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SUMMARY:GameDev CG Meetup - Winter 2023
DESCRIPTION:Lithuanian Game Developers Association is happy to invite you to a meetup dedicated to computer graphics and digital art. This time\, we are also celebrating the opening of the Unreal community chapter in Lithuania! \nThe event will take place in the heart of the old town\, at Talent Garden Vilnius. \n  \nOur first guest is Ari Arnbjörnsson\, who is an Unreal Engine Evangelist at Epic Games. He has 15 years of varied games industry experience ranging from social\, web and mobile games to console games. His latest work before joining Epic Games was on Housemarque’s BAFTA-winning game Returnal for PlayStation 5.\nAri will talk about various ways to use Unreal Engine in different creative industries: game development\, movies\, TV production and others. \nOur second guest is James Doyle\, originally from New Zealand\, who has over a decade of experience in both the film and gaming industries. He is an art director and sculptor who is deeply committed to the art of storytelling and has worked with renowned companies such as Weta Digital\, Weta Workshop\, A44 Games\, and RiffRaff Games. Whether it’s through the lens of a camera or the canvas of a game engine\, James relishes the opportunity to breathe life into narratives\, blending artistry and technology to forge unforgettable experiences.\nJames’ session will cover experiences in various industries\, the importance of creativity and adaptability\, commonalities and differences\, as well as the most important transferable skills. \nOur final guest is Marius Narbutaitis\, a VFX artist and co-founder of Matima Studio in Klaipėda. He will unravel the captivating story of launching an indie game development studio: banding together a group of passionate freelancers and sharing a common passion for creating games. Gain firsthand insights into the artistry\, trials\, and lessons learned that have shaped their studio. Peek behind the scenes of indie game development and be inspired by the triumphs born from adversity! \nAfter the talks\, we’ll have a chance to play Matima’s upcoming game Tempo Punk and hopefully more Unreal Engine projects! \nDon’t forget to register on Eventbrite. \nThe event is organized with the support of Epic Games and the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
URL:https://www.lzka.lt/event/gamedev-cg-meetup-winter-2023/
LOCATION:Talent Garden Vilnius\, Vilniaus 33\, Vilnius\, Lietuva
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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SUMMARY:Vilnius GameDev Talks
DESCRIPTION:​We all have a passion for games\, but there’s so much more than just playing. It’s a vast journey that goes through various stages before a game reaches our screens. \n​At our meet-up\, we’ll be discussing: \n\n​Game Design. ‘Becoming a Good Feature Owner’ by Katerina Shtirts\, Lead Game Designer at Belka Games\n​Analytics. ‘Product x analytics collaboration for backlog prioritization’ by Nikita Shustikov\, ex-Director of Product at Socialpoint\n​Ad Creatives. ‘Benefits of Systematic Creative Production’ by Andrey Selin\, Senior Creative Producer at Rovio\n\n​Whether you’re an aspiring game developer\, a marketer\, or just someone who loves games\, this meet-up is tailored just for you. \n​And guess what? We’ve got you covered with delicious snacks and refreshing drinks to keep the conversations flowing and the spirits high! \n​Hosted by Belka Games with the invaluable support of the Lithuanian Game Developers Association. \n​Entry is FREE! Spaces are limited\, so if you’re as enthusiastic about games as we are\, grab your pass now.
URL:https://www.lzka.lt/event/vilnius-gamedev-talks/
LOCATION:Talent Garden Vilnius\, Vilniaus 33\, Vilnius\, Lietuva
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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SUMMARY:GameDev Meetup #33
DESCRIPTION:Our game developers meetup series return to Kaunas and will take place on October 11 at Vytautas Magnus University\, Putvinskio st. 23 (auditorium 311). \nOur program: \n18:15\n„Upcoming Events & Games in Lithuania”\nNora Navardauskaite\, events coordinator at Lithuanian Game Developers Association \n18:45\nGames intros by developers\nIf you’d like to share what game projects you are working (do a short intro or just show the game to visitors)\, please contact Ricardas from LGDA (ricardas at lzka dot lt). \n19:00\n„Developing a grassroots gamedev community”\nGame developers Vaidas Vai\, Airidas Janonis\, game critic Artūras Rumiancevas. \nThanks to Vytautas Magnus University Faculty of Informatics for the help in organizing the meetup\, and the Lithuanian Council for Culture for the continuous support! \nAlso\, if you are working with or interested in gamedev in Kaunas\, please join the recently launched Discord server Kaunas Game Developers! \nDon’t forget to register on Eventbrite!
