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Browse our archive of industry talks from past conferences.

Grow your knowledge with talks by industry-leading game devs who share their ideas and expertise on a variety of key topics - from game design and UX, through art, sound and music to programming and QA.

Design
Mastering the Creed: Onboarding the player in AC Mirage and Dawn of Ragnarök
Diyan Karolev
Senior Game Designer, Ubisoft Sofia
Art
10 Years in UI/UX
Arvydas Brazdeikis
Lead UI/UX Designer
Art
Combining Environmental Storytelling and Level Design in Baldur's Gate 3
Stimona Milanova
Environment Artist, Larian Studios
Design
The Inception of a Historical Strategy Game
Todor Nikolov
Game Director, Creative Assembly Sofia
Audio
Don't Silence Your Game! The Critical Influence of Sound in Games
Ventsislav "Ven" Ivanov
Sound Engineer, Sound Ninja Music Academy
Design
Designing for edge-cases in Baldur's Gate 3
Mihail Kostov
Gameplay Scripter, Larian Studios
Art
Improving Your Tool UX Design by Removing the Faults of "Sensible Defaults"
Robin-Yann Storm
Tool UX Designer
Art
How To Survive Working At An Indie Studio
Boris Stoyanov
Creative Lead & Concept Artist, Kipi Interactive
Art
Bring It To Life - Game Animations Using Spine
Velichko “DEST” Vasilev
Animator, Amusnet
Programming
Procedural GUI & GFX
Dimitar Trendafilov
Lead Rendering Programmer, Haemimont Games
Programming
The Journey of AI in Games: A Technical and Philosophical overview
Stefan Vasilev
Gameplay Programmer, Bloober Team
Production
Lessons Learned from Developing a Multiplayer Arena Brawler
Viktor Ketipov
CEO, Kipi Interactive
Art
From Concept to Reality: Navigating Real-time Possibilities with Chaos
Boyan Petrov
3D Generalist, Chaos
Art
Manga Gamified: Using Manga and Comics Techniques to Bring a Persistent Visual Novel to Life
Georgi Mishkov
Art Director, Chibi Phoenix
Art
Designing Games for the Ladies Audience, a Small 4 Billion Player Niche
Christina Angelova
Lead Artist, Chibi Phoenix
Art
Game Technology in Film Production
Veselin Efremov
Creative Director, Unity
Art
Key Components of Building Immersive Game Worlds
Kamber Hasan & Rosen Yankov
World Director & Producer, Ubisoft Sofia
Art
How to Become a CGI artist? The FUN Way
Yordan Zarev
3D Artist, Chaos Group
Art
VFX or Games - What to Choose?
Ivaylo “Mechkata” Ivanov
CG Supervisor, Worldwide FX
Design
How to Land a Level Design Job in the Game Industry
Yasen Stoynev
Lead Level Designer, Flying Wild Hog
QA
Automation Game Testing in Unreal Engine
Ivan Vanev
Automation QA, Kipi Interactive
Design
Understanding the Difference Between UI, UX, and UR in Games
Alex Tokmakchiev
Senior UX Designer, Hypixel Studios
Business
NFTs in Games - Present, Past, and Future
Viktor Ketipov
CEO, Kipi Interactive
Art
Motion Capture Technology for 3D Animation
Petya Hristova
Animation and Mocap Lead, Worldwide FX
Design
What Game Should I Make?
Julian Gollop
CEO, Snapshot Games
Design
How to Think and Talk About Games
Viktor Dosev
Game Director, Creative Assembly Sofia
Business
Creative Eldorado & Explosive Growth
Adrien Bacchi
CEO, Chibi Phoenix
Art
The Future of Art: Beyond Good and Evil
Anton Slavov
Lead Artist, Creative Assembly Sofia
Production
Remote Work in the Games Industry
Dimitar Simidchiev, Konstantin Altaparmakov, Tanya Altaparmakova
11Bit Studios
Narrative
Spatiality and Dialectics in Game Narrative
Jonas Kyratzes
Narrative Designer, Croteam
Community
How to Build a Community
Dayana Mileva
Account Director, Pontica Solutions
Art
Tell me a story
Biser Parashkevov
Lead Environment Artist, Ubisoft Sofia
Programming
Making artists happy in Unity
Nedislav Stoychev, Filip Slavov
Snapshot Games
Design
You can do everything with video games in Poland
Tomasz Gora
Indie Developer, Groundup Studio
Art
Art development in a crowdfunded environment
Borislav Bogdanov
Art Director, Snapshot Games
Audio
The Witcher 3 Blood & Wine OST Q&A session
Piotr Musial
Music Composer, CD Project RED
Art
The Strategy Guide for 3D Artists or the Artists' Guide for 3D Strategies
Miroslav Mironov
3D Artist, Black Sea Games
Art
Rethinking 3D animation with akeytsu
Charles-Arthur Bourget
Business & Marketing Manager, Nukeygara
Design
Hostage negotiation for Game Designers
Dimitar Simidchiev
Associate Lead Game Designer, Ubisoft Sofia
Audio
“Again, but better” - How to work with Voice Actors
Mike Bodie
Freelance voice actor
Art
Love, games and raytracing
Simeon Balabanov
Product Manager, Chaos
Design
GLOWCOMA - a story of a Bulgarian FPS
Tsvetomir Georgiev
Indie game developer
Business
Indie guide for game conventions
Viktor Ketipov
CEO, Kipi Interactive
Design
The game design of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Alexey Sityanov
Lead Game Designer, GSC Game World
Design
Stories from my 37 years in game development
Julian Gollop
CEO, Snapshot Games
Audio
Introduction to game audio
Adam Sporka
Music Composer, Warhorse Studios
Programming
Optimizing your mobile VR game
Yuriy Popov
CTO, Incineration Productions
Programming
ProgrammingArt++
Rok Kos
Software Engineer, Outfit7
QA
How to become a game development tester
Marieta Stefanova & Alexander Bozhinov
QA Team, Ubisoft Sofia
Design
How to become a game designer
Viktor Dosev
Lead Game Designer, Creative Assembly Sofia
Design
How to become a game developer
Julian Gollop
CEO, Snapshot Games
Business
Think of the Market and the People
Vassil Georgiev
User Acquisition Lead, Gameloft
Narrative
Merging Narrative and Mechanics
Gabriel Dobrev
Founder, Haemimont Games
Design
Freestyle Q&A
Vesselin Handjiev
Founder, Black Sea Games
Programming
Understanding the Fundamentals of Augmented Reality
Hristo Tarnev
Lead Game Programmer
Business
Ubisoft Sofia - The Story of a AAA Studio in Bulgaria
Rossen Yankov & Delyan Mitutsov
Producers, Ubisoft Sofia
Business
Going Big, Going AAA
Georgi Dinchev
Studio Director, Creative Assembly Sofia
Programming
OpenGL, ChromeOS & Their Story
Martin Krastev
Senior Software Developer, Chaos Group
Art
Art Directing for Pixar
Anthony Christov
Art Director, Pixar Animation Studios
Art
The Viral Mist and Other Things in Phoenix Point
Kamen Yordanov
VFX Artist, Snapshot Games
Art
V-Ray - From Architecture to Avengers: Infinity War
Anastasia Zhivaeva
3D Artist, Chaos Group
Art
Animating Creatures with Multiple Mutations
Elena Nikolova
3D Animator, Snapshot Games
Art
Animation and VFX for Big Budget Movies
Ran Manolov
Lead Character Artist, Worldwide FX
Design
Half-Baked Thoughts and Unfinished Designs
Lyubomir Iliev
Designer, Ivent Games
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