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GCAP 2019

Heath Smith

Lead Game Designer
Melbourne, Australia

Lead Game Designer on Shadow Of The Tomb Raider.
Please talk to me about: opportunities for AAA Lead Game Designers in Melbourne, Australia.

9:00am AEDT

Opening Keynote

11:00am AEDT

Prototyping into Production - Technical and Creative Convergence Room 104Dean Finnigan Puzzles to be explored but not solved: Designing ambiguous navigable worlds Room 105Alexander Muscat Engineering Live Ops on Call of Duty: WWII Room 111Josh Caratelli

12:00pm AEDT

What to Expect when you’re expecting (a producer) Room 109Lisy Kane

2:00pm AEDT

Visual Game Design: keeping teams aligned through minimal documentation Room 110Alex Carlyle Wild Life: Critter Clash Paid User Acquisition Postmortem Room 111Katie Stegs

3:00pm AEDT

Storm Boy: The Game Game Director Postmortem Room 104Ellen Jurik Prototype Speedrun - Building a UE4 Prototype in Under an Hour Room 110Alex Stevens • Chris Murphy

4:30pm AEDT

Claude De-goosey: On turning classical piano into videogame serendipity PlenaryDan Golding Unpacking Game Design: Creating a game without fail states or scores Room 110Wren Brier More Cards Against People Mismanagement Room 109Emilie Poissenot

10:00am AEDT

Where to from here? Putting the spotlight on the Australian games industry Room 110Philip Mayes The Forest Paths Method of Narrative Design Room 109Alexander Swords

11:00am AEDT

The Architecture of Designing story-focussed Games - Lighting the Way through the Narrative Room 109Melanie Taylor

12:00pm AEDT

Changing your career in games without having an existential crisis PlenaryJo Lammert Flow Chart - How Scope Creep Happens Room 109Leigh Harris

2:00pm AEDT

A New Way To Narrative Design Room 111Alexander Swords Rapid Prototyping 101: Crucial UX Design skills for every team Room 109Anna Brandberg

3:00pm AEDT

Why did medieval knights fight giant snails? And what does this have to do with games? Room 105Paris Buttfield-Addison Evolving Together Room 103Stefano Martincigh

4:20pm AEDT

Closing Keynote

9:30am AEDT

Opening Keynote: Industry Day

11:00am AEDT

Unreal Heavy Hitters - Shave Years off of Development Room 106Alex Stevens State Agency Games Funding - What it is, why it is, and who can apply for it Room 109Jason Imms Divergent thinking and iteration process: a hands-on creativity workshop Room 104Elaine Gusella

2:00pm AEDT

Lessons from Free to Play For Now and the Future Room 109Ella Macintyre Building Community Panel Room 110Lisy Kane • Cass Gray • Jon Hayward • Giselle Rosman • Chad Toprak

3:00pm AEDT

Being A Game Design Tradie Room 105Nic Wechter

3:50pm AEDT

Closing Keynote: Industry Day

4:00pm AEDT

What Australian gamemakers told me about making games in Australia PlenaryBrendan Keogh