We invite you to summer-autumn lectures on the gaming industry and IT at the Higher School of Business
Hello everyone! In August and September, we, at the Higher School of Business HSE, will host a series of free lectures and master classes on the gaming industry and IT. I invite everyone to join, under the cut are links to details on each event and registration. Although attendance is free, but by appointment.
August 30: Game Design as an Art Form
Place and time: in person at 19-00 in the ZIL Cultural Center (Vostochnaya street, 4k1) within the framework of the project “University open to the city”.
Speaker: Konstantin Sakhnov, producer and founder of Vengeance Games, Head of Game Design Red Rift, over 15 years in the gaming industry.
Issues under consideration:
Gaming as an art form;
Narration, visuals and sound in games;
Examples of video games as art;
Current trends in the gaming industry.
Additionally: The event is held as part of our large cycle of four consecutive lectures under the general theme “The gaming industry: when art becomes business”. At the end of the cycle, each participant will receive an electronic personalized certificate.
Link for details and registration: HERE
August 1: Formation of exchange rates in modern realities and options for a new global financial system
Place and time: online at 19:00.
Speakers: Alexey Bacherov (asset manager of Abtrust, an investor with more than 20 years of experience) and Oleg Abelev (PhD, head of the analytical department of Rikon-Trust Investment Company).
Issues under consideration:
Dedollarization of the global economy;
Changes in the financial system;
Features of currency conversion in today's realities.
Link for details and registration: HERE
August 6: Creating games at the intersection of mathematics and creativity
Place and time: in person at 19-00 in the ZIL Cultural Center (Vostochnaya street, 4k1) within the framework of the project “University open to the city”.
Speaker: Vladimir Agarev, creative director of Jay-Joy, over 10 years in the gaming industry.
The issues under consideration:
Why do games need math?
Are there any games without math at all?
How can mathematics be used to create different sensations during a game?
How does math affect other aspects of the game, such as the interface, graphics, and music?
What is balance and why is it so important?
Is it possible to create a perfect balance?
Synergy between game mechanics and balance.
Additionally: The event is held as part of our large cycle of four consecutive lectures under the general theme “The gaming industry: when art becomes business”. At the end of the cycle, each participant will receive an electronic personalized certificate.
Link for details and registration: HERE
August 13: Game Development with Glowing Eyes: Cases, Figures, and Advice
Place and time: in person at 19-00 in the ZIL Cultural Center (Vostochnaya street, 4k1) within the framework of the project “University open to the city”.
Speaker: Vyacheslav Utochkin, head of the Game Project Management program at the HSE Graduate School of Business, co-founder and general producer of Geeky House, 14 years in the gaming industry.
The issues under consideration:
Game development on enthusiasm, how it happens;
Examples of such development with deadlines, cost and team composition;
Where to look for a team with enthusiasm;
Tips on what to do and what not to do when you start developing your own game;
Current market situation, trends and prospects for a budding game developer.
Additionally: The event is held as part of our large cycle of four consecutive lectures under the general theme “The gaming industry: when art becomes business”. At the end of the cycle, each participant will receive an electronic personalized certificate.
Link for details and registration: HERE
August 27: People are more important than ideas. How to assemble and motivate a team to work on a product you truly love.
Place and time: in person at 19-00 in the ZIL Cultural Center (Vostochnaya street, 4k1) within the framework of the project “University open to the city”.
Speaker: Daria Ostrovskaya, special guest, famous gaming blogger, producer, host of the YouTube channel “TAK OSTRO!”
The issues under consideration:
“Do it or do it not.” No attempts;
You can't do everything alone. Delegate, look for like-minded people;
How to get people interested in working on your project if “the money will come later”;
Correct selection of the team;
How to manage a team where everyone is a genius, an artist, and a creator.
Additionally: The event is held as part of our large cycle of four consecutive lectures under the general theme “The gaming industry: when art becomes business”. At the end of the cycle, each participant will receive an electronic personalized certificate.
Link for details and registration: HERE
September 10: Lecture evening on game design
Place and time: online at 19:00.
Speakers: Konstantin Sakhnov (producer and founder of Vengeance Games, Head of Game Design Red Rift, over 15 years in the gaming industry) and Sergey Golubkin (owner of the board game publisher Gemenot and the game development studio Gemenot Digital, ex-producer at Ubisoft, 19 years in the gaming industry).
The issues under consideration:
Open lecture by Konstantin Sakhnov “How to come up with your own game? A reminder of what is important to consider”;
Open lecture by Sergey Golubkin “Concept document as a solid basis for starting to create your own games”
Link for details and registration: HERE
September 17: Open Day of the Game Project Management program
Place and time: online at 19:00.
Speakers: Vyacheslav Utochkin (Head of the Game Project Management program at the Higher School of Business, HSE, co-founder and general producer of Geeky House, 14 years in the gaming industry), Konstantin Sakhnov (producer and founder of Vengeance Games, Head of Game Design Red Rift, over 15 years in the gaming industry) and other teachers of the program.
The issues under consideration:
Getting to know the program's teachers and guests of the event;
Presentation of the professional retraining program “Management of gaming projects”;
Answers to questions from participants regarding training and the gaming industry in general.
Link for details and registration: HERE
See you at the events!
