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March 26th: GameCamp

Event Details

When: Wednesday, March 26th @ 7:00pm
What: IGDA-Montreal "GameCamp"
Where: The SAT, 1195 St.Laurent
Why: GameCamp presentations + social
Who: All game developers, and those related to the game industry
Entry: free for IGDA members; $5 for non-members

Poster: Print out our snazzy promo poster (650kb - jpg) and pin it up at work to help promote the event.

GameCamp

The "GameCamp" night is a format inspired by events like BarCamp and PechaKucha. GameCamp will feature 20 mini 6-minute presentations on a multitude of topics/formats in rapid succession. From tech demos to rants and from design theory to biz topics, we truly have a diverse set of ideas to explore. The GameCamp presentations and speakers are as follows:

Presentation	Speaker
"Craft: Going beyond a bunch of random ideas to create a cohesive emotional experience"	Joe Booth - Producer, EA
"Narrative gameplay: Gate key to immersive cinematics"	Malik Boukhira - Level Designer, Ubisoft Simon Darveau - Game Designer, Ubisoft
"The gaming industry is more than just game production…"	Nicolas Brosseau - President, GamLogik
"Where did I learn how to shoot a moving target?"	Vander Caballero - Creative Director, EA
"I Screwed Up: Or, How you can recover from your blunders"	Jean Carrières - Senior Game Director, A2M
"Playtests Throughout the Game Dev Cycle"	Jonathan Dankoff - Playtest Coordinator, Ubisoft
"Heron, A Programming Language for Game Development?"	Christopher Diggins - Independent Consultant
"Fez!"	Phil Fish - Game Designer, Kokoromi
"A walk in the Park"	Laurent Gosselin - Art Director, Corpus Studio Vincent Blanchard - Senior Virtools Programmer, Derby Motion
"BitCollapse Demo"	Michael A. Hawker - President, MikeWare
"The Rise of China"	Paquito Hernandez - COO, Bug-Tracker
"Games and Meaning"	Clint Hocking - Creative Director, Ubisoft
"Real-Time Air Simulation for Games"	Ben Houston - CTO, Exocortex Technologies
"Virtual Psychology"	Mathieu Lamarche - Level Designer, Ubisoft
"ODDBOY design"	Francis Larose - Game Designer, ODD1
"My recipe to create a successful game studio"	Patrick Minotti - EVP, Tribal Nova
"Game Dev Tax Credits"	Michel Plouffe - Director Corporate Services, Pinchevsky
"Mo-cap vs keyframe"	Nicolas Robert - Animation Coordinator, Collège O'Sullivan de Québec
"How to create a more immersive gaming experience"	Martijn Steinrucken - Concept Designer, EA
"Modding Crysis with Free Tools"	Leonard Teo - Product Marketing Manager, Softimage