URL:https://www.lzka.lt/event/gamedev-meetup-33/
LOCATION:VDU daugiafunkcis mokslo ir studijų centras\, V. Putvinskio g. 23\, Kaunas\, Lithuania
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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SUMMARY:GameDev Meetup #32
DESCRIPTION:Our next meetup is set for September 28th and will take place at Talent Garden Vilnius\, located on Vilniaus st. 33. \nWe will have three guests covering various topics: \n  \n19:00 \n„Technical game designers\, what do they do?” \nSpeaker: Vaidas Okunis\, Senior Gameplay Designer\, Remedy Entertainment \nVaidas is a game designer with 10 years of experience in the industry who is currently working at Remedy Entertainment. He has been working in various design roles as a gameplay designer\, technical designer\, and system designer. \n  \n19:30 \n„Crafting Worlds with Words: From the Kitchen of Storm Warfare” \nSpeaker: Onur Kocaoglu\, Lead Game Copywriter\, Janus Interactive \nOnur is an award-winning senior advertising copywriter from Turkey with over 16 years of experience and the lead copywriter of the trading card game Storm Warfare. \n  \n20:00 \n„Building Web3 Games: From Concept to Blockchain Integration” \nSpeaker: Edvinas Mandravickas\, CTO\, Engines of Fury \nEdvinas has been working in various games industry tech roles for more than a decade. Currently\, he is leading the technical side of Engines of Fury development\, which is a top-down extraction shooter. \n  \nThe meetup\, like many other association activities\, is supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. And thanks to Vilnius TechFusion for spreading the word about our events! \nDon’t forget to register on Eventbrite!
URL:https://www.lzka.lt/event/gamedev-meetup-32/
LOCATION:Talent Garden Vilnius\, Vilniaus 33\, Vilnius\, Lietuva
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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SUMMARY:GAMEDEV BBQ 2023
DESCRIPTION:Let’s continue the nice tradition of late summer gatherings for a grill party! Together with our friends Nordcurrent and continuous support from the Lithuanian Council for Culture\, we invite you to reignite old connections and meet new people in the game developers community. We are moving to a larger space – Art Factory LOFTAS outside area\, and will be ready for a grand party on August 17! \nPlan for the evening: \n+ Meat and vegan BBQ food (bar food also available) \n+ Free cocktails (limited offer!)  \n+ Happy Clinic happy hour 🙂 \n+ Nordcurrent DJ’s team \nREGISTRATION NECESSARY! \nYour ticket will be scanned at the entrance for a bracelet\, giving you all access to the venue’s treats. Please try to check in before 20:00\, but don’t be discouraged to drop in later. \nGot any friends curious about making games? Bring them along! \nWho knows what new opportunities await at the BBQ? 🙂 \nSEE YOU SOON! \nWhen: August 17th (Thursday)\, from 18:00. \nWhere: Art Factory LOFTAS\, Švitrigailos st. 29\, Vilnius. \nTickets: HERE.
URL:https://www.lzka.lt/event/gamedev-bbq-2023/
LOCATION:Menų fabrikas Loftas\, Švitrigailos g. 29\, Vilnius\, 03229\, Lithuania
CATEGORIES:Party
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SUMMARY:GameDev CG Meetup - Summer 2023
DESCRIPTION:Lithuanian Game Developers Association is happy to invite you to a meetup dedicated to computer graphics and digital art. The meetup is absolutely free of charge! \nThe event will take place on June 8th in the heart of the old town\, at Talent Garden Vilnius. \nSessions: \n19:00\n„Motion Capture Demystified: A Guide for Indie Game Devs”\nSpeaker: Jonas Balakauskas\, Animation Lead\, VR studio „Nieko” \n19:30\n„A Broad Overview of the Art Direction Process for 2D and 3D Animated TV Series”\nSpeaker: Giedrė Kaveckaitė\, Art Director\, KELEBEK MEDIA LIMITED (UK) \n20:15\n„Making the Worlds of God of War”\nSpeaker: Vilius Petrauskas\, Concept Designer on God of War Ragnarök \nAfter the talks\, we’ll have a special celebration – 10 years anniversary of the Lithuanian Game Developers Association! 🎂 \nThe event is organized with the support of the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Creative Europe Desk LT.
