July 30,2013, Independent Game Developers Association Summit, San Francisco, CA—Seth Crofton from sqwishland.com talked about the uses of transmedia in the gaming environment. Expanding reach through multiple channels calls for the use of IP in all aspects of customer acquisition, player retention, and new revenue channels. Crofton gave a number of examples of partial efforts….
August 1, 2013, Independent Game Developers Association Summit, San Francisco-Evan Skolnick talked about the differences between a writer and narrative designer. This is a relatively new function that mixes the jobs of a game developer and writer. Some of the roles and responsibilities of the narrative designer include: mission flow, cut scene planning, mission voiceover…
July 30,2013, Independent Game Developers Association Summit, San Francisco, CA-Jennifer MacLean provided some insights into the nature of leadership in the game development industry. The basic concepts for good leadership are common across industries, but the terminology differs, and the workload continues to increase. Leaders need to understand the happiness of the team, the whole…
August 1, 2013, Independent Game Developers Association Summit, San Francisco-Thomas Bartschi from IO Interactive described learnings, both positive and negative, of the audio design for the Hitman: Absolution game. The insights and explanations for their choices and the closed-loop changes in critical game design that affected audio and the game. The audio production had many…