2018 Sessions Schedule
Schedule times & events subject to change
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SATURDAY
REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING PASSES:
All Access Pass
IndieXchange
Indie-URoom 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 10:00 am 10:15 am 10:30 am 10:45 am 11:00 am 11:15 am 11:30 am 11:45 am 12:00 pm Flipping the Bird!: How we Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the E-scooter (and Other Disruptive Transit)-
Jeff Watson, Jose Sanchez, Frances Anderton
Scaling Your Indie Studio: Lessons Learned-
Robyn Tong Gray, Rachel Hwang, Katie Chironis, Sunni Pavlovic
12:15 pm 12:30 pm 12:45 pm 1:00 pm 1:15 pm 1:30 pm 1:45 pm 2:00 pm ThinkIndie: Indies of Color-
Vivian Phillips, Gabriela Aveiro-Ojeda, Tonia Beglari, Alejandro Quan Madrid, Funkster Scerbak
Making History: Practical Tips for Researching and Designing Historical Games-
Dr. James Coltrain, Tracy Fullerton
2:15 pm 2:30 pm 2:45 pm 3:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:30 pm 3:45 pm 4:00 pm Make It Personal: Are We Designing Empathetic Games?-
James Earl Cox III, William Hellwarth, and Cat Wendt
4:15 pm 4:30 pm 4:45 pm Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 12:00 pm Flipping the Bird!: How we Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the E-scooter (and Other Disruptive Transit)-
Jeff Watson, Jose Sanchez, Frances Anderton
12:15 pm 12:30 pm 12:45 pm 1:00 pm 1:15 pm 1:30 pm 1:45 pm Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 3:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:30 pm 3:45 pm Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 10:00 am 10:15 am 10:30 am 10:45 am Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 11:00 am 11:15 am Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 11:30 am 11:45 am Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 2:00 pm ThinkIndie: Indies of Color-
Vivian Phillips, Gabriela Aveiro-Ojeda, Tonia Beglari, Alejandro Quan Madrid, Funkster Scerbak
2:15 pm 2:30 pm 2:45 pm Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 10:00 am 10:15 am 10:30 am 10:45 am Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 11:00 am 11:15 am 11:30 am 11:45 am Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 12:00 pm Scaling Your Indie Studio: Lessons Learned-
Robyn Tong Gray, Rachel Hwang, Katie Chironis, Sunni Pavlovic
12:15 pm 12:30 pm 12:45 pm Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 1:00 pm 1:15 pm Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 2:00 pm Making History: Practical Tips for Researching and Designing Historical Games-
Dr. James Coltrain, Tracy Fullerton
2:15 pm 2:30 pm 2:45 pm Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 3:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:30 pm 3:45 pm Room 216 (Sat) Room 203 (Sat) Room 204 (Sat) 4:00 pm Make It Personal: Are We Designing Empathetic Games?-
James Earl Cox III, William Hellwarth, and Cat Wendt
4:15 pm 4:30 pm 4:45 pm Room 216 (Sat)
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Flipping the Bird!: How we Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the E-scooter (and Other Disruptive Transit)
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Jeff Watson, Jose Sanchez, Frances Anderton
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Think:Indie - Games and Labor
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John Vanderhoef, JP Karliak
Room 203 (Sat)
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Puzzles in Unexpected Spaces
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Yunus AYYILDIZ, Rita Rosenfeld, Colleen Macklin
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Keeping the Band Together
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Michael Annetta
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Making a Meal with Bites You Can Chew: Your Capabilities and Game Development
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Nicolas Oueijan
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ThinkIndie: Indies of Color
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Vivian Phillips, Gabriela Aveiro-Ojeda, Tonia Beglari, Alejandro Quan Madrid, Funkster Scerbak
Room 204 (Sat)
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For SCIENCE! - Game Design as a Science
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Trynn
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Controlling Your Controllers--Alternative Controllers 101
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Maria Ferreri
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Scaling Your Indie Studio: Lessons Learned
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Robyn Tong Gray, Rachel Hwang, Katie Chironis, Sunni Pavlovic
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An epic journey from paper to cardboard
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Wesley Jeffries, Nathan Walker
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Making History: Practical Tips for Researching and Designing Historical Games
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Dr. James Coltrain, Tracy Fullerton
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Composing for Existing Blockbuster Franchises: The Music Of Star Wars Battlefront I and II
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Gordy Haab
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Make It Personal: Are We Designing Empathetic Games?
