NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2013 Pune IndiaThe 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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When not being the Editor-in-Chief at iLLGaming or a tech journalist that he is known for, Sahil indulges himself with his pug named Tony. His favorite games are Dota 2, Dark Souls, Deus Ex and DOOM. He is sucker for PC builds and dreams about benchmark numbers in his sleep.

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