Art Directors Panel

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Art Directors Panel

• Casual Games Summit Day 1

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Art Directors Panel
Moderator Margaret Wallace Co-Founder / CEO
Rebel Monkey
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Jonathan DemosThree Rings Design
? Puzzle Pirates? MetaSOY (coming soon!) ?
Bang! Howdy
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Phil WebergameLab
? LEGO Fever ? Shopmania ? Egg vs. Chicken ?
AYITI The Cost of Life ? Arcadia
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Tysen HendersonPopCap Games
Lead Artist on. ? Bookworm Adventures ?
Chuzzle ? AstroPop ? Bookworm ? TyperShark ?
Noah's Ark
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Nick SternPlayFirst
Art Director on. ? TriJinx ? Diner Dash 2
Restaurant Rescue ? Connect Four Cities ? Diner
Dash Flo on the Go ? Mystery of Shark Island
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Part I
Fact?
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Crap?
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Fact or Crap?

• There are certain visual themes in casual games
  which are off-limits such as sci-fi, dungeons
  dragons, and themes involving violence.

vs.
Mortal Kombat
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Fact or Crap?

• Visual styles that work well in childrens games
  will also work well for casual game players.

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Fact or Crap?

• Successful casual games will not involve the use
  of real-time 3D.

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Fact or Crap?

• You can never have enough particle effects in a
  casual game. Adding a lot of sparkle will save
  any visual style.

Sparkle
Gutterball 2
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Fact or Crap?

• Casual game characters must not look too sexy
  or otherwise suggestive. To be safe, characters
  must appear to be family-friendly.

vs.
Tomb Raider
Diner Dash
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Part II
Rate the Game Art
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Family Feud
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Virtual Villagers A New Home
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Gutterball 2
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Magic Match 2 The Genies Journey
Magic Match I
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Mystic Inn
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Flo from Diner Dash
Betty from Bettys Beer Bar
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Papparazzi
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Mystery Case Files Ravenhearst
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Dream Day Wedding
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Travelogue 360 Paris
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Spellagories
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Super Mah Jong Soliatire
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Part III
Questions?