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Rm. Macon
ID:2012-SB12
Bill Cashman (m)
Dustin Clingman
My Servers Did What!
Peak 10 hosts a panel of industry infrastructure experts as they relay their
experiences in infrastructure and equipment choices and designs. Included
discussion topics will touch on downtime, scalability, cost and reliability.
Rm. Athens
ID:2012-SAr11
Tim Lindsey (m),
Britt LaReau
Fresh Palettes: Art in a New Company
When the inevitable churn of projects leads to turnover on your team, how do you cope with the fresh
paint Jump into our round-table discussion of a mosaic of issues related to fitting-in, ramping-up, and
burning-out with an artist's appreciation for the subject. Get an inside look at the culture within our top
studios.
Session Block 2
10:00am, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6th
Rm. Albany
ID:2012-SAr02
D Cunningham (m),
Eric Evans,
Ben Knapp,
Sean McBride
Rm. Decatur
ID:2012-SS01
Ken Hubbell,
Beverly McCarter,
Kevin Human,
Jeff Smith
Character Design: High-Poly to Low
From beginning to end, game characters have to be optimized for performance, but they are also your
focus for everyone playing your game. They have got to be interesting, perfect, and in most cases as
realistic as possible. Learn what it takes to create the character your game needs, your gamers desire,
and that won't cause the lag death of everyone in game.
Narrative and Storytelling IN Interactive Multiuser Virtual Environments
(Part 1 of 2)
In this two session panel discussion, we address the fact that instructional design is once again at a
crossroads. Organizations are looking for ways to compete effectively in the new market and require a
safe means to learn new skills and behaviors through experience. The role of learning instructor and
facilitator is changing from traditional learning events to learning journeys and continuous, problembased
learning scenarios. It is in these scenarios that the importance of narrative storytelling by the
learner before, during and after interaction, and gamification drives learner motivation and engagement.
Games provide the rails upon which such a "safe" environment can be constructed and define how the
experience facilitator (formerly game master or referee or instructor) enforces game rules impartially,
provides situations encountered by the players, describes the world, and provides the background story
from which learners build their experience. Modern game development processes have created new
methods of world building, a practice that game masters, fantasy and science fiction writers, and
filmmakers have been using for years to create fantastic fictional universes. Many gaming companies
insist on hiring screenwriters to tackle their most ambitious projects, while TV studios have begun
hiring playwrights. In this world gone mad, is a screenwriter really who we want writing our games
What about a narrative designer Are those the same thing, or are we just making up words We may
not get all the answers, but we’ll sure tell a good story.