The Games IndustryKristina Rothe, 26.01.2016

Kristina Rothe

• Twitter: @kris_rothe

• Game Development Evangelist, Microsoft

• Sr. Project Lead Development, Travian Games

• Project Coordinator, Square Enix Ltd.

• Journalist (Game Development)

• …studied Law ;)

• Next Up: Senior Project Management: Tobii

Agenda

• “Actual” Games Industry

• Other applications of games

• Getting started

• Local Community?

The Games Industry

• AAA companies: Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Rockstar…

• Plenty smaller companies, mobile, web, PC, console

• “indie developers”

• Publishing

• Press

…but wait! There’s more!

• Events

• Learning

• Health

• Gamification

Generalists & Specialists

Support Community Organization

Code

Design Music

System Architecture

Art

Write

Start big?

2 Days Development – $50k/Day- Just an extreme example

- Start small, faster learning successes to share

Get started

• Check some tutorials online

• 2D? 3D? Lots of free tools

• Try them, follow guides online

• Find your favorite tool:

• Twine, Game Maker, Unreal Engine, Unity, RPGMaker, Löve...

• Join the community

Community

• Great overview: BerlinGameScene.com

• Facebook Group: Berlin Game Developers Meetup

• User groups (for example Unity)

• Four highly recommendable events: • Talk & Play (3 short talks + games from local developers)

• Berlin Mini Jam (Game Jam/Hackathon – Monthly)

• Global Game Jam (Hackathon)

• A Maze Festival in Berlin (annual, April)

• Learn, try, talk to people, create games together

Thanks!