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NZGDC17

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6:30pm NZST

Introduction to Unreal: Auckland Workshop AR/VR Garage

9:30am NZST

2D World Building in Unity WG809 Building a comms plan from the game design outwards WG801-802 Getting Started in VR WG901-902 Growing from an Individual Contributor to Leader: What You Need to Know WG907 Modelling games for learning with action mapping WG808 World building in Unreal Engine 4 WG803 Designing Imaginary Worlds WG908-909

1:30pm NZST

Advanced Technical Art in Unreal Engine WG901-902 One Game Enters, Two Games Leave WG808 Taking your game to the next level: hot tips on how to run your business and protect your IP WG801-802 Unity - Cinemachine, Timeline and Lighting! WG809

5:00pm NZST

NZGDA Annual General Meeting WG403

6:00pm NZST

Auckland Game Dev Meetup WG403

8:30pm NZST

NZ Game Dev Catch Up Aotea House Bar & Restaurant

8:30am NZST

Registration Level 2 Lobby

9:00am NZST

NZGDC17 Intro & Kiwi Game Starter Winner WG403

9:30am NZST

Opening Keynote - Aurelie Le Chevalier WG403

10:40am NZST

A ten year visual journey - from inception to act five WG901-902 How to be wrong... less WG404 Making Tools for Games [Panel] WG308 UX, Y? WG126 Turning a story idea into a story product WG908-909 The Cost of Making a Game WG403

11:35am NZST

Animation Swiss Army Knife WG308 Common Mistakes Artists Make WG901-902 Taking the luck out of luck: Visual confirmation of game behavior WG403 Better Balanced Economies. An Introduction to Formula Driven Design WG126 Smarter Monetisation with Google Analytics for Firebase WG404 Top 10 Tricks for Community Management (with or without a dedicated CM) WG908-909

1:15pm NZST

Freshies [Panel] WG308 Technical art basics - Stepping past conventional artist roles WG901-902 Broken Toys and Borrowed Dreams WG126 Designing around the edges WG404 In Defence of the Linear: Telling Tailored Stories WG908-909 Managing Your Career Through Turmoil WG403 Why we don't worry how people find us on the App Store WG907

2:10pm NZST

Texturing with the Dark Arts: Workflows in Substance WG901-902 Getting started in Mobile VR with Google Daydream WG404 Games for Learning WG308 Giant Killer Robots: a cinematic approach to game design WG403 Rapid Prototyping in Unreal and the Importance of a good pipeline WG908-909 Yonder: The Startup Chronicles WG126

3:30pm NZST

New 2D Tools in Unity WG907 Trying very hard to make realtime art not look like a videogame WG901-902 Too Clever isn’t Fun – Creating Believable and Satisfying AI Adversaries WG404 The Getting-Hit-By-A-Bus-Situation: Good Design Documentation matters WG126 Story Meets Story World - Non Linear Storytelling in modern gaming WG908-909 The struggles of transitioning Depth to a service based game WG403 BizDev GameDevs: Indie Businesses and Beyond [Panel] WG308

4:25pm NZST

Path of Exile. Story telling through concept art and design WG403 Finding the Fun in Physics WG901-902 "Nobody makes games for us!" - developing games for visually impaired WG404 Virtual Reality Storytelling WG907 From nothing to Armageddon in 9 days WG908-909 What are your in-app payment options and why do they matter WG126

6:30pm NZST

Google AdMob NZGDC17 Drinks The Bluestone Room

7:00am NZST

NZGDC17 Breakfast Meetup for women and non binary Chuffed Coffee

8:30am NZST

Registration Level 2 Lobby

9:00am NZST

Welcome Back WG403

9:15am NZST

Art Leadership - How to build a happy and successful Art team from the ground up WG901-902 Photogrammetry Rocks! WG907 Proactive and Reactive Game Balance WG404 Yarn Spinner: A Tool For Writing Interactive Dialogue WG908-909 Analytics for independent developers: How to benefit from game analytics, without the headaches WG403 Great workplaces by Design [Panel] WG308

10:10am NZST

Drawing with Distance Fields WG901-902 You're Not Lucky To Be Here: The Art Of Overlap WG403 Approaches to Procedurally Generated Audio in Video Games WG126 Toxic Masculinity in Games WG404 Game Jams and community building WG907 The Impacts of Immigration on People in Games WG908-909

10:40am NZST

Let's get serious: the Wonderful World of Character Design WG901-902 Game Engine Architectures of Tomorrow WG404 From Finance to Games: What Can Game Creators Learn From the World of Investment Banking WG908-909 Is it Broken? (Or am I?): Diagnosing and Fixing In-Progress Systems WG126 Interactive Storytelling WG907 Creating Studio Culture: Dino Polo Club Year 1 WG403 eSports in NZ – assessing the opportunities WG308

11:35am NZST

3D Art Optimization for VR Experiences WG908-909 Learn to be Lazy (and Other Quick-Fire Game Art Tips) WG901-902 Procedural Tools for Handcrafted Games WG404 Sound as a Storyteller WG907 Kickstarter Success! now what? WG403 Success and Envy: Understanding Luck WG126

1:15pm NZST

Grinding Gear Games art panel discussion and Q&A [Panel] WG308 Tutorial Systems - The bane of game developers everywhere WG404 Hide and Seek: Good Design is invisible WG126 Excuse me, I think there’s been a mistake. Is this marketing in my narrative? WG403 Guardian: Taking a step backwards in order to go forward. WG907 Battle Wounds of an Indie Developer WG908-909 The value of incorporating competitive gaming into your game WG901-902 Studio Managers Workshop WG903

2:10pm NZST

Framing the Game: Art Theory to Game Development WG901-902 [ Procedurally generated talk name ] WG404 Establishing talking points though Game Audio WG126 Decolonising the Cultural Heritage in Serious Games WG907 AR/VR Tools for business [Panel] WG308 Indie Quality Assurance: Tips and Tricks WG908-909 Keystones for Scheduled Expansions WG403

3:30pm NZST

"What sounds do Monsters make?" WG901-902 Improve Your Designs with Research! WG126 Security Landscape of Games in New Zealand WG404 Getting Serious about Serious Games WG908-909 Doing That Representation Thing WG403 The Sonic Palette: How Audio Lifts Your Game WG907 Finance and Tax Q+A WG308

4:00pm NZST

Closing Keynote - Delaney King WG403

6:30pm NZST

NZGDC17 After Party Catch 22