Casual Connect

Audio & slides (210 MB) The up hills, blind summits and leaps of faith, to the tremors, trips and falls of one naked survivor and a new developer. Reece Millidge strips Damp Gnat’s first Flash game ‘Icycle’ and bares all. Delivered at Casual Connect Europe, February 2010 DOWNLOAD Reece MILLIDGE (email) Reece has come full [...]

Audio & slides (36 MB) Social game publishers connect millions of customers with blue-chip advertisers that fund a large part of the multi-billion dollar social gaming industry. This panel will examine how advertisers think about this channel, monitor customer quality and identify opportunities for growth. How does customer quality for advertisers affect the long-term revenue [...]

Audio (44 MB) Marketing mobile content has always been something of a black art, but this panel attempts to shed some light by discussing the full gamut of techniques for building buzz and promoting your product and sharing their experiences. Delivered at Casual Connect Europe, February 2010 DOWNLOAD Eric HOBSON (email) Eric Hobson is CEO [...]

Audio (49 MB) Smartphones are the new black in the mobile content world, but who are the main players and which of the many new platforms and accompanying app stores should you be supporting? Our expert panel of platform representatives and publishers offer an invaluable guide from Android to Windows Mobile. Delivered at Casual Connect [...]

Audio & slides (60 MB) Listen, learn, and laugh as we explore the latest trends in casual games and ask industry pundits to voice their opinions. Is it “real” or is it “hype”? We’ll explore topics like pricing, consolidation of portals, audiences, development trends and emerging business models. Delivered at Casual Connect Europe, February 2010 [...]

Audio (41 MB) After attending the day’s sessions and seeing the great games that have been released, you have more questions right? Participate in our closing session for the forum – a panel of the day’s presenters, where they will discuss the future of games for gamers and answer all your questions in an informal, [...]

Audio & slides (35 MB) Mini-games and puzzles are integral to most casual games. Implementing well-designed mini-games and puzzles can significantly affect how a game is perceived and whether or not the customer decides to purchase the game. This talk will cover issues such as how to design a good puzzle or mini-game, common pitfalls [...]

Audio & slides (54 MB) Looking for real, relevant and useful data as well as guiding principles and design philosophies for putting virtual goods in your game? Join Margaret Wallace of Playmatics and Josh Larson of Mochi Media for an advanced-level discussion on the how and why of using virtual goods in your game. Get [...]

Audio & slides (21 MB) It’s time to wake up! Friday morning is a great time to come up with innovative designs for social games. Join this live, interactive game design jam led by veteran game designers, get your ideas rolling and learn new game design methods! Members of the audience will join teams led [...]

Audio & slides (113 MB) Simone Brunozzi, Technology Evangelist for Amazon Web Services for Europe and APAC, will explain how Cloud Computing can be used to build better platforms for games. This session will cover some general as well as technical aspects of AWS, and how it can help game professionals build businesses without worrying [...]