Games Now! Event Days are mini-conferences packed with talks from selected expert speakers and additional content from our game jams.
The fourth GN! Event Day (Monday 24th April) is themed as “Future Barometer”.
Register via this form: https://forms.gle/HiwQeZpgemcy6jEG6 (you can register also on-site – but registered participants will cut the queue).
On the fourth GN! Event Day we have speakers exploring multiple trends in games. Also the results from our annual survey for game trends is presented and our last game jam of the season is explored!
On-site: Aalto Studio’s Hybrid Stage located at K-floor on Harald Herlin Learning Centre, Otaniemi, Finland.
Online: Live stream at www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi & networking at GN! Discord https://discord.gg/YsgagHX.
:: Program ::
10:00-17:00 EEST / 9:00 – 16:00 CEST / 16:00 – 23:00 KST & JST
9:30 Registration opens at Harald Herlin Learning Centre, Otaniemi
10:00 The stream starts!
10:15-10:45 Annakaisa Kultima – GN! Future Barometer 2023
10:45-11:15 Christian Guckelsberger – Text-To-Image-Generation AI in the Game Industry
11:15-11:45 Leena Kuusniemi – Survival Game in the Data Regulation Jungle
11:45-12:45 Lunch Break
12:45-13:15 Teppo Soininen – Audience Research at Metacore
13:15-13:45 Agata Waszkiewicz – The Aesthetic of Cozy Games (remote session)
13:45-14:15 Kim Soares – In-game Item Trading: New Multi-billion Market in Games
14:15-14:30 Break
14:30-14:45 Solip’s Summary!
14:45-15:30 Game Jam Program: Review of GNOJ#9 games with mentors!
16:00 Local Dinner at Fat Lizard, Otaniemi (self-funded)
Christian Guckelsberger, Aalto University 
Teppo Soininen, Metacore Games 
Kim Soares, Social First 
Leena Kuusniemi, ICT Legal Consulting of Finland 
Agata Waszkiewicz
Ilona Mettiäinen, Jam Mentor GNOJ#9 
Jani Kahrama, Jam Mentor GNOJ#9 
Sanna Reponen, Jam Mentor GNOJ#9
Tatu Laine, Jam Mentor GNOJ#9
Join the GN! Event Day to learn & network with others!
Annakaisa Kultima, GN! Host & Teacher 
Solip Park, GN! Host & Teacher