Use hard core techniques to design casual games. Quickly create a salable game concept design document, from first idea through all important logline and core mechanics all the way to making your idea unique and a standout.
Idea seeds will be provided on a random basis or you can bring your own. It’s more about maximizing an idea’s potential as opposed to the actual idea itself. Attendees will be divided into teams that will workshop their idea into a saleable presentation.
Pre-Requisites: Each participant should carry a Linux / Windows / Mac laptop. Attendees will require a ready AWS account created beforehand (by signing up at http://aws.amazon.com) to benefit from the exercises in these Lab sessions and also to avail the AWS credits for the workshop (by filling this form).
In addition, below are links to some of the Amazon resources, which we hope will assist you in knowing more/using the AWS Cloud and AppStore platforms:
AWS YouTube Channel AWS YouTube Channel contains some useful introductory and training videos on many of our services: http://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
AWS Blog This Blog describes many useful case-studies for our services, and also is commonly used to describe our new services when they launch: http://aws.typepad.com/aws/
About AWS This page describes who we are, and the value of the services we offer: http://aws.amazon.com/what-is-aws
Amazon Appstore Developer Portal- This page contains resources for all developers including game developers and also how to customize an app for the Kindle Fire: https://developer.amazon.com
Amazon Developer Blog- Our blog contains information about our upcoming events as well as new launches with the Appstore: https://developer.amazon.com/blog/index.html
Have fun, get discovered and scale up with Amazon and do write to us at aws-india-startups@amazon.com or amzn-appstore@amazon.com if you have any questions! We look forward to seeing you soon!
2 Hour #IndiaGameDevs PR Jam
Have you ever participated in a game jam? Have you made an awesome game? Or are you still working on it? Are you ready to combine the feeling of crunching through a game jam with the experience of promoting your own game? We have 2 hours, access to all social media channels and we are going to perform the craziest PR Jam ever. Bring your game(s), friends and laptop/tablet/phone/cables/funny hats/whatnot and be immersed in this crazy event and promote your game and name to the world during a 2 hour PR crunch.
The 2 Hour #IndiaGameDevs PR Jam is hosted by Julie Heyde. Julie is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Julie connects and advices game developers, publishers and technology developers through her company, Bandello. Julie is an active game jammer, one of the organizers of Nordic Game Jam and is developing the Norse mythology based game, XTODIE, for the Oculus Rift. Julie travels the world to participate in game industry events and to exhibit XTODIE.