Game Development And Design Conference Pune

The India Game Developer Conference 2021

The India Game Developer Conference (IGDC) is India's premier game developers conference. The conference is organized by industry volunteers, with support from corporates and the Telangana government. Now in its 13th year, IGDC is the biggest and the most significant developer conference in not only India, but South Asia. The conference plays a key role in developing the Indian Gaming ecosystem: from helping developers gain valuable insight and pick up new skills to helping developers connect with publishers and investors that they otherwise may not have had access to.

IGDC 2021 Highlights:

Conference 13^th Edition
Over 9000 industry professionals
Over 120 industry expert speakers
10 major tracks
100 e-stalls
30 publishers
30 investors
International Delegations
International Media

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Speakers Registration

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IGDC Award Winners 2021

Studio Game of the year

S.No.	Game Name	Prize	Name	Organization
1	Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest	Winner	Ajish G Habib	Tuttifrutti Interactive
2	Fighter Pilot: HeavyFire	Runner	Mayur Chauhan	Threye Interactive Pvt Ltd.

Indie Game of the year

S.No.	Game Name	Prize	Name	Organization
1	In My Shadow	Winner	Nakul Verma	Playbae
2	Hidden Escape: Murder Mystery	Runner	Kathir Suyambu	Vincell Studios Inc

Hypercasual Game of the year

S.No.	Game Name	Prize	Name	Organization
1	Rubberband Cutting ASMR	Winner	Mario Royston	Weloadin Studio
2	Pop'em All	Runner	Mohammad Habibullah Khan	Code Pixel Games

Upcoming Game of the year

S.No.	Game Name	Prize	Name	Organization
1	Chesscape : Broken Boards	Winner	Vivek Padmaji	RockLobster Games
2	Cooking Valley – Story, Design & Cooking Game	Runner	Yuvraj Zala	TheAppGuruz

Student Game of the year

S.No.	Game Name	Prize	Name	Organization
1	Bladers Multiplayer	Winner	Sanchit Sharma	Brahmos Interactive
2	BeanBot Adventure	Runner	Priyank Degami	Molten Labs

Click here to view the finalists for IGDC Awards 2021!

Speakers

Benjamin Ellinger

VP, Software Production @ Digipen Institute of Technology

Sophie Vo

Studio & Team Lead @ Voodoo

Alan Wolfe

Sr. Graphics DevTech @ NVIDIA

Joseph Kim

CEO @ Lila Games

Ankush Gera

Founder & CEO @ Junglee Games

Luis Antonio

Indie Dev @ Twelve Minutes

Ramanand Murthy

Director of Product @ GSN Games

Blair "aggroed" Reich

CEO and Co-Founder @ Splinterlands

Tatu Petersen-Jessen

Senior Art Director @ Puzzle Games @ Rovio

Lokendra Singh Shekhawat

Associate Art Director @ Lakshya Digital Pvt. Ltd

Gautam Shah

Founder @ Internet of Elephants

Matthew Buxton

Game Design Director @ Rovio Stockholm

Joshua Jebadurai

CTO @ Hammerplay Studios

Andre Pais

Director of Products @ Miniclip

Avinash Pandey

CTO & Co-Founder @ LILA Games

Ravi Kiran

CEO @ GoLive Games

Apurva Shah

CEO @ Duality Robotics

Marco Rizzotti

Sr 3D Character Artist @ Wooga, Germany

Michael Casalino

CCO @ 1518 Studios Inc

Amit Khanduja

CEO @ Reliance Entertainment Digital

Sridhar Muppidi

Co-Founder @ YesGnome

Animesh Agarwal

Founder and Partner @ 8bit Creatives

Shrungar Dadarkar

Director - Art @ GSN Games

Celia Hodent

Director of UX @ Ex Epic Games (Fortnite)

