A crash course for game designers and publishers on game manufacturing. Tips on component choices and the production process. Ideas for running your Kickstarter campaign will be up for discussion.
A Journey Through The Dark: Creating a Multi-Sensory Adventure
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Put on a blindfold & join us in a mass escape from the mad wizard’s dungeon! Learn how to make your RPGs more immersive by incorporating touch, taste, sound, & smell into your adventures.
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Looking for ways to make your RPGs more immersive? We’ll demonstrate strategies for incorporating touch, taste, sound, and smell into your games. Stimulate your senses by participating in a tabletop adventure while blindfolded, and take home a free sample of Adventure Scents scentFX orbs to liven up your next campaign.
Open Q&A session about intellectual property in any industry, genre, etc. If the lawyer likes your question, he will chuck a pack of Magic cards at you.
Open Q&A session about intellectual property in any industry, genre, etc. If the lawyer likes your question, he will chuck a pack of Magic Cards at you.
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IP is like a game itself, and I love to unravel the many challenges that people come across. So if you have any: interesting questions, cleverly-phrased questions, challenging questions or sincere questions let me have them.
Join Portal Games own Ignacy Trzewiczek, as he shares stories and a look behind a typical day at Portal Games. Ignacy makes games that tell stories and he wants to share some with you.
Ale & Whores: How NOT to Spend Your Adventuring Gold
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Financial Planning for Gamers. The day is ours! The king thanks you for ridding the land of the foul beast & gives you your reward. Now what?
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Our valiant heroes return from the land of BeigeCube, after slaying the mighty TPS Report monster. The week has ended, and the wise king Payroll has deemed to give us a boon, the mystic PayCheck! As you sit at the tavern, awaiting your next adventure, you ponder what to do with your new found cash. Should I upgrade my armor from khakis to an nice suit? Repair my weapons of Briefcase and Folder? A wise, bent man, leaning heavily on a crooked staff approaches your table, and says. "It sounds like you need a plan." While, as gamers, we know that planning is an essential part of any gaming experience, whether RPG, dice, miniatures, board games, LCGs, CCGs, or online, many gamers are overwhelmed when it comes to planning in their real lives. This will not be boring. Financial planning and gaming go hand in hand, and I LOVE talking about it. Souvenirs for attendees.
Different game lines & even different projects within those lines require different aesthetic choices. An in-depth look at how visual styles are determined in order to deliver the world as written.