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Austin Game Developers Conference schedule

August 24th, 2007 (Visited 2949 times) Tags:

AGDC is coming up, and here’s my speaking schedule:

Raph Koster

Wednesday, 11:00am — 12:00pm Online Games – Design/
60-minute Lecture
In the last few years, big strides have been made towards understanding how games work, in a bones-and-blood sort of sense. We now understand much more than we did about the interactions between mechanics, the pacing of goal structures, and the way in which aesthetics and “dressing” work with the game structures. This can lead towards new ways to create games, ways that work better with our increasingly wired world. The rising wave involves user participation and creation, multiplatform, always connected entertainment, and rapid development. In this lecture, we’ll explore design and technology approaches that push towards the goal of “play anywhere” using these criteria as design principles.

Startup Lessons from Recent Online Games

Daniel James
Anthony Castoro
Raph Koster
Joe Ybarra
Nabeel Hyatt

Thursday, 4:30pm — 5:30pm Online Games – Business & Management/
60-minute Panel
This august panel of the founders of recent hot MMO startups will get down and dirty with the details of how to do (and how not to do) the startup thing. Topics discussed will include: -Financing – how and where to get it, VC or publishing; -Licensing and IPs – build or buy? -Web 2oh – Bubble or basics? -Distribution -Revenue models -and trying to hire and recruit in boom times.

Where are the Biggest Online Gaming Opportunities?

Matt Firor
Mark Jacobs
John Smedley
Erik Bethke
Raph Koster

Friday, 1:30pm — 2:30pm Online Games – Business & Management/
60-minute Panel

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CuppyTalk wrote on August 25th, 2007 at 2:05 am:

Embracing Web 2.0: Applying Web 2.0 Success to the MMO Space The Zen of Online Game Design How to Develop Social Networks as part of Community Management Then of course, the ones that Mr. Koster is partaking in =) A list of those ishere.Share This

Raph’s Website » Off to Austin! wrote on September 4th, 2007 at 12:37 pm:

[...] My speaking schedule while there is available here. [...]

AGDC Information | Cuppytalk wrote on January 7th, 2008 at 7:10 pm:

[...] Then of course, the ones that Mr. Koster is partaking in =)Â A list of those is here. [...]

Susan Wu said on August 24th, 2007 at 6:27 pm:

awesome sessions…it makes me feel like I should really be attending.