up – or just curious about how electronics work? Join us for a workshop where we explore lights, connections and small things that makes them change. Izabella and Magnus from Okatima will talk about things like LEDs, Neopixels and LED Noodles, conductive thread and about microcomputers. AND – you will also be able to create your first own electric thingy – that will blink! 

A small guide for students, network beginners and anyone who would like to have a few more rhetorical gadgets in their social toolbox. Especially as a newcomer or beginner in the industry, it is sometimes difficult to get started. This talk is a little appetizer and serves as a small boost into the wild world of networking. 

Leene, the CEO of Placeholder Gameworks, will give a personal and fun talk about the “Indie Dev Street Cat” lifestyle. With plenty of tricks and tricks for choosing the right game project, staying on track to finish the game and gaining visibility online while also making sure you don’t burn yourself out. You can expect plenty of examples from the development of Death and Taxes and CraftCraft. 

Mikko, Composer for video games, film and TV will give a talk about the do’s and don’ts of working AS and WITH a freelance composer! Learn about music in different media and how to find a common language and communicate ideas efficiently in a team discussing music. The talk will also touch on budgeting for music, reference playlists and designing music for different purposes in various media.