Schedule At A Glance

Main Conference

The Develop Conference & Expo is where the European developer community comes together to learn from each other and share experiences, be inspired by world renowned experts and gurus, get up-to-date with the latest development tools and techniques, make new contacts and catch up with old ones.

Wednesday 30th July 2008

09:30 - 10:30	Keynote: BioShock and Awe: Immersing the Gamer in an Alternate World Without Drowning Out the Gameplay
10:30 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:00	Harnessing the Performance of Multiple GPUs	How to Make Children Cry	Engineering Mood and Atmosphere with Light	KEYNOTE: The Broadening Imperative	Snakes!: Implementing Python in your Game Engine
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:30	Ultimate Graphics Performance for DirectX 10 Hardware	KEYNOTE: Why the Future is Brighter than Ever	Heavenly Sword Cinematics: Real Emotion in Real-Time	A Complete XBox 360 GPU Particle System: Technology & Pipeline	Social Games: Another Fad or the Next Big Thing in Video Games?
14:30 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 16:00	Design Strategically: Is your game missing the market?	Media Molecule: The Experiment Further Along	Transforming Real Locations into a Virtual World	At Least We Aren't Doing That: Finding and Fixing Real Life Next Gen Performance Mistakes	Striking Chords
16:00 - 16:30	Break
16:30 - 17:30	Available	Creating Drama From Script to Gameplay	Elephant in a Shoe Box	Why We Sold Our Studio – and Why We Didn't: A Candid Discussion About Selling Up or Staying Free	Using Voice as an Interface into Gameplay

Thursday 31st July 2008

09:30 - 10:30	Available	KEYNOTE: Working Hard and Having Fun: How Naughty Dog Made Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune	New Revenue Streams Showcase	Sticking Atmospheric Scattering Where the Sun Don't Shine	Movies Aren't our Friends: A Call to use Popular Culture and its Study as Tools for Game Development
10:30 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:00	Secrets of Process Excellence: The Latest Evidence from Industry Leaders	KEYNOTE: Halo AI Retrospective: Eight Years of Work on 30 Seconds of Fun	Before Pixels and Polygons: Using Traditional Art Techniques to Guide Development	What is PLAY?	The Truth About Developing Video Games on Time
12:00 - 13:00	One Life Left
13:00 - 14:00	The Brighton Brainstorm: Solving the Game Industry's Biggest Challenges	Army of Fun: The Team That Created PATAPON	Game Censorship in Britain: What Really Happened with Manhunt 2, and Why Your Game Could be Next	KEYNOTE: Framestore and The Golden Compass: The Tools and Techniques of Visual Effects	Physical Gaming and Cameras: Out of the Lab and into the Living Room
14:00 - 14:30	Break
14:30 - 15:30	Fable 2 Art Showcase	Edge Panel: Doing it Yourself	Games Up? The UK Video Games Development Industry in a Global Context	The A-to-Zubo of Innovation: How Bright Light said No, No, No to get a Yes	Stop Guessing, You're Crap At It: Design and Production by Numbers
15:30 - 15:45	Break
15:45 - 16:45	An Introduction to IP Management and Discovery	Building World-class Art Tools	Re-rendering Magical Movie Moments in Games	Why You Should Care About Alternate Reality Games (ARGs)	How to get Real Emotion into Your Game World
16:45 - 17:00	Break
17:00 - 17:30	Buzz: The Games Industry Quiz

Audio Track

The Audio track runs alongside the main conference on Thursday.