URL:https://www.lzka.lt/event/gamedev-cg-meetup-summer-2023/
LOCATION:Talent Garden Vilnius\, Vilniaus 33\, Vilnius\, Lietuva
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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SUMMARY:GameDev Meetup #31
DESCRIPTION:Our next meetup is set for May 3rd and will take place at Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania\, located on Gedimino st. 51. We’ll have three sessions at the conference hall on 5th floor\, and afterwards will move to networking part to leisure area (also 5th floor\, behind the screen wall). \nThis time our topics will be focused on several aspects of business development for games creators: \n18:15\n„Level UP Your IP: Best Practices for Game Developers”\nSpeakers: Vilija Viešūnaitė and Aurelija Rutkauskaitė\, Law Firm TRINITI JUREX \n19:00\n„Building Your Studio After Game Jam”\nSpeakers: Lera Batsian and Olegas Pridiukas\, Gamedev Camp \n19:30\n„Q&A Session about Pitching for Investment”\nSpeaker: Vytautas Dobilas\, Gamedev Fund \nThank you to TRINITI JUREX for supporting the meetup!\nAlso\, as with many other Association activities\, we’d like to thank the Lithuanian Council for Culture for their support. \nDon’t forget to register your tickets on Eventbrite!
URL:https://www.lzka.lt/event/gamedev-meetup-31/
LOCATION:Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania\, Gedimino pr. 51\, 01109\, Vilnius\, Lithuania
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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SUMMARY:Gamedev CG Meetup Winter ’22
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the semi-annual event\, dedicated to computer graphics in video games and other creative industries! Let’s meet on December 15 in a beautiful location Tech Park Sapiegos (building No 3)\, listen to creative experiences from our guests and chat about this really active and hopefully productive year!\n\n  \nWe’ll have three talks coming from different countries and fields of CG:\n\n  \n19:00\n“Visualizing a Dystopian World of Vesper”\nVilius Petrauskas\, Concept Artist\nVilius was part of many ambitious creative projects\, including AAA games (God of War Ragnarök\, Horizon Forbidden West)\, architecture and film industry\, with most expensive Lithuanian sci-fi movie premiering earlier this year.\n\n  \n19:45\n“Art of the Hangar’s Creation: the Impact on Player’s Journey”\nMariya Zinchenko\, 3D artist at Wargaming\n3 years in Wargaming\, 4 years in art in IT industry. Graduated in Design. Mariya is an Environment artist and supervisor in World of Tanks. Mostly she creates\, manages and supervises the environment of hangars in Wargaming’s biggest game World of Tanks.\n\n  \n20:30\n“Transitioning from Traditional to Digital Art”\nAleksei Shatunov\, Mentor at CG Spectrum College of Digital Art and Animation\nAfter many years as a traditional academic artist and instructor\, Aleksei dived into CG and joined games industry\, with experiences in Marvel\, Upper Deck\, Ringtail studios and others. More at Instagram @shatunovaleksei and alekseishatunov.com.\n  \n\nAfter the talks\, we’ll continue the evening at Tech Park with a cosy feast. Fingers crossed for nice weather!\n  \nBig thanks to Wargaming for support and to the Lithuanian Council for Culture\, which enabled us to have such an active and eventful year!\n  \nDon’t forget to register a ticket on Eventbrite!\n  \nBackground art – Dave Chenell.
URL:https://www.lzka.lt/event/gamedev-cg-meetup-winter-22/
LOCATION:Vilnius Tech Park\, Antakalnio g. 17\, Vilnius\, 10312\, Lithuania
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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SUMMARY:GameDev Meetup #27
DESCRIPTION:We are starting the Autumn season with a new meetup! \n27th meetup will happen on September 29 from 18:00 at Talent Garden Vilnius\, Vilniaus st. 33 (entrance at the left side of Piano Piano). \n  \nWe’ll have three talks from different fields: \n18:30 Egidijus (Egis) Bachur\, Co-Founder at Tiny Magicians \n„How to Prepare for a New Project” \n  \n19:00 Victoria Vasileuskaya\, Community Manager at Estoty Vilnius \n„Building FOR/WITH the community” \n  \n19:30 Ignas Veršinskas\, Writer/Director at Tag of Joy\n„Crowns and Pawns: Personalizing the Player Character” \n  \nAssociation activities are supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. \nSee you soon! \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/gamedev-meetup-27-tickets-420192114927
URL:https://www.lzka.lt/event/gamedev-meetup-27/
LOCATION:Talent Garden Vilnius\, Vilniaus 33\, Vilnius\, Lietuva
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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