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Game Connect Asia Pacific 2016

Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) is Australia’s premier game development conference, focusing specifically on skills development, addressing industry trends and international business matching. GCAP delivers thought provoking, creative and innovative sessions covering programming, art, design, management and more, from leaders in the local and international game development industry.

09:30 AEDT

Welcome Address Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

09:45 AEDT

Keynote: Corey May Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

11:00 AEDT

Indie Art Direction: 20 Steps for Standing Out Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Game Dev Studio Essentials: The Top Ten Things You Need To Know Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne What Makes a Giant? Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Building Trust as a Game Designer Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Jason Imms Talks to Eli Hodapp Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Climbing the Beanstalk to Creative Success Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Behind the Scenes of Launching Thumb Drift Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Engines: The Past and Future Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

12:10 AEDT

Make Your Art Style Work For You Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne From Aussie Indie to 100m Users - Conquering the Largest Mobile Games Markets in the World Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Virtual Songlines - Transforming Cultural Heritage Knowledge Into Immersive and Interactive Simulations Enabling Community Empowerment, Land Management and Agency Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Beyond Flow: The Importance of Coherence in Long-Term Engagement Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Chris Wright talks to Simon Alty Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Aussie Game Development: Diversity and Direction Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Playing to Your Strengths: The Story Behind 'Game Dev Tycoon' Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Let's Make Unity Great Again Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

13:05 AEDT

Lunch! Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

14:15 AEDT

Creating Characters for 'Hand of Fate' Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Talking to People with Swords: How to Engage with Cosplay Communities Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Level-Up by Thinking Outside the X(Y)Box Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Please Stop Making People Sick! Lessons Learned During 5 Years of VR Development Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Ron Gilbert Talks to Katie Gall Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Finding Peace in Chaos Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Future of Game Audio: SO Bright, it HZ Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Take to the Skies: A Shooty Skies Post-Mortem Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Everyone Loves a Tool: How This Tool Used Tools to Make Tools! (Or, How Tool Development Can REEEEEEEEALLY Help Your Indie Game) Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

15:30 AEDT

Art of 'Rodeo Stampede' - Breaking Rules & Making T.O.F.U. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Adapting Event Design for Casual F2P Titles Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Your Mental Health is Not an Optional Side Quest Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Objects in Depth: Nostalgia vs. Good Game Design Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Sally Kellaway Talks to Mick Gordon Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne The Business of Being Indie: A Production Survival Guide Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Labour of Love: How Soft Skills Can Create Better Teams Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Honey, I Monetised the Kids - How We Turned a Marketing Exercise Into 1m Revenue Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Procedural Generation: Fun = Feasability + Fairness + Interestingness Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

16:30 AEDT

Afternoon Tea Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

17:00 AEDT

Explosive Art: Bringing Particle Systems to Life Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Borrowed Toys and Broken Dreams Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Visual Architecture; Building Safe Experiences from the Grid Up Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne A Series of Interesting Questions Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Eve Beauregard Talks to Kim McAuliffe Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne The Sound of Hyper Light Drifter Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Getting Your Game Noticed Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Success From Failure: Why Faily Brakes? Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Parallel Game Engine Design Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

09:30 AEDT

GCAP Game Design Challenge Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

10:45 AEDT

The Art of Making Thing Not Look Terrible Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Magic Money - Bananas, Peanuts and Profit Sharing Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Too Big to Fail: Ensuring the Future of Australia's Games Industry Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne NERF This!: Game-Changing Player Feedback and Wrangling the Metagame Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Tony Albrecht Talks to Innes McKendrick Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne The Marketing Strategy Spellbook Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne More than a Bundle: Sportsfriends and the Business of Collective Action Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Writing, Rewriting and Re-Rewriting Armello's AI System Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

12:00 AEDT

Where Art Meets Gameplay - Level and Environment Design in 'The Eyes of Ara' Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Organising Chaos Into a Piece of Art Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Games, Play and Education: Building on Education Theory & Play-based Learning Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Advocating for the Story: Narrative Design and Communication Skills Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Trent Kusters Talks to Corey May Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Systems are Everywhere… Right Elon Musk? Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne CARDS AGAINST PRIVILEGE: KAM AND EMRE YELL ABOUT THINGS USING HUMOUR TO CREATE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MICROAGGRESSIONS AND DIVERSITY Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne My KickStarter Campaign Failed - The Journey of a New Indie Dev with Crowd Funding Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Getting Started with VR in Unreal Engine 4 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

13:00 AEDT

Lunch! Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

14:10 AEDT

End of the Line: The Geometry of Mini Metro Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Practical Game Analytics for Indie Teams Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Diversity in Personality Spurs Innovation Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne All the Feels: How Narrative and Audio Can Work Together to Create Better Player Experiences Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Laura Voss Talks to Andrew Fray Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Searching for Significance Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Lego, Post-It, Mop and Bucket: Weird Tools for Super Fast and Thorough Game Design Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Press a Button to Destroy the World - Making Stuff Satisfying in 'Doomsday Clicker' Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne The Real Performance Characteristics of Mobile Devices Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

15:25 AEDT

Licenses Are Weird and You Should Care About It Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Mobile Devices & Gamers With Disabilities Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Tethered to Space: Designing Games for VR Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Emma Siu talks to Kelsey Gamble Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Developers & Streamers: Working Together at Last Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Considerations for a Desktop Indie Launch Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne Positronic Brain, Your Tester Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

16:25 AEDT

Afternoon Tea Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

16:55 AEDT

Keynote: Innes McKendrick Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne

17:55 AEDT

Closing Address Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne