Welcome to Casual Games 101

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Welcome to Casual Games 101
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Welcome to Casual Games 101 ummm 2007
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Your Organizers

• Steve Meretzky, Senior Game Designer, Blue Fang
  Games
• Dave Rohrl, General Manager San Francisco
  Studio, PopCap Games
• John Welch, CEO, PlayFirst

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Tell Us About You

• Designers? Programmers? Artists? Business
  People? What else?
• Attending Casual Games 201?
• Involved in at least one published casual game?
• Working in casual games now?
• New alien masters from planet Zorchtron?
• Making casual games about new alien masters from
  planet Zorchtron?

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A Little History

• 2003 -gt First casual game sessions at GDC (3)
• 2004 -gt First full day tutorial (9 speakers)
• 2005 -gt First Casuality conference
• 2007 -gt 2 sold out (300) tutorial days 20
  other GDC sessions 3 dedicated conferences
  casual tracks at major conferences

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Of Course

• 2002 30MM category
• 2006 450MM category

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What to Expect Today

• Mix of lectures and panels
• Senior casual industry figures with real,
  relevant experience
• Interesting, substantive discussion
• Introduction to the casual game space tomorrow
  covers advanced topics in depth.

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Before We Get Started

• Cell phones, pagers, interstellar communicators
• Handouts
• Schedule for today
• Speaker bios
• List of relevant sessions
• Evaluations
• Casual Games Reception 6 PM

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Let the Festivities Begin!