Profession of game designer is very diverse, it requires a lot of skills and knowledge, including the ability to learn on the go. Game design is one of the favorite topics of DevGAMM participants, which is why this time we asked Vladimir Kovtun from ALAWAR and Konstantin Sakhnov from Rocket Jump to help us organize the full track. Them and guys from GD cuffs did a very good job bringing up the variety of game design related topics. Learn from our experts how to make your game unique!
Discussion panel: How to find a needle in a haystack of game economy?
When&Where: Orange Hall, May 18, 11:00-12:00
It is a massive panel and its participants: Vasiliy Sabirov, Lead analyst, devtodev, Vladimir Kovtun, Lead Game Designer, Alawar, Maria Paskevich, Analyst, Zeptolab, Konstantin Sakhnov, Head of Game Department, Rocket Jump, will discuss what the gaming economy is and what it consists of, how to understand if there is a problem in the economy of a particular game, how to choose the best price for an in-game product, how the virtual economy differ from the real one, and can the tools of micro- and macroeconomics be applied to the virtual economy of the game.
Money conquers evil. How to earn money and not to lose players?
When&Where: Orange Hall, May 18, 12:00 pm
Ilya Smirnov, Head of Game Design at Pixonic, will share the information of how to map out successful monetization, how to make money without hurting your players, Ilya will introduce you some company’s internal cases, explain how they unlocked their audience’s payment potential.
Anti-Lynch
When&Where: Orange Hall, May 18, 17:00-18:00
During this event, experienced game designers: Serge Himmelreich Producer and Founder of ORC WORK, Vladimir Kovtun, Lead Game Designer, Alawar, Nikita Filatov, Game designer, Cloud Castle, Sviatoslav Torik, Product Vision Expert, Wargaming.net, are going to offer practical ways of gameplay improvement to 3 selected but not released projects. This is a second edition of Anti-Lynch. You can watch the previous one from Minsk on our Youtube channel.
Designing synchronous PvP for mobile
When&Where: Blue Hall, May 18, 12:30
This session, provided by Ivan Kulbych, Lead Game Designer at Nordeus, will give you insights about a long path of the game ‘Spellsouls’, from first idea to soft launch during last 2 years. Ivan will share a brief summary of this amazing journey from design perspective. It also outlines related production experiences, lessons learned and best practices.
Post-release gameplay development in Gardenscapes and why the game is unique
When&Where: Orange Hall, May 18, 18:00
Alexander Smirnov, Lead Game Designer, Playrix, will provide his own experience of development of the game ‘Gardenscapes’: how the hit game moved from Hidden Object to Match-3, what makes Gardenscapes unique and what Playrix has done to distinguish the game from other popular Match-3 titles. The session also covers post-release gameplay updates in Gardenscapes.
Game-focus: How not to get lost in the development process and to finally release the game
When&Where: Yellow Hall, May 19, 16:00
During this session, Gregory Choporov, Game Producer at 2RealLife, is going to show you a simple tool for game development organization – Game-focus. He will explain how it can help all the participants to understand what kind of game they are developing, imagine a broad range of objectives and priorities of tasks on the project and also how it is useful in creation of cohesive game.
Branching dialogues: who’s to blame and what to do?
When&Where: Yellow Hall, May 19, 16:30 pm
One of the most effective and important tools of game narrative is branching dialogue. Barisbi Alborov, Narrative Designer at Creative Mobile, will give insight into this complex game element, both from writing and technical point of view. He will discuss some interesting problems and tricks one has to consider when creating branching dialogues.
The City and the Stars: the Narrative Design of Airport City
When&Where: Yellow Hall, May 19, 17:00 pm
Ivan Lebedev, Project Manager at Game Insight will deliver his talk about narrative design tools that they used in Airport City, one of the flagship Game Insight games. Ivan will share some of the lessons learned from experiments with different game mechanics that had a variable impact on game audience.
Game design in VR-project developed on 48-hour hackathon
When&Where: Yellow Hall, May 19, 17:30 pm
In this speech, Mikhail Yurchanka, СEO at 4 I Lab, will share the experience of developing a VR project in a 48-hour hackathon on the example of the game Drunk or Dead.
Cohesive Game Experience
When&Where: Yellow Hall, May 19, 18:00 pm
Game Designer at Ubisoft – Stanislav Costiuc, is going to explore what makes the game experience cohesive. He will give you examples of how different titles achieve it, and you will learn how to make sure that your game feels as one connected wholesome experience to players.
Experimental format: Balance on the go
When&Where: Yellow Hall, May 19, 18:30 pm
Two game designers – Serge Himmelreich, Co-founder of GDCuffs and Ilya Tumenko, Founder of War&World, will show in front of the public how to make the balance of fight for a random game. You will get a practical demonstration that not only consists of tables and mathematical methods but also of a real prototype, in which a calculated balance will be used.
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