Contents
Overview PDF
Audio:
TRACK: Casual Game Summit:
What Is a Casual Game? / Steve Meretzky
Design Principles for Casual Games / Nick Fortungo
Art Direction for Casual Games / Tysen Henderson, Phil Weber, Nick Stern, Margaret Wallace
Bookworm Adventures Post-Mortem / Tysen Henderson
Casual Game Technology Face Off / Chris Melissinos, Justin Everett-Church, Brad Edelman, James Smith, Josh Williams, Jeff Weinstein
Business Models on Parade / Dave Williams, Alexis Madrigal, Daniel James, Charles Merrin, Dave Rohrl
Publishers Hot Seat / Kenny Dinkin, Dan Prigg, Patrick Wylie, Ron Powers, Greg Lanz, Margaret Wallace, James Gwertman
So You Want To Start a Casual Game Company / Lee Crawford, Juan Gril, Nick Fortugno, Daniel Bernstein, James Gwertzman, Jim Greer
Downloadable Casual Games on the Console / John Needham, Chris Early, John Welch
Post Mortems: Game, Franchise & Company / Heidi Perry
Innovation & the Value Chain / Charles Merrin, John Welch, Daniel James, Dave Rohrl
Using Licenses in Casual Games / Megan Gaiser (Her Interactive; Dave Walls, Charles Merrin, Shaul Olmert, Robert Nashak, Heidi Perry
International Opportunities - Making $$$ Outside the U.S. / James Gwertzman, Erik Goosens, Erik Bethke, Lee Crawford
Innovation in Casual Game Design: The Unseen Way Forward / Dave Rohrl, Dave Walls, Kenny Dinkin, Nick Fortugno, Steve Meretzky
TRACK: Independent Game Summit:
Console/PC Distribution Gatekeepers / Kim Pallister, Jason Holtman John Hight, Sandy Resnick, Moderator: Simon Carless
IGF Finalists Sneak Peek / Simon Carless
Making An Indie MMO / Daniel James
Innovation in Indie Games / Kyle Gabler, Jenova Chen, Jon Mak, Jon Blow, Moderator: Steve Swink
Postmortem: Gastronaut Studios’ Small Arms / Jacob Van Wingen, Don Wurste
Episodic Gaming For Indies / Dave Grossman, Kevin Bruner
Idea Takeaway: The Indie MBA / John Baez
Our Journey From Narbacular Drop To Portal / Kim Swift
Indie Prototyping, Braid, & Making Innovative Games / Jonathan Blow
The Indie Bootstrap Kit / Matt Wegner
Indie Retail Distribution / Kirk Owen
Indie Development Logistics / Jamie Cheng, Jacob Van Wingen, Steve Taylor, Ryan Clark, Moderator: Brandon Sheffield
The Casual Cash Cow? / Eric Zimmerman
Fostering an Experimental Student Project: How Cloud Got Made / Jenova Chen, Kellee Santiago
Intended Audience: Marketing For Indies / Russell Carroll
Physics Games Go Indie / Matthew Wegner
Building The Future of Indie Games / Greg Costikyan, Mark Morris, David Jaffe, Derek Yu, Moderator: Simon Carles