Games Gathering 2021 Odessa

2100 sq.m.²

1200+ PARTICIPANTS

Odessa Gagarinn Hotel

06/30 - 07/04 2021

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WHAT IS IT?

Games Gathering 2021 Odessa presents news and innovations in game development. At the conference you may ask skilled developers in person about their experience, get huge networking opportunities with them and spent great time in sunny Odessa. Thanks to the hybrid format, you can easily combine useful networking with vacation.

Games Gathering Odessa 2021 is an international gaming conference in Odessa. This is an opportunity to raise your professional level and meet new business partners — publishers, investors and service providers.

These are lectures where experienced developers will share their own experience and reveal the most interesting professional secrets.

These are free booths for indie teams, an opportunity to demonstrate your product by taking part in the INDIE BLAST showcase and apply to the Indie Blast Awards competition.

Time	RED SEA HALL (ART)	BLACK SEA HALL (GAME DESIGN)	YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX)
13:30 14:00 13:30 - 14:00	13:30 - 14:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Games Gathering 2021 Opening Ceremony (online)	13:30 - 14:00 BLACK SEA HALL (GAME DESIGN) Games Gathering 2021 Opening Ceremony (online)	13:30 - 14:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Games Gathering 2021 Opening Ceremony (online)
14:00 14:30 14:00 - 14:30	14:00 - 14:30 RED SEA HALL (ART) Why art history is needed when constructing a game world Lecturer: Irina Shedko, Independent researcher	14:00 - 15:00 BLACK SEA HALL (GAME DESIGN) Soft Skills for Game Designers: How to nail a project and keep your sanity Lecturer: Irina Kurskaia, Belka Games, Game Designer	14:00 - 15:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Strike a key pose Lecturer: Delphine Zombo, Capcom, Cinematics Animator / Facial specialist
14:30 15:00 14:30 - 15:00	14:30 - 15:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Fantastic UI and Where to Find It - Creation and Implementation Pain-free Lecturer: Anna Pisarevskaia, Belka Games, UI/UX Designer
15:00 16:00 15:00 - 16:00	15:00 - 16:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	15:00 - 16:00 BLACK SEA HALL (GAME DESIGN) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	15:00 - 16:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon
15:30 16:00 15:30 - 16:00
16:00 17:00 16:00 - 17:00	16:00 - 17:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Coffee Break	16:00 - 17:00 BLACK SEA HALL (GAME DESIGN) Coffee Break	16:00 - 17:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Coffee Break
16:30 17:00 16:30 - 17:00
17:00 18:00 17:00 - 18:00	17:00 - 18:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) How to create a feasible weapon concept Lecturer: Eugene Petrov, Ulysses Graphics, lead weapon artist	17:00 - 18:00 BLACK SEA HALL (GAME DESIGN) A story to come back to. Things to know about narrative in casual games Lecturer: Olga Shapovalova, VOKI Games, Narrative Producer	17:00 - 18:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Leveraging Houdini and Substance tool for the SideFX short movie "The Dawning" Lecturer: Nikola Damjanov, Nordeus, Lead Game Artist
17:30 18:00 17:30 - 18:00
18:00 19:00 18:00 - 19:00	18:00 - 19:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Making a story-telling focused image from scratch to finish Lecturer: Quentin Regnes, Freelance Concept Artist and illustrator	18:00 - 19:00 BLACK SEA HALL (GAME DESIGN) Crafting the World of Ori and the Will of the Wisps Lecturer: Chris McEntee, Moon Studios, Lead Designer	18:00 - 19:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon
18:30 19:00 18:30 - 19:00
19:00 20:00 19:00 - 20:00	19:00 - 20:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Storytelling in f2p HOPA Locations Lecturer: Vira Dakhova, AB Games, Lead Artist HO Locations	19:00 - 20:00 BLACK SEA HALL (GAME DESIGN) Becoming A Game Design Hero Lecturer: David Mullich, ArtCenter College of Design, Instructor	19:00 - 20:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) The 5 Fundamentals of Video Game Animation Lecturer: Jonathan Cooper, Independent Author
19:30 20:00 19:30 - 20:00

