Whether it is worth using blockchain in games and if so, how exactly — market experts will talk about this at the White Nights conference. We suggest that they come up with interesting questions on the topic. The authors of the two best questions will receive a premium ticket to the conference.

White Nights is hosting the Indie Game Cup for the tenth time. This is an indie games competition held as part of a business conference. Yesterday, June 18, the organizing committee named the projects that entered the second round of the competition. About the projects and those who will judge them — in our publication.

The search for money for the development and promotion of the game is one of the most important industrial topics. It will be discussed at Finnish Game Day by representatives of Small Giant Games, Aii Corporation, Epic Games, Mail.ru Games Ventures, Futureplay and Yoozoo Games. We suggest coming up with questions for them. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the White Nights Conference in St. Petersburg.

One of the main problems of small and novice gaming teams is finding and establishing relationships with a major publisher. Companies such as G5 Entertainment, MyGamez, NetEase, Wargaming and Creative Mobile will discuss how they should be built at Finnish Game Day. Come up with a question for them on the topic of publishing. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the White Nights conference.

One of the main channels of media promotion today are influencers (they are also streamers and video bloggers). What they are capable of and how to interest them in their product will be discussed at White Nights in St. Petersburg by Yoola, Zorka.Mobi , Hello Blogger, Mail.Ru Group and Epic Games. We suggest that participants come up with questions. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the event.

On June 27, the traditional Finnish Game Day will take place in St. Petersburg. This is a networking event for companies interested in establishing and strengthening ties with the Finnish gaming industry.

As part of White Nights, a round table on esports will be held in St. Petersburg. Wargaming, Epic Games, ESforce, VKontakte and BuzzGuru will take part in it. We suggest that they come up with questions related to esports and the development of esports games. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the conference.

One of the key speakers of the summer White Nights in St. Petersburg will be Valve. Jean-Peter Ewert, who is engaged in business development and legal issues of Steam, will speak at the conference on behalf of the company. We suggest coming up with questions for him. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the event.

There is a preliminary program of White Nights performances in St. Petersburg, which will be held on June 28-29. Employees of Valve, Gameloft and Small Giant Games will speak at the business conference.

Report by Alexey Izvalov from Enhance. The speaker spoke about how, when developing a game, indie teams overlook important details that seem obvious at first glance.

Report by Alexander Simakhin from Drunken Monday. The speaker spoke about what problems can be encountered during the development of a mobile multiplayer mode in real time, and what solutions are available that have been tested in real projects.

The organizers of the White Nights conference for game developers have launched the next Indie Game Cup, a competition for game projects from independent teams. Representatives of Amazon and Appodeal, among others, will choose the best.

Report by Eldar Alizadeh from UPP. The speaker talked about what to pay attention to when creating a trailer for the game so that it attracts users.

A report by Kate Edwards from Geogrify. During her 25-year career in gaming, Kate has witnessed the development of the gaming industry, which has become a real cultural and economic force in a global society.

A report by Alexander Pavlov and Pavel Kazimirenko from IQeon. The speakers talked about their gaming platform, which allows players to earn money on their achievements.

As part of White Nights Prague 2018, Sjoerd De Jong from Epic Games demonstrated how it is possible to quickly create a cinematic video on the Unreal Engine.

Video from the report at White Nights Prague 2018 by Nikita Buyanov, Chief Operating Officer of the St. Petersburg studio Battlestate Games. Nikita shared his experience of preparing for the publication and independently launching the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov.

White Nights will be held in St. Petersburg on June 28-29. It will host a large-scale exhibition of developers. Now the organizers are collecting applications from teams with projects in the beta stage and above.

Report by Matej Lancaric from Pixel Federation. In his presentation, the speaker compared the process of launching two games: Diggy’s Adventure and Seaport, told what problems the company faced, what solutions were found.