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Petteri Timonen: Modern Games on Vintage Oscilloscopes | Games Now!
Can a 1969 analog oscilloscope from the year of the moon landing run modern video games? Why is upgrading your audio card crucial for graphical quality? In this talk, Petteri Timonen will tell the story of Fractured Edge, a 72 hour jam game which ranked #1 in innovation out of 2204 projects in Ludum Dare 49.
Petteri is a game jam enthusiast who got into programming at a young age through video game modding. As his day job, he has developed algorithms for Nokia, Google, Varjo and Apple. His independent algorithm projects have won awards from organizations such as European Commission and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, including becoming one of the only Finns who have had a minor planet named in the...
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Katriina (Kati) Heljakka: Toys, Media and Machines | Games Now!
Просмотров 585 месяцев назад
The concepts of what a toy is and what play as a phenomenon represents evolve. This talk examines how play is affected by media technologies, digital toys, and toy robotics. This development requires an understanding of current playthings as a combination of thingness, transmedia, and technology. The talk offers pluralistic perspectives on toys in an era heading towards a post-digital state, il...
Taina Myöhänen: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the (Finnish) Game Industry | Games Now!
Просмотров 1125 месяцев назад
Taina Myöhänen researches diversity in the Finnish game industry at Tampere University’s Game Research Lab. Prior to research, Taina worked in the game industry and was involved in various DEI initiatives, including co-founding and chairing the DEI organisation We in Games Finland and being a member of the Finnish Game Industry Task Force to prevent sexual harassment. Myöhänen has received the ...
Casey O’Donnell: Why Studying Game Making Matters | Games Now!
Просмотров 1255 месяцев назад
Casey O’Donnell [he/him] is an Associate Professor of games in the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University. He is a 2023-2034 Fulbright-Finland Scholar at Tampere University affiliated with the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies and Game Research Lab. His research examines the creative collaborative work of (video)game design and development and production stu...
Henri Forsström: Boosting Game Art and UGC Makers with HypeHype | Games Now!
Просмотров 365 месяцев назад
Henri Forsström is working as a lead artist at HypeHype specializing in colorful, stylized characters and worlds. In this talk, Henri Forsström will open up the design philosophy behind the game art ofHypeHype and its impact on empowering both artists and developers. HypeHype is a new platform for creating, remixing and playing user-generated online games with a phone, tablet or desktop. Curren...
Nathalie Pozzi & Eric Zimmerman: Samples, Prototypes, and Storage Rooms | Games Now!
Просмотров 865 месяцев назад
Nathalie Pozzi is an Italian-licensed architect and the principal of Nakworks, an interdisciplinary design studio based in New York that explores the critical intersection of space, material and culture. Nakworks often collaborates with architects, artists, choreographers and others who work with space. As an artists’ consultant, Nakworks has supervised the installation of large-scale artworks ...
Sam Lake: Fireside Chat on Alan Wake II | Games Now!
Просмотров 6775 месяцев назад
A well-known personality and a true veteran of the video game industry for more than 20 years, Sam Lake is the Creative Director of Remedy Entertainment. He is the Lead Writer and the Creative Director of Alan Wake 2 and also known for writing the Max Payne franchise, which launched in 2001. Sam also led the writing on the critically acclaimed Alan Wake and Quantum Break and is responsible for ...
GN! Game Jam Autumn 2023 Jam review & gameplay video showchase
Просмотров 1978 месяцев назад
Welcome to Games Now! Game Jam - Autumn 2023. Games Now! is an open lecture series on trends in game development and design. Our community is open for anyone to attend, including our game jams! This year, we continued our series of online jams with multicultural collaboration with jammers from various countries around the world. The jam was jointly held in collaboration with the GN! Network's u...
GN! Game Jam Autumn 2023 Jam kick off & brainstorming
Просмотров 628 месяцев назад
Welcome to Games Now! Game Jam - Autumn 2023. Games Now! is an open lecture series on trends in game development and design. Our community is open for anyone to attend, including our game jams! This year, we continued our series of online jams with multicultural collaboration with jammers from various countries around the world. The jam was jointly held in collaboration with the GN! network's u...
Arvi Teikari: Baba is You What now | Games Now!
Просмотров 8318 месяцев назад
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. A demo version of Baba is You was created at Nordic Game Jam 2017, after which Arvi worked on a full game resulting in releases on multiple platforms. In his talk, Arvi Teikari will summarize the design process of Baba Is You, and reflect on the aftermath of the game’s release in terms o...
Max Wikström & Mike Pohjola: Agemonia | Games Now!
Просмотров 2618 месяцев назад
Agemonia is by far Finland’s biggest board game. It is a narrative co-operative game with roleplaying elements, and will come out on January. Lead designer Max Wikström and writer Mike Pohjola discuss the intricacies of creating the mechanics, setting, story, characters, crowdfunding, and production for a game of such unforeseen scope. Max is the mastermind behind the entire Agemonia project. B...
