devcom 2018: Legendary Speakers, Call for Papers and Ticket Shop Opening with 50% Discount

Peter Molyneux, Siobhan Reddy and Richard Garriott feature at the developer conference taking place prior to gamescom 2018

Cologne, Germany – The first speakers of the developer conference devcom on August 19th and 20th in Cologne have been announced: The cornerstone of the line-up is set by industry stars Peter Molyneux, Siobhan Reddy and Richard Garriott. In addition, devcom launches its call for papers. Game developers can submit their speech proposals on the main subjects Artificial Intelligence and Fun in Games as well as on classic topics such as Game Design, Business, Production, Legal, Sound, Art Design and Management. Finally yet importantly, the ticket shop opened today. Anyone who is quick and buys their ticket until March 25th can save a lot: Until then, there is a 50% discount on Student-, Conference-, and Business-Passes.

An overview of the devcom 2018 ticket categories:

Peter Molyneux (@pmolyneux) will hold one of the event’s keynotes. With his talk titled “Classic Post Mortem: Fable“, Molyneux will take visitors down memory lane featuring many learnings and anecdotes. Outside of Fable, this Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) hall of fame member is also known for penning Populous, as well as Theme Park, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and more. Another highlight is Siobhan Reddy’s (@siobhanreddy) session. The co-founder of Media Molecule is well connected, responsible for the LittleBigPlanet series and is currently working on the exciting project Dreams, due for release later this year. One more AIAS hall of fame member completes the trio: Richard Garriott (@RichardGarriott), game development pioneer, Ultima creator and space traveler by trade, will also talk at the conference in advance of the world’s biggest gaming event.

To extend this fantastic line-up, Aruba Events, a subsidiary of Computec Media Group (CMG), has issued the call for papers today. Game developers from all over the world can submit their own speech proposals in order to join Peter Molyneux, Siobhan Reddy and Richard Garriot at devcom in August. Among classic topics like Game Design, Business, Production, Legal, Sound, Art Design and Management, this year’s main subjects are Artificial Intelligence and Fun in Games. More details can be found here: https://devcom.global/call-for-papers

Everyone who wants to secure their participation in devcom 2018 as a visitor can do so in the ticket shop which opened today. A registration before March 25^th is especially worthwhile, since the organizers grant a onetime Early Bird 50% discount on Student-, Conference-, and Business-Passes. Anyone who wants to secure the cheapest ticket price for devcom, has to strike now. The ticket shop can be found here: https://devcom.global/order

More details about the schedule of devcom 2018 will be announced shortly.

Related: devcom 2017: More Highlights of the Conference Program Revealed

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