Crowdfunding allows indie game developers to obtain funding for their projects through collecting small contributions from many backers. Some benefits include obtaining funding to complete development, validating the game idea, and maintaining creative control and ownership. However, there are also risks like not reaching the funding goal and having to cancel the project. Successful crowdfunding requires a good prototype, realistic budget, attractive rewards for backers, and an effective marketing campaign to promote the project.
Presentation on gamification for the Foundation for Young Australians. The purpose is to highlight ways in which gamification can improve program design, structure and delivery.
Want your business to be noticed? Your brochures are the face of your business. Creative and unique graphic design for brochures will make your business stand out.
Presentation on gamification for the Foundation for Young Australians. The purpose is to highlight ways in which gamification can improve program design, structure and delivery.
Want your business to be noticed? Your brochures are the face of your business. Creative and unique graphic design for brochures will make your business stand out.
Présentation sur le crowdfunding dans le processus de développement de jeu vidéo, son historique, les besoins, les bénéfices et les risques. L’objectif de cette recherche est de pouvoir comprendre l’application du crowdfunding comme solution alternatif pour financer les projets relatifs au développement de jeu vidéo au Maroc.
This is a guide for game funding presented during ]the MICA conference in Buenos Aires on October 6, 2017. It includes info on the different types of funding, funding sources for games and game studios, as well as presentations that will help present game studios and their games for studio funding and project funding opportunities.
A pictorial overview of how leading games companies have leveraged KTplay to drive more player engagement and revenue in their games. With user acquisitions costs climbing ever higher, retaining and monetizing the players you already have is a critical component to success in the mobile market. KTplay’s in-game community platform opens a two-way communication channel between publishers and their players, to increase engagement, retention, monetization, and customer satisfaction amongst their high-value customers.
Crowdfunding Change: Tips and tricks for social innovators from Indiegogo - M...MaRS Discovery District
Are you a social entrepreneur with a vision for social change? A tech founder with a dream? A non-profit leader looking to engage your supporters as stakeholders?
If so, then you know what often stands between an innovative idea and its execution is financing!
With increasing frequency, crowdfunding has been filling the money gap―and it empowers action while raising awareness for issues. This platform enables individuals around the world to participate in big ideas and take ownership in the projects they believe in.
Amy Lesnick, Head of Social Innovation at Indiegogo, discusses how crowdfunding serves startups by helping entrepreneurs to:
-Demonstrate a market for their products
-Gain rapid customer feedback
-Cultivate customer advocates
-Increase awareness for their brand and offering
Join us to learn more about making crowdfunding work for you.
This presentation is part of my talk at NASSCOM GDC where I was explaining if you actually need a publisher or is your pitch good enough to get a publisher. Once you have an answer to this question, you need to hunt a publisher and convince him to publish your stuff, this is quite a challenging and competitive task. Main topics covered were:
Why do you need a publisher?
Do you think publisher will publish your game?
How to approach publishers?
Treat them as your business partner
First impression is the last impression
Publisher submission is a project
Be a good listener
Communication is the key
lines and between the lines…decoding a contract
What if your project is rejected
Presentation given on Alternative Seed Funding Strategies to Entrepreneurs.
Seed It Project provides a way for talented bootstrapper's to earn seed money to fund the early stages of projects without incurring debt or giving up equity using a collective marketplace and sales tactics & incentives that are anchored in game theory. www.seeditproject.com
Doing Things That Don't Scale - Counter intuitive marketing for startups...Almog Koren
Counter intuitive marketing for startups...
After closing down Scoreoid now having some free time, I enrolled startup class. Part of the reading was Paul’s Graham’s do things that don’t scale.
I realized what I did for Scoreoid in the being was exactly this, and it really works….
7 Years of Independent Publishing | Dieter SchoellerJessica Tams
Delivered at Casual Connect Europe 2016
This talk will briefly summarize the lessons learned over the last seven years when it comes to publishing independent games, collaborating with young studios and successfully bringing their games to market. Having built up all pillars of distribution, from dinosaur retail business to Steam to mobile to digital console, we will share an insight into best practices and the biggest failures encountered along this path through concrete case studies and subjective insights.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Présentation sur le crowdfunding dans le processus de développement de jeu vidéo, son historique, les besoins, les bénéfices et les risques. L’objectif de cette recherche est de pouvoir comprendre l’application du crowdfunding comme solution alternatif pour financer les projets relatifs au développement de jeu vidéo au Maroc.
This is a guide for game funding presented during ]the MICA conference in Buenos Aires on October 6, 2017. It includes info on the different types of funding, funding sources for games and game studios, as well as presentations that will help present game studios and their games for studio funding and project funding opportunities.
A pictorial overview of how leading games companies have leveraged KTplay to drive more player engagement and revenue in their games. With user acquisitions costs climbing ever higher, retaining and monetizing the players you already have is a critical component to success in the mobile market. KTplay’s in-game community platform opens a two-way communication channel between publishers and their players, to increase engagement, retention, monetization, and customer satisfaction amongst their high-value customers.