Thursday 31st July 2008

09:10 - 09:30	The Audio Track Introduction
09:30 - 10:00	Can You Hear Us Now? Dolby’s New Voice Solution For Online Games
10:00 - 10:50	Welcome to our World 2008
10:50 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:40	Audio For Multiplayer & Beyond: Mixing Case Studies From Battlefield: Bad Company & Frostbite
11:40 - 12:00	Break
12:00 - 12:30	The Deaf Leading The Blind Understanding Why Our Clients Care Less About Our Work Than We Do Is The Key To Making Them Care More
12:30 - 12:40	Break
12:40 - 13:20	Let there by Life: Conveying Emotion & Characterisation Through Audio
13:20 - 14:10	Lunch Break
14:10 - 14:40	Sonic Stories: Using The Next-Generation Mindset To Harness Creativity And Evolve The Art And Craft Of Videogame Audio
14:40 - 15:20	What We Might Learn From 80 Years of Movie Sound....The Storytelling Power of Sound
15:20 - 15:30	Comfort Break
15:30 - 16:10	Room For Improvement: Strategies For More Successful Game Audio Production
16:10 - 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:20	The Keynote Panel: A Sound of the Future
17:20 - 18:00	Game Audio Debate & Free Beer

Develop Mobile

Mobile games developers and publishers have already built healthy businesses in the face of widespread public scepticism. Now, thanks to the iPhone and high-end rivals like Nokia's N95, consumers are also waking up to what they're packing in their pockets.

With 2008 sure to be a banner year, Develop in Brighton's mobile day is expanding to offer two tracks Business and Development with focussed sessions on everything from the latest 3D technologies to case studies of successful games, proven techniques for launching a new IP, and cross-platform casual games design.

Tuesday 29th July 2008

09:30 - 10:15	KEYNOTE: The Future of Mobile Gaming: A New Reality
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:15	Gazing into the Crystal Ball: Divining the Future for Mobile Games
11:15 - 11:45	Break
11:45 - 12:30	Copy right: If You're Short of Ideas for Your Next Mobile Game, Nick These
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:15	State of the Mobile Gaming Market	From Max to Mobile: Working with 3ds max to Create Great 3D Mobile Game Graphics
14:15 - 14:45	Break
14:45 - 15:30	Transforming the Market: Lessons Learned from Marketing Transformers and Other Big Branded Titles	Score! The Making of UEFA EURO 2008 and EA Sports FIFA 08 on Mobile
15:30 - 15:45	Break
15:45 - 16:30	Global Opportunities for Native Mobile Games	Constrained Creativity: Using the Limitations to Your Advantage
16:30 - 16:45	Break
16:45 - 17:30	Never Mind the Buzzwords: New Solutions to Mobile Gaming's Challenges

Develop Online

Online gaming is booming in Europe.

Wildly successful pioneers like Jagex, CCP and DICE are giants on the international stage, while Brighton is becoming a hub for massively-multiplayer online gaming thanks to inward investment from overseas players like NCSoft and Linden Labs.

Sony is developing PlayStation Home in London, while with the likes of APB, Little Big Planet and Burnout Paradise, ever-inventive European developers are finding new ways to add an online dimension to traditional games.

Develop Online gives a unique opportunity for European developers to come together to share their insights for a day.

Tuesday 29th July 2008

09:30 - 10:15	Keynote: PLAYSTATION®Home: Why is a Virtual World Important to Gaming and How can I get Involved?
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:00	Western MMOG market review: Opportunity assessment, growth expectations and sector trends
11:00 - 11:45	I'd Like to Teach the World to Code: Scripting Your Second Life
11:45 - 12:30	Creating a Successful MMOG: Challenges, Insights and Production Techniques
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:15	Working on Persistent and Unique Game Worlds: Challenges and Solutions
14:15 - 14:30	Break
14:30 - 14:45	Prelude to W.A.R.: Confessions from the front line of Warhammer Online
14:45 - 15:30	Virtually Legal: Liability Issues in Online Gaming
15:30 - 15:45	Break
15:45 - 16:30	Real World Threats: The Dangers of Illegal Real World Trading in the MMO Space and Possible Ways to Tackle Them
16:30 - 17:15	Playing Together: What Games Can Learn from Social Software
17:15 - 17:30	Money! How to Monetize Your MMO or Virtual World

Please note: times and content may be subject to change.

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