Welcome to MAU Game Showcase 2024!
Game Development students are organizing the Game Showcase for the course year 2023/24.
Where? MAU Game Lab, (MAU Orkanen building, rooms OR:A332 and OR:A333).
When? Friday May 31, from 11.00 to 15.30.
What?
Games, snacks, soft drinks, music, prizes, and an Arcade Machine!
Special Sessions
11.15 – 11.30 Game Habitat. Upcoming events. – Jesper K Kristiansen, Business Development Manager at Game Habitat | |
11.30 – 11.50 Student working my way to a job! – Valter Lindecrantz, Junior Unreal Engine Developer at Sony Europe A talk regarding the viability of combining studies with working as a student employee, and how that eventually resulted in a full time position as a junior unreal engine developer at Sony Europe! In this position I develop R&D Location-Based Entertainment content for use at events and fairs around the world. Now, what the heck is that? Come to the talk to find out! | |
11.50 – 12.10 Game Development in academic research – Hampus Norén, Programmer at Lund University Merging game development with academic research, focusing on creating driving simulators based in Unreal Engine for traffic safety research at Lund University. How did I end up here, and what am I actually doing? | |
12.10 – 12.30 Panel – Questions & Answers Grab some snacks, take a sip, and shoot your questions at our guest speakers! Let’s discuss about games and career opportunities until we realize it’s late lunchtime. | |
14.00 – 14.20 Budget up! – Pål Schakonat – Business Development and Game Design Teacher at Folkhögskolan Skurup Fridhem Do you entertain the idea on going indie? Let´s look at the cost first! A quick and dirty guide to estimate how much it cost to make an indie game. | |
14.30 – 14.40 Awards ceremony! Stay with us until the end to see the results of the best game awards! |