GaymerX • Year Four: Full Schedule

12:00pm PDT

Video Gaming Law

Video Gaming Law for the Non-Lawyer. Are you a video game developer looking to protect your intellectual property? A game publisher concerned with limiting your liability? Or perhaps a gamer intrigued by the latest celebrity suing a game company for ripping off their likeness? Then this program is perfect for you!

The presentation will consist of a panel of top attorneys in the gaming industry discussing legal news and trends in video games, including recent video gaming lawsuits, how the right to publicity and copyrights affect the gaming industry, potential risks for Augmented Reality games, and other legal issues impacting both gamers and game developers.

Speakers

Ben Esplin

Partner, Sheppard Mullin

My practice focuses on intellectual property law including patent, trademark, and copyright law. Technical areas and industries of focus include social media, video games, social networks, virtual worlds, augmented reality, virtual reality, and computer software. My favorite video... Read More →

Christian J. Martinez

General Counsel, Svitla Systems, Inc.

I specialize in intellectual property and commercial transactions with a modern practice as outside counsel to tech companies and also General Counsel to Svitla Systems, Inc., a software development company headquartered in San Francisco. I love to work on gaming projects, and welcome... Read More →

Spencer Martinez

Attorney, Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley

Spencer Martinez is an attorney at Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Las Vegas, and a member of the Firm’s business litigation group. His practice includes counseling and litigation relating to business contracts, business partnerships and other... Read More →

E. Lacey Rice

Attorney, Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley

E. Lacey Rice is a senior associate in the Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property Litigation Practice of Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley. Ms. Rice focuses her practice on a wide range of entertainment and litigation matters involving film and television production, video gaming... Read More →

Friday September 30, 2016 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Panels Room C Camino Real

Digital Games Game Development Technology

1:00pm PDT

Breaking into Gaming with Unity

Have you ever wanted to create your own games, but don’t know where to start? In this workshop we’ll teach you everything you need to know to create your first game using the popular Unity game engine. No experience required!

Speakers

Kat Harris

Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

Kat is a Technical Evangelist with expertise in game, AR/VR/MR development based out of Los Angeles. She is the co-host of ImagineThis, a web series for students to learn about the tech industry, and The Game Dev Show on MSDN’s Channel9 network. Kat was the first woman in the world... Read More →

Adina Shanholtz

Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

Adina Shanholtz (aka the Fey Technologist) is a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft based out of New York City. She uses her passions for Virtual/Mixed Reality, Game Development, and Wearable Technology to empower others through programming. Adina has spoken in front of thousands of... Read More →

Tobiah Zarlez

Game Evangelist, Microsoft

Tobiah Zarlez has been an independent game developer since 2009, and is most famous for the physics based puzzle game "Blast Monkeys". Tobiah started working for Microsoft in 2013 as a Game Evangelist, helping developers make better games.

Friday September 30, 2016 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Panels Room C Camino Real

Digital Games Game Development Technology

4:00pm PDT

Things Got Better: Thirty-five Years Of Industry Changes

Having been in the game industry for thirty five years, I will give personal examples of the wide range of things that have changed in that time, including increasing diversity in gender, race and sexual orientation, increasing budget and team sizes (paired with developer specialization), technological change and its effect on games, and social acceptance of gaming and a game development career.

Speakers

Tim Cain

Game Director, Obsidian Entertainment

Tim Cain is a video game developer best known as the producer, lead programmer and designer of the 1997 computer game Fallout. He has developed games since 1981, both in award winning series such as Bard’s Tale, Star Trek, D&D, Vampire: The Masquerade, and South Park, and the original... Read More →

Friday September 30, 2016 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Panels Room A

Game Development Geek Diversity: LGBTQ Keynote Leadership Role Playing Games & Story telling Technology

5:00pm PDT

Podcasting for a Gamer Audience

Podcasts are as varied as the wind, but what about those of us who want to address other gamers? You'll get some basic how to start a podcast tips, then more focus on crafting your podcast for a gaming audience.

Moderators

Tanya DePass

Founder, I Need Diverse Games

Speakers

Laura Kate Dale

Laura Kate is an awesome person who certainly makes the rounds in the media and you may have heard of her! She's the Co-Host of the very popular Podquisition podcast, UK Editor at Destructoid, Freelancer for The Guardian, Polygon, Kotaku UK, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun. She i... Read More →

Friday September 30, 2016 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Panels Room B

Geek Diversity: LGBTQ Geek Diversity: Race & Culture Geek Diversity: Women & Feminism Technology

10:00am PDT

It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This: Safe Sex for Gaymers

Geek/Gaymer are now some of the most popular categories on queer dating apps/sites; it's no surprise we're more sexually active than ever! In this panel of sexual health nerds, we'll discuss safe sex, HIV, PrEP, STIs, trans sex, and more!

Speakers

Nate Cedilla

Program Supervisor, API Wellness

Denmark Diaz

Program Specialist, API Wellness

Reed Milliard

Program Specialist, API Wellness

Tapakorn Prasertsith

PrEP Case Manager, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center

PrEP! Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, the daily pill that helps prevent HIV up to 99%!

