Future of Flash Platform

If you are planning to visit Flash GAMM on May 13, we advise you to come to Moscow a day earlier for the conference “The Future of Flash Platform. Adobe Launch Tour: Flex 4 and Flash CS5″ which is to take place on May 12, 2010, in the MSU Second Humanities Building (the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics).

The conference “The Future of Flash Platform” is timed to Adobe Flash Builder 4 (Flex 4) coming out. De facto Adobe Flash is the standard of animation,interactive video and bright and rich Internet. Flash platform plays an important role in relation to other products and Adobe creative work like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Premiere, AfterEffects, each of them being true standards in their spheres of use.

The speakers are the leading Adobe Evangelists and the leaders of national и лидеры groups of Flash developers from Russia, CIS and Europe. The experts who has been working with Flash since the day the platform was created will be at your disposal for five hours and will answer your questions willingly.

You will learn about the new Flash Builder 4 functionality, the most promising projects, Flash monetization, whether Flash or HTML5 are going to win, if there is Flash for iPad, what Flash can develop into in 10 years and much more. You will find out the details of creation of the most interesting Flash projects such as 3D-engine and Facebook desktop client with touch-interface. Learn more about the program of the conference and the speakers on the page http://flex4launch.ru/program.htm

Admission for the conference is free.
The registration is required. http://flex4launch.ru/register.htm.

Information reception for the catalogue is at an end

We remind that information reception for the catalogue of game developers Flash GAMM Moscow 2010 is at an end.

Hurry up! The printed version of the catalogue will include only that information which has been added till April 27 inclusive.

KRI and FlashGAMM are partners

KRI and Flash GAMM are partners.

Considering that all the participants of Flash GAMM games contest will get a 15% discount for KRI Projects Fair!

In addition to the main prizes the winners in all the nominations will receive tickets to KRI.

We remind that the conference of Game Developer’s Conference, or KRI, will be held on May 14-16, right after Flash GAMM which is to take place on May 13.

Send any questions on the discounts to flashgamm@absolutist.com

Paying with discount

We remind you that today is the last day when you can have a discount paying for the participation in Flash GAMM.

Standard Registration costs $25 if the payment is made till April 21 including and $50 after the date.
The cost of Premium Registration amounts to $50 till April 21, and $75 afterwards.

The payments are accepted through WebMoney (Z313537127182), YandexMoney (41001586983097) Plimus (credit card, paypal, etc.)

Don’t forget to specify your registration number or numbers (if you pay for few participants at once) in the comments to the payment.

Conference Program

The detailed program of the conference is already available on the site. On the whole it consist of 14 lectures, 2 round tables and 6 blitz-sessions.

We will welcome 4 speakers from abroad. That is why simultaneous translation will be arranged in the larger hall.

The lectures will be read simultaneously in two halls and you may move from one to another freely.

By the way, we still slots in blitz-session section, and if you interested in taking part in a round table, please, write us about that as well.

Special nomination from Alternativa

To supply our best game contest the company Alternativa has decided to bring forward a special nomination : “Best game or demo based on Alternativa3D”.
The creators of three best game or demo, sent until April 27 will receive tickets to Flash GAMM.
And on April 29 Alternativa is going to announce the winners.

We would also like to draw your attention that your game will take part in the best game contest regardless of your winning or not winning in this nomination.

Special nomination from @Mail.Ru

@Mail.Ru announces special nomination of the Flash GAMM best game contest!

“Best Application for My.Mail.Ru”

The winner will be chosen according to the following catgories:

• the fullest application of API
• original idea
• popularity among the users
• monetization and its perspectives

Minimal product requirements:

• the application has to be launched in My.Mail.Ru
• the application has to correspond with the Submission Rules: http://my.mail.ru/app_rules.html
• the application has to be user-friendly and of high quality.
• the application has to pass the moderation and be published in the catalogue.
• the application has to use API in both modes: obtaining information and information record, i.e. to interact actively withMy.Mail.Ru.

The prize for the winner in the nomination – XBOX 360 Elite and a certificate for free 25 000 000 advertisement rotations.

Round tables and blitz-sessions

In the frame of the conference Flash GAMM Moscow 2010 two round tables are organized.
We invite everyone to take part in the round table discussions, particularly indie developers and companies engaged in social games development and publishing.

Round table “Social boom!”
1. That are the reasons of such a stir among the developers? Is that good or bad?
2. Social networks, publishers, developers – roles, money, relationships.
3. What are the main factors of a successful social game? What are the most popular genres?
4. The terms of gamу development and game life.
5. The lack of professional flash developers and flash designers for social networks.
6. The problem of unauthorized content and clones. Does it actually exist? Why many people wink at it?
7. Forecasts. What will the social boom result in? When should we expect for its recession?

Round table “Indies”
0. Who are indies?
1. Why do developers become indie?
2. Making games for oneself or for others – pros and cons?
3. The problems of involving off-site developers into a project.
4. How a game may be sold? What monetization methods exist?
5. Figures. How much a game may bring.
6. Cash. Pay systems, taxes.
7. Development. What to strive for? Should one remain indie or start up a company?

If you have a word to say about indie developers or social games, just email the organizers to flashgamm@absolutist.com

One more section will be devoted to blitz-sessions.
The participants of IT Sea and RAFPUG are already aware of the point. Each speaker has some fixed time (5 minutes) to make a survey of a problem, for example, to give an overview of his project, some innovations, challenges in game development, etc. Generally it’s very vivid and interesting. It gives an opportunity to find soul-mates, partners and simply the people interested in the same issues.

The section of blitz-sessions will take part before lunch, so, you may ask the questions and discuss the matter in details during the breaks.

If you have an information to share and are eager to present a 3-5 blitz session email us!

ConfOG

On April 24, 2010, the III International Conference of Online Game Developers in Ukraine is going to take place in Kyiv. The event will gather the representatives of the leading game deveveloping companies not only from Ukraine.
Lectures and presentations will be devoted to various topical problems connected with online games. You may look through the topics of the lectures here.
In the frame of the conference a Vacancy Fair Game Job 2010 will be held to give the candidates a unique opportunity to change or progress their career. It also gives a good chance for the employers to improve quality and quantity of its stuff.
Follow the news and the changes of information on the vacancy fair Game Job 2010 on the site www.confog.org.ua.
The Organizers will be glad to meet you on the III International Conference of Online Game Developers in Ukraine.

Paying for registration through Yandex Money.

From now we accept payments through Plimus, WebMoney, and Yandex Money as well.

To pay for registration through Yandex Money you have to transfer the needed sum to the account number 41001586983097 or the email flashgamm@yandex.ru

In the Details to payment specify «Flash GAMM Moscow 2010: and your registration number».

Equivalents of the costs in rubles:
Standard registration with discount (25$) – 750 rubles.
Premium registration with discount (50$) – 1500 rubles.
Corporate registration with discount (200$) – 6000 rubles.

We remind that since April 21 the prices will change:
Standard registration (50$) – 1500 rubles.
Premium registration (75$) – 2250 rubles.
Corporate registration (400$) – 12000 rubles.