Time	RED SEA HALL (BUSINESS)	BLACK SEA HALL (PRODUCTION)	YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX)
12:00 12:30 12:00 - 12:30	12:00 - 12:30 RED SEA HALL (BUSINESS) How we brought Hollywood to mobile casino games Lecturer: Vlad Kryvoborodov, Live Play Mobile, Head of Product	12:00 - 13:00 BLACK SEA HALL (PRODUCTION) Keeping CONTROL - Leading the production of a AAA game Lecturer: Juha Vainio, Remedy Entertainment, Executive Producer	12:00 - 13:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Gaming input devices and how they works from programmers perspectives Lecturer: Dmytro Riazantsev, Ubisoft Kyiv, Senior C++ Programmer
12:30 13:00 12:30 - 13:00	12:30 - 13:00 RED SEA HALL (BUSINESS) iOS 14 uncertainty is driving the rise of alternative Android app stores Lecturer: Dmitry Sigov, Tenjin, Senior customer success manager
13:00 13:30 13:00 - 13:30	13:00 - 13:30 RED SEA HALL (BUSINESS) 12 tricks to make a game video exciting: tips and examples Lecturer: Natalia Shuhman, Alconost Inc., Copywriter, Video Manager	13:00 - 14:00 BLACK SEA HALL (PRODUCTION) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	13:00 - 14:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) F2P-proof code: developing for years of evolution Lecturer: Pavel Mezentsev, G5 Games, Lead Programmer
13:30 14:00 13:30 - 14:00	13:30 - 14:00 RED SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Under-hiring or over-hiring - which is better? Lecturer: Evgeny Ovchinnikov, Uni-Bit, CEO
14:00 15:00 14:00 - 15:00	14:00 - 15:00 RED SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Coffee Break	14:00 - 15:00 BLACK SEA HALL (PRODUCTION) Coffee Break	14:00 - 15:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Coffee Break
14:30 15:00 14:30 - 15:00
15:00 15:30 15:00 - 15:30	15:00 - 16:00 RED SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Moving forward with distributing your content outside Google Play and iOS Lecturer: Maciej Burno, Aptoide, VP of Business Development	15:00 - 15:30 BLACK SEA HALL (PRODUCTION) How to rank #1 in app stores Lecturer: Thomas Kriebernegg, App Radar, Co-Founder and CEO	15:00 - 16:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Concept design. Old and new Lecturer: Rostyslav Zagornov, Framestore, Concept artist
15:30 16:00 15:30 - 16:00		15:30 - 16:00 BLACK SEA HALL (PRODUCTION) Using Affective Memory to Increase Immersion in Games Lecturer: Ana Ribeiro, ARVORE Immersive Experiences, Creative Director
16:00 17:00 16:00 - 17:00	16:00 - 17:00 RED SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	16:00 - 17:00 BLACK SEA HALL (PRODUCTION) Case Study: From zero to the top. How to run your first game, being completely unknown, and go international. Lecturer: Julia Korhn, Purple Brain Studio, Project Manager	16:00 - 17:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Microinfluencers: Expectations vs. Reality Lecturer: Daria Arzhanik , HypeFactory, Head of Performance
16:30 17:00 16:30 - 17:00
17:00 18:00 17:00 - 18:00	17:00 - 18:00 RED SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	17:00 - 17:30 BLACK SEA HALL (PRODUCTION) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	17:00 - 17:30 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon
17:30 18:00 17:30 - 18:00

Time	RED SEA HALL (ART)	BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS)	Yellow Sea Hall
11:00 11:30 11:00 - 11:30	11:00 - 11:30 RED SEA HALL (ART) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	11:00 - 11:30 BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	11:00 - 11:30 Yellow Sea Hall Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon
11:30 12:30 11:30 - 12:30	11:30 - 12:30 RED SEA HALL (ART) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	11:30 - 12:30 BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS) How to start LiveOps from scratch. Underwater rocks Lecturer: Alex Shtachenko, GamePoint / Progamedev.net, Product Owner	11:30 - 12:30 Yellow Sea Hall Choices that actually matter: creating a nonlinear interactive story Lecturer: Oleksandr Chezghanov, Native Games Studio, Lead Game Writer
12:00 12:30 12:00 - 12:30
12:30 13:00 12:30 - 13:00	12:30 - 13:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) The future of 3D with absolute positioning Lecturer: Oleg Dre, Carpe Diem Solutions, CEO	12:30 - 13:00 BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS) What Investors Look for Before Investing in startup Lecturer: Nikolay Shapovalov, QPDigital, Managing Partner	12:30 - 13:00 Yellow Sea Hall What do manizer, boor, and smarty pants have in common? Building up character system for casual game with sitcoms Lecturer: Yuliya Malikova, Belka Games, Narrative Designer
13:00 13:30 13:00 - 13:30	13:00 - 14:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Unreal colors Lecturer: Alex Martinenko, Pingle Game Studio, Head of Division (Kharkiv)	13:00 - 13:30 BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Support in the service of game development Lecturer: Maxim Kordonets, Belka Games, Head of Community & Support	13:00 - 14:00 Yellow Sea Hall Game Design in outsource. Why is it cool and why do we need to know how to do it Lecturer: Vladislav Fomenko, Pingle Game Studio, Game Designer
13:30 14:00 13:30 - 14:00		13:30 - 14:00 BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Intellectual property rights in the games industry Lecturer: Sergiy Barbashin, Trustme Law Firm, managing partner, IT attorney
14:00 15:00 14:00 - 15:00	14:00 - 15:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Coffee Break	14:00 - 15:00 BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Coffee Break	14:00 - 15:00 Yellow Sea Hall Coffee Break
14:30 15:00 14:30 - 15:00
15:00 16:00 15:00 - 16:00	15:00 - 16:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	15:00 - 16:00 BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Ways to Structure the Release Management Process for Improved Agility Lecturer: Anastasiia Yamkova, Innovecs, Game Release Manager	15:00 - 16:00 Yellow Sea Hall How to make an ambitious indie project a reality? A real case of the Strategic Mind series with all the numbers, pitfalls, and revelations Lecturer: Ihor Tymoshenko, Starni Games, CEO; Oleksandr Sienin, Starni Games, COO
15:30 16:00 15:30 - 16:00
16:00 16:30 16:00 - 16:30	16:00 - 17:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Becoming an art team leader Lecturer: Aleksandra Grinevich, VOKI Games, Head of Feature\GUI Department	16:00 - 16:30 BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Building a diverse hypercasual studio during a pandemic Lecturer: Sergey Komar, Homa Games, Studio Lead	16:00 - 17:00 Yellow Sea Hall Mystery Tales: Hidden Object Lecturer: Olga Maksina, AB Games, Feature game designer
16:30 17:00 16:30 - 17:00		16:30 - 17:00 BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS) Maximizing Your Game’s Digital Revenue Lecturer: Olga Ryzhko, Frogwares, Head of Publishing
17:00 18:00 17:00 - 18:00	17:00 - 18:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	17:00 - 18:00 BLACK SEA HALL (BUSINESS) To be a part of Saber Interactive: strategy of investment Lecturer: Zhanna Goranskaya, Saber Interactive, Business Development Lead	17:00 - 18:00 Yellow Sea Hall Building Online Experience for the Players Lecturer: Oleksandr Medviediev, Ubisoft, Team Lead
17:30 18:00 17:30 - 18:00

