19h30: Introduction of new members / Flash Pitches of new projects. - True Final Boss: We welcome the Swiss-german creator Tabea Iseli, who will talk about her approach of game design and more specifically how to tackle political and social commentary through video games. Tabea Iseli is the founder of Stardust and she is currently ... Read more
19h30: Introduction of new members / Flash Pitches of new projects. - True Final Boss: Gabriel Sonderegger from Sunnyside Games. Their game, Towaga: Among Shadows, was among the first batch to launch on the Apple Arcade service. Gabriel will talk about his coordination work with Apple and how they used their extensive Q&A feedbacks. He ... Read more
19h30: Introduction of new members / Flash Pitches of new projects. - Truest Final Boss: Daniel Roux is among the very first gamedevs in Switzerland. He started making games in the 80s and has an extended portfolio of games, notably the Blupi (Eggbert) series in which he explored many genres from platformers to RTS. He ... Read more
19h30: Introduction of new members / Flash Pitches of new projects. The meetup will mainly be dedicated to short talks and playtesting sessions. Feel free to bring your prototypes (video & table (board) games). - Stage 1-1: Ron Morrow, former event manager at Ludicious Zurich Game Festival, will present his vision for the HeroFest (https://www.herofest.ch), ... Read more
A meetup dedicated on helping you prepare your applications (docs, prototypes, etc) for national (ProHelvetia) & regional (Vaud) grants. 19h30: Introduction of new members / Flash Pitches of new projects. Short presentation of Answer Knot by Julia Jeanneret (Naraven Games): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1049400/Answer_Knot/ - True Last Boss: The next Pro Helvetia Call for Projects is coming up, ... Read more
19h30: Introduction of new members / Flash Pitches of new projects. - True Last Boss: Rinaldo Wirz, a Swiss game artist and designer working in Japan, is back in Switzerland for a while so we decided to gather the Momo-Pi Team (Cédric Reinhardt and Guillaume Schneuwly) and have them talk about the Puzzle design process ... Read more
19h30: Introduction of new members / Flash Pitches of new projects. - Level 1-1: A talk on accessibility in game design by Jérémy "Greaby" Gasche. Jérémy will talk about why it is important to think about accessibility as early as possible when designing your games. - Level 1-2: A talk and open discussion by Duncan ... Read more
19h30: Introduction of new members / Flash Pitches of new projects. - Bonus Stage: Bring your LVLUP Game Jam & Global Game Jam Games and present them to everyone! We would love to hear about your design ideas and what you experienced! - True Last Boss: A short presentation of the Sharped Stone Studios team ... Read more
19h30: Introduction of new members / Flash Pitches of new projects. - Stage 1: The story behind the development of the modern city builder Lethis: Path of Progress by Théophile Noiré from Triskell Interactive (http://triskell-interactive.com/), a indie game studio from Bretagne, currently working on the second installment of the series. Buy it here on Steam ... Read more
19h30: Introduction of new members / Flash Pitches of new projects. - Stage 1: An in-depth look at Save me Mr. Tako by Christophe Galati and "nostalgic" game design or how to get inspiration from good old games and update them with modern game design. Buy it here on Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/save-me-mr-tako-tasukete-tako-san-switch