The NASSCOM Game Developer Conference (NGDC) is in it’s 5th year, having grown to over a 1000 attendees and the iLLGaming team is here to cover all the action in Pune. The significance of the event is that it puts the spotlight firmly on the Indian Game Development scene, which is growing by the day as evidenced by the rise in participation. Beginning this year, the NASSCOM Game Forum (NGF) awards are to become another feature of the NGDC with categories for Game of the Year (GOTY), Student GOTY and Indie GOTY. Following are a few highlights from the day. Expect more in-depth coverage next week.
Inauguration and Keynote by Yoichi Wada, Chairman Square Enix (iLLGaming also got an opportunity to exclusively interview the Square Enix boss. More on that soon)
A Case Study of adding Subscription model to a freemium game
The Story of Simogo
White Paper on Legal issues related to Gaming Industry in India
Microsoft Keynote: Anshu Mor
Game Monetisation
Game Project Management: Stephan Bastous: GM-Eidos Montral
NGF Awards and BYOG
We will be talking in details about these enlightening keynotes and presentations in the coming week, so stay tuned.
That wraps up the proceedings of Day 1 of NGDC 2013. The focus of the talks was on the mobile gaming and freemium games segments, which seems to be the preferred approach of major players in the Game Industry towards India. There is immense potential for growth here and if the NGDC is anything to go by, the future certainly looks bright.
Here’s a slideshow of all the happenings around Day 1:
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