Game Developers Meetup Larissa

DATE & TIME

Saturday, November 16, 2024 | 12:00 - 21:30

LOCATION

AGORA Amphitheatre

ADMISSION

FREE

DESCRIPTION

For the second consecutive year, the Game Developers Meetup will be held at JOIST Innovation Park in Larissa! This year, however, the event comes renewed and enriched: in addition to providing information on the video game industry in Greece, it will also have an educational component, featuring specialized masterclasses by experienced industry professionals.

With a primary goal of highlighting the local video game industry, this year’s festival will take place on Saturday, November 16, 2024. The festival will include an open exhibition of video games by Greek creators and unique masterclasses led by top professionals. Additionally, key pillars of this year’s event will include talks on career opportunities and developments in the video game industry and creative studies.

The event is addressed to:

Game developers
Game players
Tech fans
Tech companies
Gaming communities
Tech Media

CO-ORGANIZATION

COMMUNICATION SPONSORS

UNDER THE AUSPICES

SUPPORTERS

AGENDA

12:00 - 13:00

| Arrivals & Registration - Opening of the Event

12:30

| Start of the Event

Game Development

13:00 - 14:00

| MASTERCLASS Storyboarding, Klaus Scherwinski

14:30 - 15:30

| MASTERCLASS Game Animation, Peer Lemmers (GUERILLA GAMES)

15:30 - 16:30

| Developer Stories: Aris Dragonis (DRAGONIS GAMES), Giorgos Zestanakis (ZEROGUILT GAMES), Konstantinos Yatilis (SWEARSOFT), Giannis Chatzopoulos (NOEMA GAMES), Dimitris Savaidais (NUMBER9)

Game Business

17:00 - 18:00

| MASTERCLASS: Game Publishing, Paschalis Gortsilas (PQUBE)

18:30 - 19:30

| MASTERCLASS: Global Game Industry, Mehdi Benkirane (I3D.NET, A UBISOFT COMPANY)

19:30 - 20:00

| Presentation: Creative Greece, Leonidas Christopoulos

20:00 - 21:00

| Round table discussion: "The future of the video games industry in Greece", Christos Bikos (IGDA Greece), Akis Zachariadis (IPHIGAMES), Leonidas Christopoulos (CREATIVE GREECE), Vardis Vardinoyannis (COUCH HEROES), Andreas Derdemeezis (GAMEATHLON)