Gaming and Authenticity – Talk at Respawn 2015

I’m going to be at Respawn 2015, then Gamescom. At Respawn I’m doing a talk on 4th 10am to 10.45am...

Games are fiction – they are simulations of the real world. Yet gamers crave authentic experiences – hence IP like ‘Call of Duty’ hire military experts. So is this approach just PR or can turning to the real world really give your games design something extra? We’re been rebooting a Games Workshop IP and as part of the process we got a games writer and a group of scientists together with our developers, locked them up and didn’t let them out until they had produced amazing ideas!

If there, come along!  Also…

On the way to Respawn 2015 then Gamescom, we’re swinging by Game Initiative 2015 at the amazing Dutch Game Garden to talk about our work at Bristol Games Hub.