DemoCampVancouver06 Live Blog
April 10th, 2008 by Nancy Zimmerman | 8 Comments »Unfortunately Rebecca is unable to attend DemoCamp’s Gaming Edition this evening so Nancy Zimmerman has been kind enough to take on the liveblog - thanks Nancy!
What: DemoCampVancouver06 - Gaming Edition [wiki][Facebook event]
Where: Workspace in Gastown
Presentations Include:
Bleeding Edge iPhone Development
Parveen Kaler, Smartful Studios
Self-Publishing Games Direct-to-Consumers
Dustin Sacks, Sillysoft Games
Starting out with a panel about gaming in general.
How many people have a gaming console? About 15.
How many people think of themselves as gamers? [oops - missed this response - typing!]
Will discuss business aspects of gaming tonight.
Panelists:
Dustin Sucks - owns Sillisoft games. Develops strategy games. Will talk about indie gaming.
Jamie Change - has done retail, online, currently doing purely online pc, free to play. Will talk about economics of Xbox dev’t.
Parveen Kaler - [oops - missed - will try to fill in]
Q: Is indie gaming like indie films?
P: Halo is summer blockbuster; but all games are ‘games’ - doesn’t like the term ‘casual’ games.
D: Name ‘casual’ means it takes less up front to get into them. Not such a steep learning curve. More accessible.
Q from audience: Do any of you try to bridge online/console/etc?
J: hasn’t seen it work yet (eg. Majestic).
P: benefit of iPhone is it has it all. May be more options.
Q: Is gaming mainstream? eg. Halo (more…)
