Level Up and Elevate Your Game’s Visibility with Ksenia Koster

The Arcade hotel is hosting another Arcade talk, this events speaker: Ksenia Koster.

A game maker must always market their game. That is the key guideline our speaker, Ksenia Koster, believes in. In this talk, she will drill down on high-level “how” questions and will give you some new ideas and motivation for the uneasy task of getting your game out there.

Ksenia is a marketing expert with over 10 years of experience in the video games industry. Passionate about helping game creators find success, she’ll be sharing key marketing concepts and practical advice applicable to a wide range of games in her talk and Q&A session. Ksenia has worked on publishing all sorts of games throughout her career – mobile, PC, console, VR, free-to-play, buy-to-play, shooters, strategy, clickers, you name it. She did it with a team of 20; she did it with just an intern; she did it with 2 million dollars, and she did it with 500 dollars too.

Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting out, Ksenia’s insights will enhance your understanding of who are players, what do they want, and how to start a long and happy relationship with a game’s audience.

Gathering thousands of industry professionals in the spring and autumn each year, Nordic Game is the leading games conference in Europe.

Nordic Game showcases speakers from the Nordic and global industry and gives access to countless games industry professionals via our Expo, Developer Showcase and MeetToMatch, a host of networking and social events in Helsinki, Malmö and on the Nordic Game Discord server, as well as the highly anticipated Nordic Game Awards and much more. For more information read here.

Into the Stars: Tim Davies’ In-Game Environments Revealed

Join Tim Davies on an interstellar journey as he unveils his masterful creation of in-game environmental graphics for Star Trek: Online. Delve into the world of Star Trek as he shows the vital role of meticulous research and unwavering attention to detail when navigating beloved franchises.

Tim boasts over a decade of publishing experience specializing in crafting brand materials for a diverse array of game genres. His portfolio includes notable titles such as Star Trek: Online, Neverwinter, Remnant, Torchlight, Subnautica, and many others.

Framed is een festival barstensvol animatiefilms, masterclasses en talks van lokale en (inter)nationale makers. Framed biedt volwassen vermaak en verdieping. Je ontdekt een fascinerende beeldtaal, tot leven gewekt met de hand of de computer. Of je nu diehard animatiefan bent, of gewoon nieuwsgierig, tijdens Framed kun je je hart ophalen! Je ziet er eigenwijze shorts, verhalende films en pareltjes die nog niet eerder in de bioscoop te zien waren. Met afgelopen jaar speciale aandacht voor anime en stop-motion films!

This Arcade Talk explores the genre of stealth games, which task players to achieve a goal without being detected by enemies. Our guest speaker Toni Pape will share insights from his forthcoming book The Aesthetics of Stealth. Where does the idea of stealth come from? What is its history in gaming? And what different types of stealth gameplay are there? Toni’s talk will answer these questions through number of short case studies. We will compare the sneaking stealth of Splinter Cell to the social stealth of Hitman and the surveillance stealth of Assassin’s Creed. Toni’s talk will show that each of these gameplay styles assign different functions to stealth, which range from targeting-to-kill to creative worldmaking.