Time	RED SEA HALL (ART)	BLACK SEA HALL (PROGRAMMING + ANALYTICS)	YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX)
11:00 12:00 11:00 - 12:00	11:00 - 12:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Creative personality in game development Lecturer: Sergey Biryukov, Freelancer, Digital Artist	11:00 - 12:00 BLACK SEA HALL (PROGRAMMING + ANALYTICS) Dashboarding. Effective collaboration between team and data Lecturer: Konstantin Miroshnichenko, Green Panda Games, Game Economy Designer	11:00 - 12:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Financing a small studio: hopes, tropes and traps Lecturer: Jakub Marszalkowski, Indie Games Poland, Board Member
11:30 12:00 11:30 - 12:00
12:00 13:00 12:00 - 13:00	12:00 - 13:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	12:00 - 13:00 BLACK SEA HALL (PROGRAMMING + ANALYTICS) Using UMP to increase production pipeline speed and quality. Lecturer: Stanislav Osipov, Stan's Assets from KAPPS, CEO	12:00 - 13:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon
12:30 13:00 12:30 - 13:00
13:00 14:00 13:00 - 14:00	13:00 - 14:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Coffee Break	13:00 - 14:00 BLACK SEA HALL (PROGRAMMING + ANALYTICS) Coffee Break	13:00 - 14:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Coffee Break
13:30 14:00 13:30 - 14:00
14:00 15:00 14:00 - 15:00	14:00 - 15:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Importance of the style in the post-UE5 world Lecturer: Ilya Palochkin, Pingle Studio, Concept Artist/Art Direction	14:00 - 15:00 BLACK SEA HALL (PROGRAMMING + ANALYTICS) Who is AI Game Developer, what does it do and how to become one Lecturer: Aleksandr Pindyk, Wargaming, Team Lead / Senior Game AI Developer	14:00 - 15:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Mixing animation styles Lecturer: Oleg Malamuzh, Avtoritetstudio, Owner
14:30 15:00 14:30 - 15:00
15:00 16:00 15:00 - 16:00	15:00 - 16:00 RED SEA HALL (ART) Hard Surface Modeling Techniques for Game Production Lecturer: Yan Shamarin, 3DMAYA, Mentor	15:00 - 16:00 BLACK SEA HALL (PROGRAMMING + ANALYTICS) AB tests - from planning to result analysis Lecturer: Alexej Baranov, AB Games, Lead Game Analyst	15:00 - 16:00 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Entering esports. Transforming the game into a new discipline Lecturer: Roman Rodin, TECHIIA holding, Chief Legal Officer
15:30 16:00 15:30 - 16:00
16:00 16:30 16:00 - 16:30	16:00 - 16:30 RED SEA HALL (ART) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	16:00 - 16:30 BLACK SEA HALL (PROGRAMMING + ANALYTICS) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon	16:00 - 16:30 YELLOW SEA HALL (MIX) Name of lecture will be announced soon Lecturer: Speaker will be announced soon

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