Website: Spooky Squid
Session: They Sweat, Bleed, and Tear Pixels—The Evolution of A Bloody Gothic Art Game
Andrew works at Spooky Squid Games Inc. as Lead Curmudgeon and Programmer.
Website: Spooky Squid
Session: They Sweat, Bleed, and Tear Pixels—The Evolution of A Bloody Gothic Art Game
Andrew works at Spooky Squid Games Inc. as Lead Curmudgeon and Programmer.
Website: Shawnyeager.com/
Twitter: @shawnyeager
Sessions: How To Better Beat The Odds—Make Games You Love, Stop Eating KD Every Night
Shawn Yeager has earned the reputation as a mover and shaker by generating over $250 million in revenue for small to mid-sized technology firms. His work centers on bringing promising new technologies to market, a passion sparked by the Atari 2600 and still plays a mean game of Pitfall.
Website: Gamine Expedition
Twitter: @smgrimes
Sessions: Getting Things Done: Turning Limitations Into Creativity
Dr Sara M. Grimes is a professor at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, with expertise in the areas of digital game studies, children’s culture, technology, and play. Her current research examines emerging ethical and policy issues relating to child-generated content in digital games and kids’ cultural participation online.
Website: OCAD
Session: Crafting A Mindset For Play As Adults
Emma is a professor in Game Design at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD-U) University in Toronto. She has worked in the game industry for over 17 years: in development, research, and the academy. (This makes her older than the average game geek.) She plays, teaches, makes, writes, and talks about games and play to anyone who stands still long enough to listen.
The Gamercamp app, powered by Guidebook, is now available and is the best and easiest way to organize your time at the festival. Check out all our speaker bios, sessions, activities, and even make your own schedule!
Just head to m.guidebookapp.com and you’ll find our event listed on the home page. If you have an iPhone, iPod Touch, or Android device, you can download the Guidebook app off the Apple and Android app stores and search for Gamercamp—one advantage is that the app saves the information locally, so even if you lose connectivity, you still have that goodness available. You can also get notifications for upcoming sessions so you won’t miss a thing, even if you’re in the middle of an epic game!
Friday 8:00 to 10:00 pm. Join us for the Casual Gala at CSI Annex.
Gamercamp gives back with a party hosted by Electric Playground‘s Shaun Hatton celebrating a year of great games from local designers and developers. See Toronto’s future talent with the emerging artist showcase and get your hands on one-of-a-kind game art with an exciting charity raffle supporting the Hospital for Sick Children.
[Separately ticketed event!]
Saturday from 8:00 to 10:00 pm. Sign up for a night of adventure with our Urban Road Trip—like a live-action Mario Party across the city, but better!— as we challenge teams to race to complete ten unique challenges and battle to be on top!
Not participating in the Urban Road Trip? Join us at Betty’s while we cheer on the teams and provide live updates, before holding the trophy ceremony at 10:30 pm.
Sunday 7:00 to 10:00 pm. Join Will Perkins and Peter Kuplowsky post-Gamercamp for the Toronto premiere of The FP, a film best described as the Warriors meets Dance Dance Revolution. Then, play some DDR on the big screen!
[Note: special event! Tickets sold at the door of Toronto Underground Cinema!]
