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Casual Games Summit 2005 Files

This library page contains the files related to the Casual Games Tutorial at the 2005 Game Developers Conference. Files that are particularly large (greater than 2 Megabytes) have size notations next to them.

• ScheduleAndBios.zip - A Word file with the Tutorial schedule, and brief bios of all of the participants.
  

PowerPoint Presentations

 
• Introduction and overview - Steve Meretzky
  
• Web and Downloadable - Steve Meretzky, moderator
  • (keynote) Downloadable Games - John Welch, Playfirst
  • Other panelists: Dave Rohrl, Don Ryan, Stephan Smith
    
• Mobile - Dan Scherlis, moderator
  • (keynote) Making Money in Mobile Games - Ricci Rukavina
  • Other Panelists: Scott Kim, Tom Park, Kent Quirk
    
• Production - Dave Rohrl, moderator
• (keynote 1) Creating a Sequel to Cubis - Stephan Smith, FreshGames
• (keynote 2) Self-Publishing - Wade Tinney, Large Animal Games
• Other panelists: Scott Balaban, Brad Edelman
  
• Design - Patricia Pizer, moderator
  • (keynote) 2005 Trends in Casual Game Design (10MB) - Scott Kim, Puzzlemaster
    Other Panelists: Steve Meretzky, Dave Rohrl
    
• Business - John Welch, moderator
  • (keynote) The Business of Casual Games - Don Ryan, Microsoft Game Studios
    
• Technology (5MB) - Kent Quirk, moderator
• Kent Quirk, SolidWorks
• Tom Park, mForma
• Brad Edelman, Playfirst
  
• Retail - Stephan Smith, moderator
  • (keynote) Retail Distribution, Stephan Smith, FreshGames
  • Other Panelist: Dave Rohrl
    
• Other Markets - Dan Scherlis, moderator
  • (keynote) Current State of Coin-Op (8 MB): Elaine A. Hodgson, President, Incredible Technologies
  • Other panelists: Scott Balaban, Steve Hoffman, Scott Kim, Kent Quirk
    
    

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