Learn the history and get the inside scoop on making the classic computer games Diablo and Diablo II from the creator, David Brevik.

One day you wake up, and you wonder: What lessons did I learn from working on GOTY, Good games, Failures & Cancelled projects? Should we crunch? How do we boost creativity within teams? Is there a rule to minimising failure? Should I write all those lessons down and make a presentation about it? Am I having a mid-life dev crisis? Probably.

This talk is aimed towards people who are enthusiastic about pixel art.
I will talk about how we perceive pixel art, what are the strengths and weaknesses of this medium, and give a quick crash course on how to keep pixel art game projects manageable.

High level Analysis on why some games disappear from the world stage within a year, while others are played even 20 years after and what can We do with that knowledge?

Thanks to Jonathan we have a unique opportunity to present you a curated talk made especially for Game Access. Jonathan will go through your questions and work the answers to a presentation.

Niagara is a new Unreal Engine's visual effect system that comes with a robust toolkit to replace Cascade. It allows the VFX designer to fully control every parameter without the need for c++ programming. It's modular and takes away a lot of limits introduced by the older system. Makes your work fast, clean and reusable. During the talk, I'll introduce Niagara and show how to use its various features to make particle systems behave as you desire.

Unravel was a sweet, charming game about love and the bonds between people. When it was announced at E3 2015, it immediately stood out among all the loud shooters and sports games with its quiet tone, friendly message, and its focus on care and empathy. But for all its apparent sweetness, Unravel was a game designed in protest. It was first created as an angry statement. It was an attempt to lash out against a lot of things - heartlessness and time wasting, broken work processes and dysfunctional publisher relations, even the state of the whole games industry. This talk is an insight into that creative process, the circumstances under which this game was made, and how a lot of anger led to the development of something truly friendly and nice.

Join Ari as he recounts the pitfalls, tips and tricks learned during Housemarque's first year of using Unreal Engine 4 for AAA development.

Just like technology and tools, even outsourcing and external development went through a rapid evolution in the past years - from simple creation of assets and ports, to full integration with core development teams and creative input on AAA titles. Coming from one of the largest game production companies in the world, Lukas will give you a rare insight into what is currently possible and what the future trends are.

SimCity BuildIt is a fun game and a huge success. However, designing the game was a very challenging task for the team. How did EA’s tracktwenty studio overcome the obstacles of designing a f2p mobile game from a well-loved IP? The talk discusses how the design process and thinking has changed during the challenging production and while running the live service.

A case study on how a developer can turn an amazing success into a sound failure and shut down his game, lose his reputation or even his business entirely by ignoring certain risks that are obvious for any successful brewer, inspired by Nassim Taleb's works.

How to turn ideas and mechanics into systems and maths formulas.

In this talk we'll address some of the things you can do to develop as a creative, out-of-the-box artist. We'll look at how to tackle visual challenges with a fresh perspective, how to shuffle things up when they get stale, how to face complex challenges at many more. We'll also take a look at the work behind developing some key locations and features from both Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Odyssey and how to bring your vision to life and create amazing worlds for gamers all over the world.

What is VR and what are it's faces. Some less popular types of VR. How VR affects human being. Some innovations. Market. Possibilities: present and future of VR.

We are glad to announce an amazing opportunity for presenting new projects to the wide audience of Game Access ’19 attendees—Game Access Pitch. The game-industry professionals will choose the 10 best games and the game developers will be able to make their presentations on a large screen and to tell the audience about their new projects (3 minutes for each). The pitches are the maximum attention of the audience and a perfect advertisement. The list of participants will be published very soon.