DEV.PLAY 2016

Check out how last year’s conference looked like!

Speakers

IAN LIVINGSTONE
IAN LIVINGSTONE
MATTHEW STEINKE
MATTHEW STEINKECD PROJEKT RED
SAMIR EL AGILI
SAMIR EL AGILITilting Point
MIHAI POHONTU
MIHAI POHONTUSamsung
DAVE PIMM
DAVE PIMMUniversity Campus Suffolk
ROB KURTA
ROB KURTAUniversity Campus Suffolk
JAIME GINÉ
JAIME GINÉKeywords
FERNANDO VASCONEZ
FERNANDO VASCONEZRovio
DAN TEODORESCU
DAN TEODORESCUMetagame Studios
MARIA NEGRUTA
MARIA NEGRUTAGameloft
ALEXANDRA DRAGULIN
ALEXANDRA DRAGULINGameloft
NICOLAE GEORGESCU
NICOLAE GEORGESCUGameloft
GABRIEL STANCU
GABRIEL STANCULorraine
GEORGE LEMNARU
GEORGE LEMNARUGreen Horse Games
CATALIN BUTNARIU
CATALIN BUTNARIUCarbon Incubator
DRAGOS HANCU
DRAGOS HANCUAmber
MIHAI GOSA
MIHAI GOSAKillhouse Games
IVAN FERNANDEZ LOBO
IVAN FERNANDEZ LOBOGamelab Conference
ROBERT MURESAN
ROBERT MURESANExosyphen Studios
RADU ROVIN
RADU ROVINMavenHut
VALENTIN SIMION
VALENTIN SIMIONMavenHut
LIVIU BOAR
LIVIU BOARStuck in the Attic
STEFANIA EUGENIA POPP
STEFANIA EUGENIA POPP Junior Achievement Romania
SEBASTIAN HONCIUC
SEBASTIAN HONCIUCPGL
OVIDIU GHEORGHE
OVIDIU GHEORGHEUbisoft Romania
CRISTIAN CHIHAIA
CRISTIAN CHIHAIAUbisoft Romania
JOSH NAYLOR
JOSH NAYLORUnity
DANIEL CIPU
DANIEL CIPUUbisoft
VIOREL ALEX MARINESCU
VIOREL ALEX MARINESCUElectronic Arts Romania
MIHAI SFRIJAN
MIHAI SFRIJANNotic Games
DAWID KUROWSKI
DAWID KUROWSKI 11 bit studios
MARIO VASQUEZ
MARIO VASQUEZElectronic Arts
IOANA ANGELESCU
IOANA ANGELESCUUbisoft
ALEXANDRU CHICA
ALEXANDRU CHICAElectronic Arts Romania
ALEX ION
ALEX ION
VLAD ZOTTA
VLAD ZOTTA
LAURA SAVU
LAURA SAVU
CIPRIAN JICHICI
CIPRIAN JICHICI

