On Tuesday, August 16 and Wednesday, August 17, 2022, the Tencent Institute of Games ( "Tencent Institute of Games") hosted its annual event, the Tencent Game Developers Conference 2022 ( "TGDC Tencent Game Developers Conference 2022 (TGDC 2022)" was held.
More than 20 global game industry experts and academics attended TGDC 2022, where 17 keynote speakers offered their perspectives on the future of the game industry.
TGDC 2022
The Tencent Institute of Games is hosting the TGDC, which aims to be a platform to promote communication within the industry by collaborating with international higher education institutions and hosting industry conferences.
The annual event has been held annually since 2017 for global game developers, publishers and operators to share their latest experiences and knowledge.
"TGDC 2022" was held online with the aim of stimulating creativity, technical skills, and cohesion in the gaming field with the world's top game developers, experts, and academics.
"TGDC 2022" keynote presentations are being held on the following 17 themes
| Theme | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 10 Years of Clash: Building a Sustainable Game Business Through Data-informed Decisions | Hotloo Xiranood |
| A Playful Production Process | Richard Lemarchand |
| Design Sensibilities for a Collaborative Culture | Jamie Smith |
| Interactive Narrative: Playing with Words | Raul Rubio |
| Ray Tracing Implementation in Mobile Gaming | Alekos Caporali |
| Computational Imaging for 3D Reconstruction | Seasonal Rain |
| Low-Poly Mesh Generation for Building Models | Xifeng Gao Wu Kuei |
| Dynamic Weather Rendering in Arena Breakout | Chen Jia Teng |
| UE5 Deferred Technology Pipeline for Mobile Games | Liu Heng |
| 13 Years Later: A retrospective of Edmund McMillen's game design manifesto | Edmund McMillen |
| Behind the Scenes of Sniper Elite | Jordan Woodward Ben Fisher |
| How Can Chinese Indie Game Developers Succeed in The Overseas Market? | Wu Jihui Hazel Hazel Jarvis |
| The Soundscapes of Yara: Audio Innovation and Representation in 'Far Cry 6 | Eduardo Vaisman |
| Art Direction Through Time: Project Identity and Continuity | Nicolas Sparth Bouvier |
| Bring the World to Your Shaders | Matt Oztalay |
| Finding Your Way in the Metaverse | Xu Bin |
| Lessons Learned While Playing for the Planet | Sam Barrat Xiao Wang Lisa Pak Trista Patterson Hunter Bulkeley Wen Xingyang |
Behind the Scenes of Sniper Elite " by Jordan Woodward, Head Designer and Ben Fisher, Assistant Principal Designer of "Sniper Elite 5 quot; and " The Soundscapes of Yara: Audio Innovation and Representation in 'Far Cry 6'" by Eduardo Vaisman, audio director of "Far Cry 6". The Soundscapes of Yara: Audio Innovation and Representation in ' Far Cry 6'" by Eduardo Vaisman, audio director of "Far Cry 6", are very interesting from a player's point of view.
"Sammi Xia, Vice President of Tencent Games and President of the Tencent Institute of Games, also spoke at TGDC 2022.
He said that through TGDC, more and more people in the gaming industry will come together to help the industry and society deepen mutual understanding and build a better, more digitally oriented society together.
He also expressed that gaming is becoming a hyper-digital reality that is constantly creating new values and possibilities by facilitating the advancement of cutting-edge technologies.
An archive of the keynote can be viewed on the YouTube channel " Tencent Global" and on the "TGDC 2022" event page.
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