Saturday October 1, 2016 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Panels Room B

Geek Diversity: LGBTQ Geek Diversity: Race & Culture Mature Content Public Health / Sexual Health Social Networking Technology

11:00am PDT

Alternate Controllers: Designing for the Real World

The world of digital design can benefit from the study & exploration of games that take place in physical, real world environments--encompassing everything from escape room games, to field games, to sports.

Speakers

Laura E. Hall

Founder, Timberview Productions

Laura E. Hall is an artist, writer, puzzle-maker, and environmental narrative designer living in Portland, Oregon. She is a founder of Portland's first escape the room game company, the author of Katamari Damacy for Boss Fight Books, and the author of Planning Your Escape for Simon... Read More →

Saturday October 1, 2016 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Turing Room

Technology

1:00pm PDT

Game Dev For Everyone: Modern Interactive Fiction

This talk is geared for would-be gamemakers who don't know where to start. I'll discuss modern IF engines (Twine, Choice of Games, Inform 7, Ren'Py, etc) including each one's strengths, how to get started, and where to find help, plus Q&A.

Speakers

Carolyn VanEseltine

Carolyn VanEseltine (@mossdogmusic) was really startled to see that Sched had previously picked up an old speaker bio. She is not sure where it was sourced from and did not approve.

Saturday October 1, 2016 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Panels Room B

Digital Games Game Development Technology

2:00pm PDT

CANCELLED:There's a Blastoise at this Rally

-PANEL CANCELLED-

Exploring augmented reality and social gaming as a platform for organizing meetings, rallies, and protests; and the intersectionality between game world "teams" and movement identities such as #IdleNoMore and #BlackLivesMatter.

Speakers

Jean-Luc Pierite

President, North American Indian Center of Boston

Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Jean-Luc now resides in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Prior to his election to the Board of Directors of North American Indian Center of Boston, Jean-Luc was also elected to the Community Linguist seat of the Advisory Circle for CoLang for the... Read More →

Saturday October 1, 2016 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Panels Room C Camino Real

Activism Digital Games Geek Diversity: LGBTQ Geek Diversity: Race & Culture Geek Diversity: Women & Feminism Technology

3:00pm PDT

Beyond Spirits

A look at how the Manaque'to tribe views sexuality gender, the roles in our communities, and how those things translate into my daily life and game design.

Moderators

Shawn Alexander Allen

Director, Nuchallenger

Artist. Writer. Designer. Activist. Critic. Speaker. Thinker. Philosopher. Wannabe poet. Occasional demagogue. Working on Treachery in Beatdown City. Support #blackgamedev

Speakers

Gabriela Aviero-Ojeda

Animator/Designer

I specialize in game animation, storytelling & narrative, I like to talk about latinx/mestiz@/indigenous identities in media, mysticism, & donuts. I love to think critically about the mediums I love so they grow into an experience everyone can enjoy. I also think videogames don't... Read More →

Maneco (Nico) Marcano

Cacike, HurakanWorks

Maneco, better know as Hurakan or Nico, is a non-gendered Taino game designer, writer, and programmer raised in the "Alphabet City" slum in lower Manhattan. They have traveled extensively to reconnect with various tribal people and study history and worked for most of their career... Read More →

Karin Weekes

Lead Editor, BioWare

Karin is Lead Editor for BioWare’s three studios. She has worked at BioWare since 2006, editing Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mass Effect 3 Dragon Age II, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Origins and various DLCs for the Mass Effect and Dragon Age franchises. Karin... Read More →

Saturday October 1, 2016 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Panels Room C Camino Real

Athletics/Sports Digital Games Game Development Geek Diversity: LGBTQ Geek Diversity: Race & Culture Geek Diversity: Women & Feminism Technology

2:00pm PDT

Indie Gaymer Podcast Supershow!

Hosts from your favorite indie gaming podcasts such as Orange Lounge Radio, Game Buoy and the Pokestop Podcast come together to talk about the hot topics in gaming and our love of audio broadcasting LIVE in this special super show!

Speakers

Rob Roberts

Editor-In-Chief, Content, VOGNetwork.com

ROB ROBERTS is an internet broadcasting veteran with over 13 years of broadcasting experience online. His first shows were a weekly Sunday show and a morning show at KCSC- California State University, Chico. After college, Rob was a part of the show Under Sedation Live! during its... Read More →

Captain Spike

Co-Host, GameBuoy.Org

Jaime Summers

Art Director, VOGNetwork.com

Sunday October 2, 2016 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Turing Room

Podcasting Streaming Technology

3:00pm PDT

How to Make a Game without Coding

This presentation explains the 101's of game development and how easy it is to develop a game even without knowing how to code. We'll go over the major code(less) game engines: Construct2, Twine, and Game Maker and demo each.

Speakers

Kat Harris

Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

Sunday October 2, 2016 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Panels Room B

Digital Games Game Development Technology

5:00pm PDT

Breaking into VR with Unity and Google Cardboard

We’ll teach you everything you need to know to create your first VR game using the popular Unity game engine and Google Cardboard. No prior experience needed! You’ll be able to walk away from this class with a game built to your Android or iOS phone.

Speakers

Digital Games Game Development Technology Virtual Reality