2018 Sessions Schedule

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SATURDAY

REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING PASSES:

All Access Pass
IndieXchange
Indie-U

THURSDAY

REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING PASSES:

All Access Pass
IndieXchange
Indie-U

Room 180

Keynote: (The) Play's the Thing: Games Meet Theatre [[Panel]]
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Room 204 (Thurs)

Room 203 (Thurs)

Questions We Hope You Don't Ask: How To Vet A Publisher
10:10 am - 11:00 am
Business Formation IP and Contracts
11:00 am - 11:50 am
Explicit Power Dynamics - BDSM in games
12:00 pm - 12:25 pm
The Game: The Game (A Pick-up Artist Dating Simulator)
12:30 pm - 12:55 pm
AAA is for Activism
1:00 pm - 1:25 pm
Game-Theater: Put Your Body Where Your Mouth Is
1:30 pm - 1:55 pm
Videogames Are Not Games--And Why That Matters
2:00 pm - 2:25 pm
Riffs on Roguelikes: Fourteen Years of 7DRLs
2:30 pm - 2:55 pm
Explosions are cool, but...
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Thinking Outside the Bootcamp
4:00 pm - 4:25 pm
The Making of Shadow Brawlers, and Inca Games' Fight to Foster the Spanish LatAm Games Industry
4:30 pm - 4:55 pm
Actors and Indie Games, a Union Contract Made in Heaven by People Who Love Indies
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm

FRIDAY

REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING PASSES:

All Access Pass
IndieXchange
Indie-U

	Room 216 (Fri)	Room 203 (Fri)	Room 204 (Fri)
1:00 pm			Games and Interpersonal Trust 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm Brian Handy

Room 216 (Fri)

Think:Indie - Activism and Games
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

Room 203 (Fri)

Marketing & Community-Building Bootcamp
10:10 am - 12:00 pm
Can I Kick It?: Personal Development Through Solo Projects
12:25 pm - 12:55 pm
Don't Forget the Business and Marketing Components of Your Game
1:00 pm - 1:25 pm

Room 204 (Fri)

How To Teach Your Board Game
10:10 am - 11:00 am
Data Is your most powerful weapon: how a moddable hacking game can be a tool for digital activism
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Gamifying Twitter for Political Dissent
11:30 am - 11:55 am
Game Show (Colleges, Clubs, Universities)
12:00 pm - 12:55 pm
Games and Interpersonal Trust
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Creating A Game Without Borders
1:20 pm - 1:35 pm
No Dead Ends: Open Stories, Closed Systems, and the Development of real choice in Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood
1:40 pm - 1:55 pm
Audio Adventures
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Indies at the Core of a Thriving Video Game Ecosystem
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
VR Time Travel
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm
Upright Citizens Brigade Masterclass
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm
Escape the Theme Park [[Panel]]
6:00 pm - 6:50 pm

ABOUT

PRIVACY

	Room 216 (Sat)	Room 203 (Sat)	Room 204 (Sat)
10:00 am		Puzzles in Unexpected Spaces 10:10 am - 11:00 am Yunus AYYILDIZ, Rita Rosenfeld, Colleen Macklin	For SCIENCE! - Game Design as a Science 10:10 am - 11:00 am Trynn
10:15 am
10:30 am
10:45 am
11:00 am		Keeping the Band Together 11:00 am - 11:25 am Michael Annetta	Controlling Your Controllers--Alternative Controllers 101 11:00 am - 11:50 am Maria Ferreri
11:15 am
11:30 am		Making a Meal with Bites You Can Chew: Your Capabilities and Game Development 11:30 am - 11:55 am Nicolas Oueijan
11:45 am
12:00 pm	Flipping the Bird!: How we Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the E-scooter (and Other Disruptive Transit) 12:00 pm - 1:50 pm Jeff Watson, Jose Sanchez, Frances Anderton		Scaling Your Indie Studio: Lessons Learned 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Robyn Tong Gray, Rachel Hwang, Katie Chironis, Sunni Pavlovic
12:15 pm
12:30 pm
12:45 pm
1:00 pm			An epic journey from paper to cardboard 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Wesley Jeffries, Nathan Walker
1:15 pm
1:30 pm
1:45 pm
2:00 pm		ThinkIndie: Indies of Color 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Vivian Phillips, Gabriela Aveiro-Ojeda, Tonia Beglari, Alejandro Quan Madrid, Funkster Scerbak	Making History: Practical Tips for Researching and Designing Historical Games 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Dr. James Coltrain, Tracy Fullerton
2:15 pm
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
3:00 pm	Think:Indie - Games and Labor 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm John Vanderhoef, JP Karliak		Composing for Existing Blockbuster Franchises: The Music Of Star Wars Battlefront I and II 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Gordy Haab
3:15 pm
3:30 pm
3:45 pm
4:00 pm			Make It Personal: Are We Designing Empathetic Games? 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm 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)
10:00 am		Puzzles in Unexpected Spaces 10:10 am - 11:00 am Yunus AYYILDIZ, Rita Rosenfeld, Colleen Macklin
10:15 am
10:30 am
10:45 am