Crowdfunding Change: Tips and tricks for social innovators from Indiegogo - M...MaRS Discovery District
Are you a social entrepreneur with a vision for social change? A tech founder with a dream? A non-profit leader looking to engage your supporters as stakeholders?
If so, then you know what often stands between an innovative idea and its execution is financing!
With increasing frequency, crowdfunding has been filling the money gap―and it empowers action while raising awareness for issues. This platform enables individuals around the world to participate in big ideas and take ownership in the projects they believe in.
Amy Lesnick, Head of Social Innovation at Indiegogo, discusses how crowdfunding serves startups by helping entrepreneurs to:
-Demonstrate a market for their products
-Gain rapid customer feedback
-Cultivate customer advocates
-Increase awareness for their brand and offering
Join us to learn more about making crowdfunding work for you.
This presentation is part of my talk at NASSCOM GDC where I was explaining if you actually need a publisher or is your pitch good enough to get a publisher. Once you have an answer to this question, you need to hunt a publisher and convince him to publish your stuff, this is quite a challenging and competitive task. Main topics covered were:
Why do you need a publisher?
Do you think publisher will publish your game?
How to approach publishers?
Treat them as your business partner
First impression is the last impression
Publisher submission is a project
Be a good listener
Communication is the key
lines and between the lines…decoding a contract
What if your project is rejected
Presentation given on Alternative Seed Funding Strategies to Entrepreneurs.
Seed It Project provides a way for talented bootstrapper's to earn seed money to fund the early stages of projects without incurring debt or giving up equity using a collective marketplace and sales tactics & incentives that are anchored in game theory. www.seeditproject.com
Doing Things That Don't Scale - Counter intuitive marketing for startups...Almog Koren
Counter intuitive marketing for startups...
After closing down Scoreoid now having some free time, I enrolled startup class. Part of the reading was Paul’s Graham’s do things that don’t scale.
I realized what I did for Scoreoid in the being was exactly this, and it really works….
7 Years of Independent Publishing | Dieter SchoellerJessica Tams
Delivered at Casual Connect Europe 2016
This talk will briefly summarize the lessons learned over the last seven years when it comes to publishing independent games, collaborating with young studios and successfully bringing their games to market. Having built up all pillars of distribution, from dinosaur retail business to Steam to mobile to digital console, we will share an insight into best practices and the biggest failures encountered along this path through concrete case studies and subjective insights.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
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Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
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The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
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Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
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Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
3. ¿CrowdFunding?
Collection of small amounts of capital
from many individuals to achieve a goal.
Campaign lasts a certain amount of time.
The "investor" gets a reward for their
money.
4. Benefits of Crowdfunding
Pre-ordering your game, obtain money to
complete development.
Validate your game idea.
Control your actions.
Creative independence.
Earn more recognition.
5. DarkSide of Crowdfunding
Not reach your goal and having to stop
your project.
Say goodbye to publishers.
Demand much time and labor out of you
spend developing the game.
Not adequately plan may complicate
legally.
Don’t pay attention to Trolls!
6. Not so new
Year: 1885
Pedestal Statue of
Liberty
Pulitzer
$102,000
120,000 backers
During 5 months
7. ¿and the indie developer?
It is the individual or company that is
developing a video game without external
financing.
Is not backed by a publisher.
14. Benefits of being indie
Creative freedom.
Owning your IP (intellectual property).
Larger % of profit from sales.
Manage your own time.
15. x 0
Can’t pay for talent
Losing motivation on
the way
Not able to afford
advertising and marketing
Reject publisher
support
Disadvantages
High costs of publishing,
legal stuff and software
licences
20. You will not be able to do it.
AAA games cost 50 million dollars.
3-5 years of development.
1000 people working (actors,
programmers, artists, designers,
marketing)
Realistic
25. Budget
Calculate the time needed to complete the
development.
Resources for the team.
Salaries for your team or payment for external
developers (concept artists, music & sound).
Cost of crowdfunding rewards.
Licensing and publishing fees.
Crowdfunding platform commission.
27. Rewards
A reward could be a digital download game.
(usually $10-$25)
Being in the game credits.
Participate giving ideas for development in
exclusive forums.
Concept Art Books.
Merchandising of the game.
30. When you pass the original goal you can
offer to your backers new goals to achieve
in exchange of new features for the game
like New Game Plus or achievements.
Stretch Goals
38. Largest crowdfunding site.
All or nothing. You have to reach the goal in a
given time.
15% commission
Exclusive for USA & UK.
Kickitforward Initiative
kickstarter.com
39. Not as big as Kickstarter.
Open to all countries.
5% commission
No need to reach the goal.
indiegogo.com
40. No need to reach the goal.
Hispanic audience.
There isn’t much
competition with other
projects.
lanzanos.com
41. Time is now
Haz el juego que quieras jugar.
Ser feliz con lo que haces.
Indie gaming is growing.
Tools available to everyone.
You can start learning on your own.
Funding made possible by crowdfunding.
Make the game you want to play.
Be happy and love what you do.