Games Now! – Open lectures on game development
Games Now! is an open lecture series on the dominant topics and emerging trends in games. In GN! we dig deeper to what is current at the game scene – and what will happen in the near future. The topics are curated in collaboration with Finland’s game industry veterans and our top companies. Our guest speakers are industry leaders, experienced researchers and other inspiring individuals providing their insights and advise for anyone interested to learn. The lecture series run by Aalto University is open for anyone to attend. You do not have to be enrolled to a school to join our community. However, if you are working on a formal degree in games, there are several universities and game schools that include GN! as part of their curricula.
Games Now! 2021-2022 schedule:
11.10. AAA Digital Humans in Unreal Engine: Meet the Metahumans // Ari Arnbjörnsson, Epic Games
1.11. GN! Online Jam (#GNOJ5): Finland x South Korea // Mikko Heinonen, Solip Park
22.11. Break the Cycle – The Making of Returnal // Harry Krueger, Housemarque
13.12. Covid & Games (panel) // Heini Kaihu, Petri Ikonen, Jaakko Kemppainen, Chris James
24.1. Indie Arena Booth Online and the Future of Playable Events // Wolf Lang, Super Crowd
28.2. Composing for the Fallguys // Jukio Kallio & Daniel Hagström
21.3. Free-to-play Games – A Critical View // Kati Alha, Tampere University
28.3. GN! Online Jam (#GNOJ6)
25.4. Indie and Indigenous: Case Skábma – Snowfall // Marjaana Auranen, Red Stage Entertainment
23.5. Top 10 Trends in Games Now – 2022 // Annakaisa Kultima, Aalto University
Teachers: Annakaisa Kultima, Solip Park
Period I-V
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