SPONSORS

PARTNERS

AGENDA

When… Platinum Hall Arizona + Colorado Hall
08:30-09:15 Registration & Coffee n/a
09:15-09:30 Opening Speech by Catalin Butnariu
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09:30-10:30 Code Create Collaborate by Ian Livingstone n/a
10:30-11:30 March of Mobile: The Evolution of Mobile Games And What Lies Ahead by Scott Humphries VR Is The Future, Unity Is Ready by Josh Naylor ( Powered by Unity)
11:30-11:45 COFFEE BREAK (sponsored by RGDA) COFFEE BREAK (sponsored by RGDA)
11:45-13:15 (11:45-12:45) The 1337 Playbook \\ How Romania’s Gamedevs Will Win The Future by Mihai Pohontu
(12:45-13:15) Quality Practices to deliver great gaming experiences by Mario Vasquez (EA)
(11:45-12:15) How We Won Gamedev By Rolling Our Own Tech by Mihai Gosa
(12:15-13:15) Panel: Running A Game Business In Romania with Andrei Istrate, Alex Marinescu, Mihai Sfrijan, Dragos Hancu, George Lemnaru & Catalin Butnariu
13:15-14:15 LUNCH LUNCH
14:15-15:15 Panel: How Relevant are VR & AR For Video Games? (Powered by Samsung Gear VR) with Ivan Lobo, Scott Humphries, Mihai Pohontu, Ovidiu Gheorghe & Josh Naylor (Powered by Samsung Gear VR) (14:15-14:45) 7 Games Design Mistakes We Made So That You Don’t Have To by Radu Rovin & Valentin Simion
(14:45-15:15) Kickstarting an Adventure by Liviu Boar
15:15-15:45 What To Do If Your Mobile Game Launch Fails by Samir el Agili
Augmented Reality – Turnkey Solutions or In-House Development by Daniel Flamaropol
15:45-16:15 ToonsTV – How Video Retained Users And Increased Revenue by Fernando Vasconez
Where Good Ideas Come From by Gabriel Stancu
16:15-16:30 COFFEE BREAK (sponsored by RGDA) COFFEE BREAK (sponsored by RGDA)
16:30-17:30 Monetization During Game Evolution by Maria Negruta & Alexandra Dragulin A Personal Development Plan For Producers by Dan Teodorescu
17:30-19:00 (17:30-18:30) Creating Effective Video Trailers In Reference To Marketing Strategy by David Kurowski (17:30-18:00) Cofounders, Employees, Investors. Who Should Get Shares In Your Startup? by George Lemnaru
(18:00-19:00) Creating Immersive VR Experience by Robert Muresan
20:00-Onward dev.play Official Party (Sponsored by Amber)
When… Platinum Hall Arizona + Colorado Hall
08:00-09:30 n/a n/a
09:30-10:30 How To Handle Security In Your Game. Multiplayer Included by Nicolae Georgescu Dev.Play Indie Pitch (Sponsored by Carbon Incubator)
10:30-11:30 Designing For Narrative Emotions by Dave Pimm Dev.Play Indie Pitch (Sponsored by Carbon Incubator)
11:30-11:45 COFFEE BREAK (Sponsored by RGDA) COFFEE BREAK (Sponsored by RGDA)
11:45-12:45 Witchcraft: The Alchemy of a Crafting-Based Economy by Matthew Steinke
12:45-13:15 The Evolution Of Gameplay Programming by Daniel Cipu
13:15-14:15 LUNCH LUNCH
14:15-16:15 (14:15-14:45) Large Scale Security by Alexandru Chica
(14:45-15:30) Panel: In The Heart Of E-Sports with Catalin Butnariu, Marius Radu, Sebastian Honciuc, Alexandru Ion, Vlad Zotta & Radu Dima
(15:30-16:15) Panel: Education For Game Development with Catalin Butnariu, Alin Moldoveanu, Rob Kurta, Stefania Popp & Ioana Angelescu
(14:15-15:15) (Room Arizona) Workshop: Narrative Design Workshop with Dave Pimm & Rob Kurta
(15:15-16:15) (Room Arizona) Seminar: Project Centennial – migrate x32 app to Windows Store with Laura Savu (Powered by Microsoft)
(14:15-16:15) (Room Colorado) Workshop: Concept Art – Behind The Iris Curtain with Cristian Chihaia
16:15-16:30 COFFEE BREAK (sponsored by RGDA) COFFEE BREAK (sponsored by RGDA)
16:30-18:00 (16:30-17:30) 10 Things You Need To Know To Be Successful In Asia by Jaime Gine
(17:30-18:00) Why Success Is Scarier Than Failure And 7 Other Head-Scratchers From The Top Of The Games Industry by Mihai Sfrijan
(16:30-17:15) (Room Arizona) Q&A: Building VR Apps In Unity with Josh Naylor
(16:30-17:15) (Room Colorado) Seminar: Game Dev On Any Store – With Visual Studio – Xamarin/Azure OSS with Ciprian Jichici ( Powered by Microsoft)
(17:30-18:15) (Room Arizona) Q&A: Building iOS Apps with intl. iOS experts
18:00-19:00 RoIndieVan