Event category: Sessions

Game-Theater: Put Your Body Where Your Mouth Is

September 29, 2018
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Games have rules and rules have structure. Games are amazing for elaborate world building and they often afford players the time and autonomy to become immersed in a fictional world on their own terms, allowing...

AAA is for Activism

September 29, 2018
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A. M. Darke speaks on how to design games for social impact around three core tenets: agency, accountability, and accessibility. Agency: Defined here as strategies to increase freedom for marginalized bodies....

The Game: The Game (A Pick-up Artist Dating Simulator)

September 29, 2018
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After recently completing her long-term video game project “The Game: The Game”, artist Angela Washko discusses the multi-year research process behind her pick-up artist dating simulator. Washko will...

Explicit Power Dynamics – BDSM in games

September 29, 2018
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How is BDSM portrayed in games, and what can that teach us about love, life and games? In BDSM negotiation, communication and consent are essential, and the power dynamics explicit – something that relationships...

Business Formation IP and Contracts

September 29, 2018
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Confused about which business type is right for you? Wondering what you can do to protect your IP? Looking at a publishing contract and thinking about what all these words really mean? These questions and more...

Questions We Hope You Don’t Ask: How To Vet A Publisher

September 29, 2018
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In today’s industry, publishers chase developers. This means that when a game pops up for the first time, publishers come calling after projects that look promising. For developers, this is incredibly exciting....