Impulse Block 1: Mining for Your Next Gem - How to Decide What Games to Develop

Where should studios allocate their resources – and what game will help a studio prevail? Three speakers will share their approaches to these questions in 10-minute impulse talks:

10 Minute Impulse Talks:

• Game Idea Validation - by Philomena Schwab
  Philomena will give an impulse talk on game idea validation and how to make sure that your next game will be viable on the market.
• You Don't Need a Hook - by Jonas Tyroller
  What are the best entry point to start making a new game? Jonas believes: making fun games is easier than making appealing games, so it makes more sense to start with appeal. You don't need a "hook", you need to innovate in a way that makes sense.
• Don't Ship the Wrong Game - by René Habermann
  Shipping a good game that no one desires is a sad affair. René shares how bippinbits avoids this by building many prototypes, evaluating them against real people, and then going into an appropriately scoped production.

Followed by 30 minutes discussion time.