All #DVRS2025 talks are available now to watch for FREE!
#gamedev talks cover Art Direction, #Animation #coding #gameaudio narrative, anatomy, character art #gamedesign #UI #gamesresearch
Reshare & tag those interested!
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We're so excited and honoured that Mythmatch is a finalist in the Develop Indie Showcase Competition!
I'll be at Develop along with @tinystorm.bsky.social and @ginaloughlin.com so come check out the game and chat with the team!
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...
We're delighted to announce the ten finalists for this year's Indie Showcase Competition celebrating the best unsigned games from indie developers across the UK and Europe. Congratulations to all finalists! #DevelopConf
An image of Tara Mustapha from Code Coven, with the title of her keynote session: 'Build What You Have: Rethinking Studio Sustainability In 2025'
We're excited to welcome Tara Mustapha, founder and CEO of Code Coven (@codecoven.bsky.social), as our final Keynote speaker! Tara will be leading a session exploring her vision for sustainable, inclusive studios in a time of economic pressure and creative uncertainty. #DevelopConf
Loved being at #DVRS2025 yesterday with some of the @radicalforge.bsky.social crew. Sad I can’t be there for the ace talks scheduled today.
You can watch #DVRS2025 live now!
For those coming to DVRS Games Festival tomorrow, registration in SODA opens 9am, talks are 10-5 both days and fuller schedule with talk descriptions is downloadable on our site:
www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
DVRS Games Festival are hosting a FREE and open to the public POC in Play games art exhibition ’Reimagined As’ on Thurs 10th and an Indian dance performance by Devika Rao this Fri 11th 12.30-1.30pm in Manchester’s Modal Gallery. Life drawers are welcome. Please share!
If you missed it checkout the range of games that our speakers at DVRS have worked on.
Its nearing you last chance to book tickets:
www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/dvrs-...
The schedule for next week’s DVRS Games Festival is announced.
Livestream link will follow closer to the time.
DVRS Games Festival launches in Manchester in just over a week & there's still time to buy tix, so we thought it would be great to highlight the range of games our speakers have worked on so you can book now!
www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/dvrs-...
Zi Peters will also be sharing his design knowledge from AAA to groundbreaking indie games
Prof. Stuart Sumida's contribution to animation and games is too long to summarise but they range from the original Beauty and the Beast to the recent The Wild Robot. If you love animation, anatomy, rigging and dinosaurs this will be a highlight!
Shifally Rattan shall be joining us from America to share her stunning character #gameart work on some of the biggest AAA games in the world
Meghan Jayanth also brings a wealth of games narrative experience across a diverse range of iconic games
Kenny Young will be rushing up from his BAFTA nomination for Astro Bot's music, to share his experience from audio design to music composition on some iconic British videogames
Helen Kaur brings a mix of creativity and design knowledge from her #UI experience working on a range of high profile games
Harvey Newman is also a veteran gamedev with breadths of experience in #gameanimation, founding his own studio and running a successful YouTube channel on game animation and more!
www.youtube.com/@harveynewman
Freddie Babord has lent his technical skills from #Unity plugin tools like Blockout, co-dev work on big titles to @radicalforge.bsky.social physics driven Southfield
Ron Ashtiani is a veteran of the games industry, having founded Atomhawk the concept art studio & has literally written the book on Art Direction! Essential for all games artists.
DVRS Games Festival launches in Manchester in just over a week & there's still time to buy tix, so we thought it would be great to highlight the range of games our speakers have worked on so you can book now!
www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/dvrs-...
2 weeks until DVRS Games Festival launches in Manchester. Tickets are running out so secure your ticket whilst you can for 2 days of talks and activities across games development and animation!
www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/dvrs-...
Submissions for the 2025 Indie Showcase are now OPEN! The deadline for entries is Friday 2nd May. #DevelopConf
Just 3 weeks to go until DVRS Games Festival launches. Our full line-up and tickets are available on our site with our schedule to be announced next week.
We also have some surprises to be revealed on the day so secure your tickets whilst they last!
www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/dvrs-...
If you have been subject to the recent layoffs and are struggling but want to attend, please contact us for support.
You're also welcome to attend the free Gameopolis event:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dvrs-games...
A poster promoting the DVRS games festival with 10 speaker headshots, texts of their names and roles, overlaid on a coloured gradient background.
POCinPlay can now confirm the full lineup of DVRS Games Festival in conjunction with SODA@MMU.
It will be held on 10-11th April with discounted ticket and hotel rates available for members. Only a month to go so book up now!
www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/dvrs-...
Our final speaker is Cumron Ashtiani. Founder of concept art studio Atomhawk, Ron has worked on Marvel movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and games like Mortal Kombat X, The Thing: Remastered. He literally wrote the book on The Art of Direction!