Jussi Kemppainen: Generative AI in Game Development | Games Now!
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Echoes of Somewhere is an experiment that explores the impact generative AI tools can have on traditional game development. This initiative seeks to identify both the benefits and drawbacks of incorporating AI into the process. The example project involves a 2.5D point-and-click adventure game anthology series, complemented by a weekly development blog that chronicles the game’s evolution, star...
Jussi Autio: Giving Birth to Saudi Arabian Game Companies | Games Now!
Просмотров 918 месяцев назад
Jussi Autio worked as a mentor in Game Founders Saudi Arabia program. The program used the learning model Jussi invented for Oulu Game Lab as the incubator model for 100 participants. The best 15 teams coming out from incubator continued to the accelerator. In the talk Jussi reflects on his experiences in Riyadh and compares the experiences to his similar work in Finland and the Netherlands. Ju...
Chris Hong: Automating LiveOps System | Games Now!
Просмотров 768 месяцев назад
Live service is the most labour-intensive sector in the gaming industry. The service environment is constantly changing, and the service needs to be improved by reflecting user requests and feedback. In addition, continuous monitoring and maintenance work can be a considerable burden. In this talk, Chris will share the experience of automating LiveOps and talk about what has to be considered an...
Usva Friman: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Esports | Games Now!
Просмотров 678 месяцев назад
In the past decade, esports has become a central emerging form of game-based business and entertainment, and it’s expected to reach a global value of 5.48 billion U.S. dollars in 2029 and an audience of over 640 million viewers in 2025. As esports is gaining economic, cultural, and societal impact, it is becoming increasingly important to examine this phenomenon from the perspective of diversit...
Heidi Rautalahti: Making “Runo” - Journey from History Lessons to Emotional Work | Games Now!
Просмотров 778 месяцев назад
Heidi Rautalahti: Making “Runo” - Journey from History Lessons to Emotional Work | Games Now!
Jordan Magnuson: Videogames Are Poems | Games Now!
Просмотров 3218 месяцев назад
Jordan Magnuson: Videogames Are Poems | Games Now!
Kim Soares: In-game Item Trading - New Multi-billion Market in Games | Games Now!
Просмотров 683Год назад
Kim Soares: In-game Item Trading - New Multi-billion Market in Games | Games Now!
Agata Waszkiewicz: The Aesthetic of Cozy Games | Games Now!
Просмотров 271Год назад
Agata Waszkiewicz: The Aesthetic of Cozy Games | Games Now!
Teppo Soininen - Audience Research at Metacore | Games Now!
Просмотров 133Год назад
Teppo Soininen - Audience Research at Metacore | Games Now!
Leena Kuusniemi: Survival Game in the Data Regulation Jungle | Games Now!
Просмотров 59Год назад
Leena Kuusniemi: Survival Game in the Data Regulation Jungle | Games Now!
Christian Guckelsberger: Text-To-Image-Generation AI in the Game Industry | Games Now!
Просмотров 118Год назад
Christian Guckelsberger: Text-To-Image-Generation AI in the Game Industry | Games Now!
Annakaisa Kultima: GN! Future Barometer 2023 | Games Now!
Просмотров 111Год назад
Annakaisa Kultima: GN! Future Barometer 2023 | Games Now!
Seth Cooper: Crowdsourcing with Video Games | Games Now!
Просмотров 124Год назад
Seth Cooper: Crowdsourcing with Video Games | Games Now!
Tipi Ilmonen: Hidden Impact Messages of Punnu’s Game World | Games Now!
Просмотров 83Год назад
Tipi Ilmonen: Hidden Impact Messages of Punnu’s Game World | Games Now!
Jani Kahrama: Pelimetsä - Protecting Biodiversity with Game Studios | Games Now!
Просмотров 80Год назад
Jani Kahrama: Pelimetsä - Protecting Biodiversity with Game Studios | Games Now!
Oleksandr Sienin: Ukraine War Stories - Developing a Game about the War around Us | Games Now!
Просмотров 218Год назад
Oleksandr Sienin: Ukraine War Stories - Developing a Game about the War around Us | Games Now!
Wanda O Rly: From Vaccine Awareness to ADHD - Recipes for Applied Games | Games Now!
Просмотров 134Год назад
Wanda O Rly: From Vaccine Awareness to ADHD - Recipes for Applied Games | Games Now!
Games Now! Online Jam #9: Games for Forests Jam | Kick-Off Show
Просмотров 88Год назад
Games Now! Online Jam #9: Games for Forests Jam | Kick-Off Show
Games Now! Online Jam #8: Amazing AI Jam | Review Show
Просмотров 85Год назад
Games Now! Online Jam #8: Amazing AI Jam | Review Show