	Room 216 (Sat)	Room 203 (Sat)	Room 204 (Sat)
10:00 am			For SCIENCE! - Game Design as a Science 10:10 am - 11:00 am Trynn
10:15 am
10:30 am
10:45 am

	Room 180	Room 203 (Thurs)
10:00 am		Questions We Hope You Don't Ask: How To Vet A Publisher 10:10 am - 11:00 am Tucker Dean
10:15 am
10:30 am
10:45 am
11:00 am		Business Formation IP and Contracts 11:00 am - 11:50 am Jonathan Pearce
11:15 am
11:30 am
11:45 am
12:00 pm		Explicit Power Dynamics - BDSM in games 12:00 pm - 12:25 pm Bobbi A Sand
12:15 pm
12:30 pm		The Game: The Game (A Pick-up Artist Dating Simulator) 12:30 pm - 12:55 pm Angela Washko
12:45 pm
1:00 pm		AAA is for Activism 1:00 pm - 1:25 pm A.M. Darke
1:15 pm
1:30 pm		Game-Theater: Put Your Body Where Your Mouth Is 1:30 pm - 1:55 pm Jessica Ellen Creane
1:45 pm
2:00 pm		Videogames Are Not Games--And Why That Matters 2:00 pm - 2:25 pm Jordan Magnuson, Chris DeLeon
2:15 pm
2:30 pm		Riffs on Roguelikes: Fourteen Years of 7DRLs 2:30 pm - 2:55 pm Jeff Lait
2:45 pm
3:00 pm		Explosions are cool, but... 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Brandon Sichling
3:15 pm
3:30 pm
3:45 pm
4:00 pm		Thinking Outside the Bootcamp 4:00 pm - 4:25 pm Niki Selken
4:15 pm
4:30 pm		The Making of Shadow Brawlers, and Inca Games' Fight to Foster the Spanish LatAm Games Industry 4:30 pm - 4:55 pm Elizabeth Olson
4:45 pm
5:00 pm		Actors and Indie Games, a Union Contract Made in Heaven by People Who Love Indies 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Sarah Elmaleh, Crispin Freeman. Cissy Jones. Katie Sikkema
5:15 pm
5:30 pm
5:45 pm
6:30 pm	Keynote: (The) Play's the Thing: Games Meet Theatre [[Panel]] 6:30 pm - 8:00 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			Questions We Hope You Don't Ask: How To Vet A Publisher 10:10 am - 11:00 am Tucker Dean
10:15 am
10:30 am
10:45 am

	Room 216 (Fri)	Room 203 (Fri)	Room 204 (Fri)
2:00 pm			Audio Adventures 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Jesse Vigil, Thomas Wilson
2:15 pm
2:30 pm
2:45 pm

	Room 216 (Fri)	Room 203 (Fri)	Room 204 (Fri)
4:00 pm			VR Time Travel 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Panel
4:15 pm
4:30 pm
4:45 pm

	Room 216 (Fri)	Room 203 (Fri)	Room 204 (Fri)
6:00 pm			Escape the Theme Park [[Panel]] 6:00 pm - 6:50 pm
6:15 pm
6:30 pm
6:45 pm

	Room 216 (Fri)	Room 203 (Fri)	Room 204 (Fri)
11:00 am			Data Is your most powerful weapon: how a moddable hacking game can be a tool for digital activism 11:00 am - 11:25 am Rich Metson
11:15 am

	Room 216 (Fri)	Room 203 (Fri)	Room 204 (Fri)
12:00 pm			Game Show (Colleges, Clubs, Universities) 12:00 pm - 12:55 pm 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)
1:30 pm			No Dead Ends: Open Stories, Closed Systems, and the Development of real choice in Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood 1:40 pm - 1:55 pm Andrew G. Schneider
1:45 pm

2018 Sessions Schedule

SATURDAY

Room 216 (Sat)

Room 203 (Sat)

Room 204 (Sat)

THURSDAY

Room 180

Room 204 (Thurs)

Room 203 (Thurs)

FRIDAY

Room 216 (Fri)

Room 203 (Fri)

Room 204 (Fri)

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