Thank you for making Games First Helsinki 2023 a success!

JUNE 8th, 2023 – 13:00-23:00 – Kaapelitehdas (Cable Factory)

GAMES FIRST

is BACK

LET’S GET TOGETHER AGAIN TO SHARE OUR LEARNINGS
AND TO CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY.

IT’S ABOUT TIME!

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Participant Info

What? The Best Time of Your Life

Where? Kaapelitehdas (Cable Factory) in Ruoholahti

When? Thursday, June 8th – Doors open at 13:00

Entrance from the main doors next to Dance House Helsinki (Tanssin talo) i.e. not from the doors on the side of the sea.

Pick up your badge by stating your name at the registration.

Make sure to eat lunch before! Snacks, refreshments, coffee, and dinner are included and served during the day. Party drinks will be served after the Game Demo Session – the party is held in the same place.

Once you a ready to head home/elsewhere, we’ll have a taxi spot right outside the venue for your convenience!

Sharing is caring

As always, you’re welcome to tweet, post, write, boomerang, snap, share, and take and post as many photos as you’d like. Just be respectful of the privacy and copyrights of others.

An official photographer will also be present. And whatever you do, use #gamesfirst! Hashtags are apparently still a thing.

The golden rule

Games First is all about meeting new people, learning from them and sharing with them. We want the day to be a positive experience for every one of us, so please join us in treating each other with respect, curiosity and care.

Please read our Code of Conduct for more.

Program

13:00 Doors Open

13:30 Welcome Words

13:45 Beatstar's Lessons in Hybrid-Casual – Charmie Kim, Space Ape

14:30 Fireside chat – How to Be Creative with a Decade-Old Game Stuart McGaw & Eino Joas Supercell

15:00 Break

15:30 Get sh*t done first, get sh*t good second - Inari Bornholm, Next Games

16:00 Quake: Dimensional Shift Into True 3D - John Romero, Romero Games

16:45 Break

17:15 Game Demos

18:15 Closing Words

18:30 Dinner & Party

23:00 Event Ends

  • Charmie Kim

    Charmie Kim

    SPACE APE

  • Stuart McGaw

    Stuart McGaw

    SUPERCELL

  • Inari Bornholm

    Inari Bornholm

    NEXT GAMES

  • John Romero

    John Romero

    ROMEO GAMES