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Itinerary 2014The following sessions are open to all with a pass to the show, and placeswill be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We will stream thepopular sessions into an adjoining room if the main room is full up, so youwont miss out! To go back to short description itinerary click here

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Show opened by Dai Banner, Wales Interactive / Games Wales Group

Schedule for main sessions (Victor Salvi Room)

10.30 11.30 : Gary Napper, Lead Game Designer: SEGA/Creative Assembly

A chance to hear from Gary about his work on the new Alien: Isolationgame.

As the Lead designer on Alien:Isolation, Gary has expertise in creatinggame concepts, core gameplay, detailed systems design including in-gamecameras and scenes and has been leading the design side of the project atThe Creative Assemly. Most recently Gary was lead designer on Harry

Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 before coming to Creative assemblyto join the A:I team. He is responsible for a large part of the game designincluding many core mechanics, world interactions, system designs and AIbehaviors including the Alien creature itself.

With 13 years industry experience and lead positions on many triple A titlesincluding the Harry Potter series, Gary is an experienced designer with afocus on gameplay experience and quality.

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11.00 17.00 : One to one advice sessions (booked in advance or atregistration desk on the day) with the following:

Marshmallow Entertainment LtdCapital LawCemas

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Welsh GovernmentCreative Skillset CymruMr Dog MediaForrestBrown Limited

Atticus Digital LtdUKIE Advark SwiftCreative Europe

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11.30 13.00 : Workshop: Lets make

A bring-your-own-laptop session where Byron Atkinson-Jones will show theaudience how to make a game with Unity in under and hour, based on thecurrently running tweetorial: https://storify.com/xiotex/a-tweetorial-on-making-a-game-with-unity

Please note: WGDS will provide the Unity software you must bring yourlaptop!

Byron has worked in the games industry for 16 years for EA, SEGA andLionhead. He is currently developing Containment Protocol.

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12.00 13.00 : UKIE Panel: How to claim your Games Tax Credits

Hear from accounting and legal experts, as well as the team administeringthe Cultural Test, on how you can make sure that your game benefits fromthe new tax breaks in this Ukie-hosted panel. Get your questions answered

and find out how the tax breaks can help grow and secure your business.

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Guest speakers will include:

Anna Mansi, Head of Certification Unit, BFINigel Walde, Accountant, Saffery Champness

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13.15 13.45 (repeats at 18.00) : Screening: Bedrooms to Billions (30minute excerpt of new feature)

'From Bedrooms to Billions' is a 120 minute feature length documentarymovie telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industryfrom 1979 to the present.

'From Bedrooms to Billions' tells the story of how the creativity and vision ofa relatively small number of individuals allowed the UK to play a key,pioneering role in the shaping of the billion dollar video games industry,which today dominates the modern world's entertainment landscape.

See more at: http://www.frombedroomstobillions.com

14.00 15.30 : Workshop: Lets make

A bring-your-own-laptop session where Byron Atkinson-Jones will show theaudience how to make a game with Unity in under and hour, based on thecurrently running tweetorial: https://storify.com/xiotex/a-tweetorial-on-

making-a-game-with-unityPlease note: WGDS will provide the Unity software you must bring yourlaptop!

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14.00 - 15.00 Manesh Mistry, Ustwo

A chance to hear about the creative process behind 2014 hit gameMonument Valley.

Manesh Mistry is a senior games developer at ustwo games in London. Hehas contributed code, level design and audio to Monument Valley and BlipBlup. He started out as a Flash progammer and is now living the dreammaking games in Unity.

Wired wrote that the game "might be the most beautiful iPad game of2014". Creative Review called the game's puzzles "clever" and appreciatedthe developers' attention to detail. The shortness of the game has beencommented on by some reviewers and Ustwo says the average time tocomplete it is just 1 hour 34 minutes.

The game recouped its 10-month development cost in its first two weeks onsale. As of May 2014, the game was downloaded over 500,000 times oniOS. The game was one of the winners of 2014 Apple Design Awards.

15.30 16.30 Mike Bithell, Indie Games Developer

A chance to hear Mike talk about his latest game Volume, and the movefrom working at Bossa and Blitz studios and setting up as an indie.

After 5+ years in the traditional console and social games industries, I got abit stupid and decided to become an indie. Currently working on my secondproject, Volume, after the pretty surprisingly successful Thomas Was

Alone.

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17.00 18.00 BAFTA Cymru Question Time Panel

Got a burning question about the games industry youd like answered byour expert panel? Then this session is for you! The BAFTA GamesQuestion Time format is very much as it appears on television.

Simply submit your questions by Twitter to @walesgds #baftaQT orthroughout the day in the box provided outside the Victor Salvi Room, thencome along to hear the panels views.

Chair: Gina Jackson, Games Consultant

Panelists:Gary Napper, Creative AssemblyRalph Ferneyhough, GamesDev North Wales

Anton Faulconbridge, RANT Media

Michelle Ducker, Producer, Tearaway for Media Molecule/Sony

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18.00 18.30 : Screening: Bedrooms to Billions (30 minute excerpt of newfeature, see details above )

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18.45 in Exhibition Hall 1BAFTA Cymru Games Keynote: Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris

Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris is founder ofindependent game development micro-studio The Tiniest Shark, best known forsci-fi parody life-sim Redshirt. She is alsoa PhD researcher at the University ofPortsmouth, studying physical gameinterfaces and aesthetics. She oftenspeaks on game development, advocacy,and entrepreneurship, and is passionatenot only about encouraging public

engagement with games, but also aboutworking towards greater diversity withinthe games and technology industries. In

this capacity, she also acts as a STEM Ambassador for schools. She wasnamed a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit 2013, was one of the Develop Top 30Under 30 developers to watch in 2012, and was a 2007 Kauffman GlobalScholar. In addition to game development, she enjoys travel, hiking, andbad puns.

19.00 20.00 in Exhibition Hall 1

BAFTA Cymru Games Awards and drinks reception

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20.00 til late at Terra Nova

GamesDev South Wales / GamesDev North Wales After Show Party

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