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REGISTER SAVE UP TO 40% at aUStInGDC.nEt by 7/31 & on ConfEREnCE PaSSES 2008 ConfEREnCE oVERVIEW The Austin Game Developers Conference (AGDC) is a communityoriented conference featuring lectures, panels, tutorials and roundtable discussions taught by leading industry experts in online games, audio for games, and writing for games. The compelling sessions in our Audio Track will feature the best minds and ears in game audio, all of who are currently breaking out of the loop towards advancements in mixing and designing, while elevating the overall gaming experience. Leaders from our Business & Marketing track who are breaking through barriers self-imposed by developers and publishers, will provide sound advice for those wishing to stay ahead in today’s increasingly competitive arena. Influential figures from our Game Design track will provide technical insight for those designers looking to reach out to broader audiences in a global market now reaching tens of millions players. As breakthroughs in technology change the way that stories are told in games, industry veterans from our Writers track will help you stay ahead of the pack and toughen your writing chops as we enter the future of storytelling in games. Meanwhile, the Technology & Services track covers key technology areas and the services that support our games. As these areas have traditionally been barriers to game success, the speakers will concentrate on the key things that stop teams from succeeding. Finally, with the advent of online video games into mainstream culture, social networking web sites as a cultural phenomena is bringing the Internet to the forefront of people’s daily experience. With that, our professionals from the Social Networking & Community track will address the first lesson of the Internet: Community! Ultimately, the goal of the AGDC is to inspire game industry folks to create better games. It’s a simple equation: Game developers, game publishers, filmmakers, musicians, and educational institutions amplified by the independent spirit of Austin, TX equals one truly creative hotbed. 2 0 0 8 C O N FERENCE SESSIO NS AUDIO | This year’s audio track is “Breaking Out of the Loop.” A Generative, Adaptive Music System for MMO Games Jim Hedges | Comcast Kurt Larson | Slipgate Ironworks Chris Mayer | Slipgate Ironworks Creating Foley for Games Mark Petty | Gearbox Software New MIDI-Based Game Audio Techniques Chris Grigg | MMA / Beatnik Iron Composer Texas Nathan Madsen | Freelance Jesse Searls | Freelance Randall Ryan | Freelance Blazing the Trail for Hot Game Dialog DB Cooper | DB-Cooper.com Why Game Composers MUST Become 21st Century Artists or Face Extinction Austin Wintory | Wintory Global Engineering Juggling Cats Tracy Bush| NCSoft Corporation Cocktail Parties, Presence and Compelling NextGen Audio Simon Carlile | University of Sydney Music and Sound as Game Design Tools Simon Amarasingham | dSonic, Inc. Brian Gomez | Alchemic Productions 6 Austin Game Developers Conference | September 15-17, 2008 | Austin Convention Center | Austin, Texas http://www.austingdc.net/register/index.htm?cid=AGC08_PGWPX1 http://aUStInGDC.nEt http://www.austingdc.net/conference/tracks.htm?cid=AGC08_PGWPX1 http://www.austingdc.net/audio/index.htm?cid=AGC08_PGWPX1 http://DB-Cooper.com

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Austin Game Developers Conference 2008-Preview Guide Table of Contents Conference-at-a-Glance Advisory Board Keynote Speakers Audio Online Games | Business & Marketing Online Games | Design Online Games | Social Networking & Community Online Games | Technology & Services Writing for Games Worlds in Motion Summit Game Career Seminar Austin GDC Events Austin GDC Evening Events Top 10 Reasons to Attend Austin GDC Pass Options Austin GDC Exhibitors

Austin Game Developers Conference 2008 - Preview Guide

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