Explore how AI is transforming game development pipelines — accelerating your workflows and enabling smarter, more immersive gameplay. This session covers the latest developer tools and resources on AMD GPUOpen, including ML-powered neural rendering technologies. We’ll also do a deep …
Getting legal advice can be daunting but is critically important. This talk gives indie and emerging studios a practical legal playbook built from real-world mistakes and fixes, as well as an opportunity to ask games lawyers questions. Drawing on experience …
2025 was a year of unprecedented growth for D2C, with rulings like Epic v. Apple and Epic v. Google unlocking new growth vectors for web store revenue. In 2026, Apple and Google have responded by restructuring their fee models. The …
Connecting player-centric thinking and profitability.
Beginning with the simple philosophy that “UX is the relationship between creator vision and player expectation”, Ruwan shares his hard-earned insights from nearly two decades in the industry, contributing to 35+ AAA and mobile titles.…
In October of 2025 Koolhaus celebrated its 20th year anniversary. With over 95% of new companies closing within 2 years of their start, keeping any company, let alone a development studio, going is a difficult challenge. Wolfgang will share his …
Learn how to pitch at the right stage, what deal terms to expect in 2026, and how to target the right partners. This session unpacks how to align with the market and close better publishing deals.…
Applying just a few best practices for code and design to a game during development, regardless of project budget, can make a huge difference in the amount of work required to bring the game to new platforms in the future. …
Most game projects fail quietly while “on track.” This talk reframes production around a single, unforgiving truth: a playable build tells you more than any roadmap ever will. Drawing from real-world AAA and live-service experience, I’ll show how an always-playable …
Our Constantinople-inspired city in Streets of Fortuna is populated by literally thousands of fully simulated citizens, generated on the fly and then living their lives, including finding work, love, food, entertainment, and spirituality, within a city which is also generated …
How Soft Rains leans on our breadth of skills and interests to weather changes. Kaitlin Tremblay and Trang Nguyen of Soft Rains will discuss ways to prepare your studio for self-publishing from both marketing and operation standpoints.…