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James Earl Cox III, William Hellwarth, and Cat Wendt
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Flipping the Bird!: How we Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the E-scooter (and Other Disruptive Transit)
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THURSDAY
REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING PASSES:
All Access Pass
IndieXchange
Indie-URoom 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 10:00 am 10:15 am 10:30 am 10:45 am 11:00 am 11:15 am 11:30 am 11:45 am 12:00 pm 12:15 pm 12:30 pm 12:45 pm 1:00 pm 1:15 pm 1:30 pm 1:45 pm 2:00 pm 2:15 pm 2:30 pm 2:45 pm 3:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:30 pm 3:45 pm 4:00 pm 4:15 pm 4:30 pm 4:45 pm 5:00 pm Actors and Indie Games, a Union Contract Made in Heaven by People Who Love Indies-
Sarah Elmaleh, Crispin Freeman. Cissy Jones. Katie Sikkema
5:15 pm 5:30 pm 5:45 pm 6:30 pm 6:45 pm 7:00 pm 7:15 pm 7:30 pm 7:45 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 6:30 pm 6:45 pm 7:00 pm 7:15 pm 7:30 pm 7:45 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 10:00 am 10:15 am 10:30 am 10:45 am Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 11:00 am 11:15 am 11:30 am 11:45 am Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 12:00 pm 12:15 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 12:30 pm 12:45 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 1:00 pm 1:15 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 1:30 pm 1:45 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 2:00 pm 2:15 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 2:30 pm 2:45 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 3:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:30 pm 3:45 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 4:00 pm 4:15 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 4:30 pm 4:45 pm Room 180 Room 204 (Thurs) Room 203 (Thurs) 5:00 pm Actors and Indie Games, a Union Contract Made in Heaven by People Who Love Indies-
Sarah Elmaleh, Crispin Freeman. Cissy Jones. Katie Sikkema
5:15 pm 5:30 pm 5:45 pm Room 204 (Thurs)
Room 203 (Thurs)
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Questions We Hope You Don't Ask: How To Vet A Publisher
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Tucker Dean
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Business Formation IP and Contracts
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Jonathan Pearce
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Explicit Power Dynamics - BDSM in games
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Bobbi A Sand
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The Game: The Game (A Pick-up Artist Dating Simulator)
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Angela Washko
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AAA is for Activism
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A.M. Darke
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Game-Theater: Put Your Body Where Your Mouth Is
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Jessica Ellen Creane
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Videogames Are Not Games--And Why That Matters
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Jordan Magnuson, Chris DeLeon
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Riffs on Roguelikes: Fourteen Years of 7DRLs
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Jeff Lait
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Explosions are cool, but...
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Brandon Sichling
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Thinking Outside the Bootcamp
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Niki Selken
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The Making of Shadow Brawlers, and Inca Games' Fight to Foster the Spanish LatAm Games Industry
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Elizabeth Olson
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Actors and Indie Games, a Union Contract Made in Heaven by People Who Love Indies
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Sarah Elmaleh, Crispin Freeman. Cissy Jones. Katie Sikkema
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Questions We Hope You Don't Ask: How To Vet A Publisher
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FRIDAY
REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING PASSES:
All Access Pass
IndieXchange
Indie-URoom 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 10:00 am 10:15 am 10:30 am 10:45 am 11:00 am 11:15 am 11:30 am 11:45 am 12:00 pm Game Show (Colleges, Clubs, Universities)-
Gamekedo (Chris De Leon, Daniel Lazar), Santa Monica College (Julia Raz, Sophia Hariz), NYU (Toni Pizza) USC: (Jane Pinckard, Michelle Pina) Moderated by Collin Kelly
12:15 pm 12:30 pm 12:45 pm 1:00 pm 1:15 pm 1:30 pm 1:45 pm 2:00 pm 2:15 pm 2:30 pm 2:45 pm 3:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:30 pm 3:45 pm 4:00 pm 4:15 pm 4:30 pm 4:45 pm 5:00 pm 5:15 pm 5:30 pm 5:45 pm 6:00 pm 6:15 pm 6:30 pm 6:45 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 2:00 pm 2:15 pm 2:30 pm 2:45 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 10:00 am 10:15 am 10:30 am 10:45 am 11:00 am 11:15 am 11:30 am 11:45 am Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 12:15 pm 12:30 pm 12:45 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 1:00 pm 1:15 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 10:00 am 10:15 am 10:30 am 10:45 am Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 11:00 am 11:15 am Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 11:30 am 11:45 am Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 12:00 pm Game Show (Colleges, Clubs, Universities)-
Gamekedo (Chris De Leon, Daniel Lazar), Santa Monica College (Julia Raz, Sophia Hariz), NYU (Toni Pizza) USC: (Jane Pinckard, Michelle Pina) Moderated by Collin Kelly
12:15 pm 12:30 pm 12:45 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 1:00 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 1:15 pm 1:30 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 1:30 pm 1:45 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 2:00 pm 2:15 pm 2:30 pm 2:45 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 3:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:30 pm 3:45 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 4:00 pm 4:15 pm 4:30 pm 4:45 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 5:00 pm 5:15 pm 5:30 pm 5:45 pm Room 216 (Fri) Room 203 (Fri) Room 204 (Fri) 6:00 pm 6:15 pm 6:30 pm 6:45 pm Room 216 (Fri)
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Think:Indie - Activism and Games
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A. M. Darke, Angela Washko, Derek Curry, Christina "Phaz" Curlee
Room 203 (Fri)
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Marketing & Community-Building Bootcamp
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Kacey Mast and Benjamin Tarsa
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Can I Kick It?: Personal Development Through Solo Projects
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Izzy Abdus-Sabur
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Don't Forget the Business and Marketing Components of Your Game
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Kelly Maguire
Room 204 (Fri)
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How To Teach Your Board Game
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Jessica Chu, Katie Khau, Tim Kuehlhorn
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Data Is your most powerful weapon: how a moddable hacking game can be a tool for digital activism
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Rich Metson
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Gamifying Twitter for Political Dissent
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Derek Curry and Jennifer Gradecki
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Game Show (Colleges, Clubs, Universities)
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Gamekedo (Chris De Leon, Daniel Lazar), Santa Monica College (Julia Raz, Sophia Hariz), NYU (Toni Pizza) USC: (Jane Pinckard, Michelle Pina) Moderated by Collin Kelly
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Games and Interpersonal Trust
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Brian Handy
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Creating A Game Without Borders
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Vicki Lau
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No Dead Ends: Open Stories, Closed Systems, and the Development of real choice in Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood
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Andrew G. Schneider
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Audio Adventures
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Jesse Vigil, Thomas Wilson
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Indies at the Core of a Thriving Video Game Ecosystem
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Kevin Klowden
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VR Time Travel
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Panel
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Upright Citizens Brigade Masterclass
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Upright Citizens Brigade
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Escape the Theme Park [[Panel]]
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Think:Indie - Activism and Games