MGDC + VRDC @ MGDC 2023 Sessions
View, browse and sort the ever-growing list of MGDC sessions by time, pass type, track, and format. Choose the session you wish to attend during each time slot. No pre-sign up necessary! Note that each session does have limited space. Therefore if a session is full you will need to attend a different session. All sessions are offered twice so you should be able to attend the session of your choice.
DAY 1: 10:00am – 11:00am & 11:20am – 12:20pm
ADVANCED GRAPHICS TECH: “D3D12 AND VULKAN DONE RIGHT” & “WAVE PROGRAMMING IN D3D12 AND VULKAN”
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Speaker: John Smith
Format: Tutorial
Track: Programming
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 10:00am – 11:00am
ANIMATION BOOTCAMP: ANIMATION MICROTALKS
Location: Room 132, North Hall
Speaker: Stacie Hammermall, Lana Bachynski (Blizzard Entertainment), Shahbaaz Shah (Telltale Games), Tim Borrelli (First Strike Games), Gwen Frey (The Molasses Flood), Matt Conn (MidBoss), Gabriela Aveiro (Dames Making Games), Matthew Russell (Amazon), Michael Jungbluth (Volition), Mariel Cartwright (Lab Zero Games), Matt Majers (Pixar)
Format: Tutorial
Track: Visual Arts
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 10:00am – 11:00am
ART DIRECTION BOOTCAMP: PANTALONES! THINGS I WISHED SOMEONE TOLD ME PRIOR TO BECOMING AN ART DIRECTOR
Location: Room 130, North Hall
Speaker: Bob Murphy
Format: Tutorial
Track: Visual Arts
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 11:20am – 12:20pm
CRAFTING PROMOTIONS THAT WORK, AND HOW I CREATED ONE THAT DIDN’T (PRESENTED BY AMAZON)
Location: Room 3014, West Hall
Speaker: John Kirk
Format: Sponsored Dev Day
Track: Monetization, Business & Marketing
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Main Conference, MGDC Main Conference + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC, VRDC Pass, MGDC Education Summit, Indie Games Summit, Audio Track Pass, MGDC Main Conference + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 11:20am – 12:20pm
GOOGLE DEVELOPER DAY KEYNOTE (PRESENTED BY GOOGLE)
Location: Room 2020, West Hall
Speaker: Sydney Hall (Google)
Format: Sponsored Dev Day
Track: Business & Marketing, Design
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Main Conference, MGDC Main Conference + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC, VRDC Pass, MGDC Education Summit, Indie Games Summit, Audio Track Pass, Expo Pass, MGDC Main Conference + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 11:20am – 12:20pm
Lunch – 12:30 -1:15 PM
1:20pm – 2:20pm & 2:10pm – 2:40pm
ADVANCED GRAPHICS TECH: “ASYNC COMPUTE: DEEP DIVE” & “RASTER ORDERED VIEWS AND CONSERVATIVE RASTERIZATION”
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Speaker: Amahad Doies (Infinityward)
Format: Session
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 1:20pm – 1:50pm
ANIMATION BOOTCAMP: CUPHEAD PROCESS AND PHILOSOPHY
Location: Room 132, North Hall
Speaker: Hanna Abi-Hanna (StudioMDHR)
Format: Tutorial
Track: Visual Arts
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 1:20pm – 1:50pm
REINVENTING A MOBILE DEVELOPER: FROM EARLY HITS TO ENDURING SUCCESS
Location: Room 201, West Hall
Summit Speaker: Erin Hanlon (Niantic)
Format: Session
Track: MGDC Mobile Summit
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 2:10pm – 2:40pm
3:00pm – 4:00pm & 4:00pm – 5:00pm
ANIMATION BOOTCAMP: A STUDY OF CREATURE ANIMATION IN FILM AND GAMES
Location: Room 132, North Hall
Speaker: Amahad Doies (Infinity Ward)
Format: Tutorial
Track: Visual Arts
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 3:00pm – 4:00pm & 4:00pm – 5:00pm
BEYOND FRAMERATE: TAMING YOUR TIMESLICE THROUGH ASYNCHRONY
Location: Room 2002, West Hall
Speaker: William Smith (Blizzard)
Format: Session
Track: AI Summit
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 3:00pm – 4:00pm
ADVANCED GRAPHICS TECH: “CINEMATIC DEPTH OF FIELD” & “ADVANCED PARTICLE SIMULATION IN COMPUTE”
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Speaker: Catherine Johnson (AMD)
Format: Tutorial
Track: Programming
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 4:00pm – 5:00pm
ART DIRECTION BOOTCAMP: CINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT PRODUCTION FOR ‘UNCHARTED 4’
Location: Room 130, North Hall
Speaker: Hanna Abi-Hanna (StudioMDHR)
Format: Tutorial
Track: Visual Arts
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 4:00pm – 5:00pm
5:00 – 7:00 PM Dinner – On your own.
7:00 PM – MGDC MOVIE NIGHT: CLUE!
Location: Room 135, North Hall
Format: Special Event
Track: Special Event
Pass Type: MGDC All Access, MGDC All Access + VRDC, MGDC Main Conference, MGDC Main Conference + VRDC, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps, MGDC Summits, Tutorials, & Bootcamps + VRDC, VRDC Pass, MGDC Education Summit, Indie Games Summit, Audio Track Pass, Expo Pass, MGDC Main Conference + VRDC
Saturday, August 12 | 7:00pm