The organizers of the White Nights gaming business conference have published a preliminary schedule of the summer session, which will be held in St. Petersburg.
One of the most striking innovations of the future event is the appearance of lecture blocks by genre: the schedule is grouped so that reports on a particular type of genre go in a row.
Organizer of White Nights
Now we know about five blocks: action games, three-in-a-row, farms/builders, children’s games and a block on VR/AR games. For example, such companies as IO Interactive (Hitman series), Pixonic (War Robots), Starbreeze Studios (PayDay series) and Techland (Dying Light series) will perform as part of the action block.
In addition to genre sections, the conference will feature a two-hour block from Facebook dedicated to working with the ecosystem (social games, Instant Games, advertising, monetization, etc.) and a separate hall with master classes from platforms (Microsoft, Google, Amazon and a closed session on the iOS platform).
The founder of Game Insight and GOSU will also make presentations at the conference.AI Alice Chumachenko, head of Electronic Arts Russia Tony Watkins, author of Color Switch David Rachelt and many others.
White Nights St.Petersburg 2017 will end with the traditional analysis-deconstruction of the most interesting projects that have applied for participation in the Indie Game Cup competition. We remind you that developers at the conference are also given a unique opportunity to show their games for free at a huge exhibition, which this time will feature more than 150 teams. You can apply here.
White Nights St.Petersburg 2017 will be held on June 14-15. This summer the conference marks its fifth anniversary.
It is possible to buy a ticket to the conference at this link.