"Developing Games for Exhibitions/Events - Tales, Challenges, and OMG Moments from the Trenches" A sharing session from Pisal Setthawong, Co-Founder at Pigsss Games Session from Indie Game Developer and Development Meetup #1 (Indies Ignite 2013) in Bangkok at Launchpad on 31 July 2013. More info at http://bit.ly/16Eax48

1. Developing Games for
Exhibitions/Events - Tales, Challenges,
and OMG Moments from the Trenches
Pisal Setthawong
Co-Founder
Pigsss Games

2. Pisal Setthawong
• Game Developer
– Co-Founder Pigsss Game Studio
– Industry Veteran entrusted to
Committees on many
International/National Level
Game Development Events
• Lecturer
– Tenure at Department of CS,
Assumption University
– Guest Lecturer and Project
Committee at Many Other
Leading Universities around
Thailand
http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisal
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3. Pigsss Games
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4. Pigsss Games Contact
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Phone 083 434 4111
Email info@pigcanfly.com
Website http://www.pigcanfly.com

5. Content
• Introduction
• Why Game Developers Usually Avoid Making
for Events/Exhibitions?
• Tales, Challenges, and OMG Moments from
the Trenches
• Design Philosophies – A. Chang’s
Recommendations
• Q&A
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6. Games for Exhibits/Events
• Games to be used in Exhibitions and Events
usually used to promote a COMPANY, a
PRODUCT, a PROJECT, or an IDEA
• Game Developers usually do not like making
Games for Exhibitions and Events!!!???
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7. TALES, CHALLENGES, AND OMG
MOMENTS
Tales from the Trenches
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8. Case Study
TechnoBots (PTT)
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9. TechnoBots
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10. Initial Requirements
• Multimedia Kiosk inside CTW
– Use Kinect for Simple Motion Capture to Control
TechnoBots Avatar
– Develop a Custom Kinect based Game for Play
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11. Motion Capture
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12. Game Play
Fruit Ninja Clone Apple Catch Clone
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13. Event Launch
Siam Paragon (25/05/2013)
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14. Exhibition
Digital Gateway (26/05/2013-25/06/2013)
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15. WHY ALL THE HATE?
Why Game Developers Usually Avoid Making for Events/Exhibitions?
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16. Decisions Evolve around the
Organizers
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17. The Game is only a Small Cog in the
Big Machine
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18. The End Goal is Not Making
the Best Game Possible!
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19. A Huge Co-Production
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20. Many Unknowns Out of Your Control
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21. Changing and Unclear Requirements
Throughout the Project
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22. Final References are
Usually Delivered Very Late
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23. Demand for Something Fresh and New
But with a Very Tight Deadline
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24. Requirement to Standby at Event
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25. DEADLINES CANNOT BE BROKEN
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26. Long Payment Periods
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27. THE POSITIVES
Maybe there is something good after all!
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28. Working with Different Types of
People and Personalities!
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29. They Pay You, Eventually 
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30. DESIGN PHILOSOPHIES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Chang’s Recommendations
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31. Quick Games – High Turnover
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32. Players should be Able to Play the
Game Without Tutorial!
Clones of Popular Games are Good For Events!
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33. Easy to Reset/Restart
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34. Minimum Screenflow
TITLE
GAME
RESULT
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35. Accurate Estimates and Leave Nothing
to Chance
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36. Flexible Resolutions
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37. You aren’t the Boss!
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Games are part of the Promotional Event

38. Embrace Change
(Changing Requirements)
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39. Keep your Cool
and always Propose Alternative Fixes
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40. Enjoy Your Job!
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41. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Yes, No, Okay?
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Email:
pisalst@gmail.com