Animex Game
ANIMEX GAME is a packed TWO day programme of talks from top AAA and indie studios worldwide.
Get PassesThis is the first time we have created a single ANIMEX GAME programme at KDU University College giving you a chance to hear from the best in the games industry. To kick start the first day and close the event, our ANIMEX GAME delegates will join ANIMEX AVFX in the auditorium to hear from our inspiring key note speakers. Go to GET TICKETS to purchase your two day pass for ANIMEX AVFX. and if you want to break it up with a masterclass from one of our experts, treat yourself to one of the MASTERCLASSES on offer on the Saturday afternoon and/or Sunday morning. We look forward to seeing you at Animex South East Asia 2015.
05 September 15
KDU University College, Utropolis, Glenmarie
8:30AM
Registration
9:30AM
Welcome Remarks and Opening Ceremony by KDU and Teesside University
10:30AM
Wild West - The Frontier of Animation Principles in VR
Christine Phelan | Valve
Christine’s talk will deconstruct animation concepts from film and video games and discuss how many of these ideas need to be re-evaluated when working with an audience that is both independent and directly embedded in a scene. As an animator in the entertainment industry for nearly 10 years, Christine has worked for studios such as Nickelodeon, LucasArts, Double Fine Productions, Nintendo, and Valve.
11:30AM
Break
12:00PM
The best things in life come as a surprise
Georg Backer | A Brave Plan Ltd
"The best things in life come as a surprise", explained Georg when asked what his keynote was going to be about, supplementing his answer with a subtle nod and confident thumbs-up. It might be difficult to believe that Georg used a random generator to come up with the title of this talk. When we probed for more details he initiated an elaborate hand gesture and disappeared in a cloud of smoke, which morphed into the word IMAGINATION!. We can't wait for this talk and I am sure you can't too !
1:00PM
From Zero to Hero : how enabling you tubers helped us find an audience
Rex Crowle | Media Molecule
Richard Franke | Magic Notion Ltd.
In this talk, Richard Franke, founder of Magic Notion, describes how the apparent initial failure of Kitty Powers' Matchmaker was completely turned around by simply enabling Youtubers, and why Kitty Powers' Matchmaker makes such good YouTube content.
2:00PM
Lunch
3:00PM
Still thinking of a title
Abdul Khaliq | EA Ghost
In this talk Alitt will share with the audience my take on what it actually means to work in a multi-million dollar game development, across multiple studios around the globe. To elaborate more on the 60-40 magic number that shifted, evolved and materialised throughout his experience.
4:00PM
Games Forum : Paving Your Career Path in the Game Industry : 20 Years Ahead
Georg Backer | A Brave Plan Ltd
Dave Paget | Sumo Digital
Alessandro Taini | Ninja Theory
Abdul Khaliq | EA Ghost
This session would cover topic of interest from students, junior and also senior industry professional and to be full with jokes and anecdotes of the harsh reality of the game industry but layered with the good vibe of the future & opportunity.
5:00PM
End of Animex Game Day 1 - Games Track
06 September 15
KDU University College, Utropolis, Glenmarie
9:45AM
Remarks By KDU and Teesside University
10:00AM
A Humble Indie On The Steam Train to PlayStation
Full-time indie game developer, part-time game jam evangelist, life-time video game connoisseur. While not crafting high-octane, retro-styled arcade-action games, Shawn Beck is actively a staunch proponent of accelerated game development in the Malaysian game dev community.
11:00AM
Swimming in the Red Ocean that is Mobile Games
Richard Sun | WIGU Games Studio
The pace at which mobile games are being released is astounding. With the explosion of digital distribution, as well as easy to use third party engines, the barrier to entry for the mobile games market is lower than ever. In this talk, Richard will cover the struggles of operating in such a red ocean, and shares his thoughts on what strategies he thinks can be adopted to allow development studios to swim rather than sink. Richard Sun is the founder of WIGU Games, a very successful games development studio based in Malaysia.
12:00PM
Lunch
1:30PM
Standing out from the Crowd
Alessandro Taini | Ninja Theory
Alessandro discusses how his work on Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, DmC: Devil May Cry and the upcoming Hellblade, has made Ninja Theory games visually stand out from the crowd. He will show how Ninja Theory has approached creative challenges from different angles, to achieve something fresh new and unique. Besides being Ninja Theory's Art Director creating the visual style of ENSLAVED and DMC, multi-talented Alessandro is also a freelance illustrator for Random house and Bloomsbury Publishing.
2:30PM
Re-creating Sci-fi’s Original Iconic Alien
Gary Napper | Supermassive Games
A look behind the systems, senses and design of the alien from The Creative Assembly’s evolution of horror game, Alien: Isolation. Lead Designer Gary explains how the team approached this daunting task, some of the things they learned and tricks to working with the alien. With 14 years industry experience and lead positions on many triple A titles, Gary is an experienced designer with a focus on gameplay experience and quality. Gary has shipped over 7 Triple A titles and worked on a wide variety of genres including third person action adventure games, film licenses, racing games, first person shooters, platformers and simulation games
3:30PM
Break
4:00PM
Constructing a Procedural Train Track on Inside Out
Vincent Serritella | Pixar
San Francisco based Effects Technical Director and fine artist Vincent Serritella will present the challenges encountered on Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out” when constructing and deconstructing a procedurally generated train track inside the mind. Vincent will also discuss his year long web based project, Project 365, the goal of which was to create and give away an original piece of artwork every day for one year to anyone in the world for free.
5:00PM
End of Animex Talk Day 2 - Games Track