Stefan Marcus Baier

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer @ Streamline Media Group

Apoorva Joshi

Senior Graphics Engineer @ Unity Tachnologies

Ashish Mehta

Technical Architect - QA @ Junglee Games

Cyril Barrow

Ex-EA, Ex-Rovio

Joshi Mark Premnath

CEO @ SuperHuge Studios

Aashish Vasudevan

Sr Game Programmer @ Green Rain Studios

Alexandra Zheleva

Marketing and Biz Dev Specialist @ Imperia Online JSC

Manish Agarwal

CEO @ Nazara Technologies

Austin Davis

Faculty | Toy & Game Design @ National Institute of Design

Vishwalok Nath

Business Head - Gaming & Esports @ India Today Group

Dani

Consultant on Youth & PVE @ UNESCO MGIEP

Vignesh Mukund

Designer, Games for Learning @ UNESCO MGIEP

Akhil Kavuturu

Founder @ Marcos Esports

Anuj 'Amaterasu' Sharma

Professional Esports athlete

Sertac Picakci

VP of Product @ Masomo Gaming

Alison Carrier

Design Director @ Zynga

Grant Shonkwiler

Ex-Producer for Fortnite and Doom

Shahriar Shahrabi

Techincal Artist @ Realities IO

Tushar Sharma

Founder and CEO @ ZEG

Sebastian lager

Founder @ TwoGNation

Ali Shirkarami

Researcher and Advisor @ Iran toy supervision council

Poornima Seetharaman

Director of Design @ Zynga

Tanay Tayal

Co-founder & CEO @ Moonfrog Labs

Siddharth Jain

Co-Founder @ PlaySimple Games

Torfi Frans Olafsson

Creative Director @ Minecraft Franchise

Tejas Oza

Senior Game Designer @ Double Eleven

Bhamini Lakshminarayan

Head of Design @ Bigfatphoenix

Catherine Wood

Senior Manager @ Disney

Mourvi Sharma

Head of Learning Design @ Bigfatphoenix

Abhinandan Madhu

Senior Game Artist @ Lakshya Digital Pvt. Ltd.

Abhishek Agarwal

Senior Game Producer @ Gametion

Joseph Cairns

CEO @ Adventure Recruitment

Vikrant (Vik) Agarwal

Lead Product Manager @ Zynga

Brenda Romero

CEO/Game Director @ Romero Games

Wan Hazmer

Co-founder & Game Director @ Metronomik

Nitin Goel

Country Manager @ Gameloft

Ankit Agarwal

Founder & CEO @ Do Your Thng

Sagar Nair

CO-FOUNDER & CEO @ QLAN

Tarun Gupta

Founder @ ULTIMATE BATTLE

Lokesh Suji

Director @ Esports Federation of India

Tirth Mehta

Bronze medal winner @ Asian Games 2018

Abhishek Malpani

CEO @ Funcell Games

Alexander Shea

Head of Publishing @ Voodoo

Andrè Noller

Game Lead @ Sunday

Christoph Sachsenhausen

Managing Director @ Sunday

Masha Mustakim

Founder & CEO @ Alpha Potato

Mehmet Umut Ermeç

Co-founder & CEO @ Tiplay

Nir Regev

Publishing Team Lead @ Supersonic Studios

Prashant Vijay

Co-founder @ Recreations Lab

Riley Anderson

Co-founder & CEO @ Umami Games

Shai Sasson

Head of Publishing @ CrazyLabs

Thomas Cooper

Founder @ PlayCog Studios

William Cox

Head of Publishing @ Kwalee

Aaron Thibault

VP of Strategic Operations @ The Gearbox Entertainment

Saishree Ashwin

Business Development @ Epic Games

Arvind Neelakantan

Evangelist @ Epic Games

Stephen Lee

Head of Business Development @ DECA Games

Afsar Ahmad

Co-founder @ Gameberry Labs

Oliver Jones

Co-Founder @ Bombay Play

Tejas Jasani

Founder & CEO @ TheAppGuruz

Jack Condon

Evangelist @ Epic Games

Dr. Aidin Mehdizadeh

Designer and Secretary @ Iran Toy Supervision Council

Raja Ghosh

Environment Artist @ Remedy Entertainment

Valeria Rossi

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist @ Remedy Entertainment

Abhishek Aggarwal

Co-Founder & CEO @ TrINITY GAMING

Akash Deep Singh Mehra

Software Engineer & Esports Player

Pranav Panpalia

Founder & Mentor @ OpraahFx

Sonali Singh Thakur

Battlegrounds Mobile India player and YouTuber

Aditya Suresh

Influencer & PUBG Content creator

Amaterasu Sharma

Captain @ South Asian Valorant teams, VLT

Balaji Thangaraj Vijayan

Head of Publishing @ Sunday

Anuj Tandon

Head of Corp Development (MENA & India) @ Krafton

Abhaas Shah

Co-Founder @ Studio Sirah

Avi Dwivedi

Founder @ Extended Reality Developers of India (XRDI)

Danish Sinha

Founder @ Gamestacy

Gangatharaprabu Ganesan

Director of Product Management @ Glance

Hrishi Oberoi

Founder & CEO @ Photon Tadpole Studios

Jake Parker

Senior Publishing Manager @ Kwalee Ltd

Keshav Sunder

Co-founder & CTO @ All Star Games

Vaibhav Chavan

Founder & CEO @ underDOGS Gaming Pvt Ltd

Anirudh Pandita

Founder @ Loco

Karan Mohla

Partner @ Chiratae Ventures

Nitish Bugalia

Head of Product & Strategy @ MyTeam11

Piyush Kumar

Founder & CEO @ Rooter

Salone Sehgal

General Partner @ Lumikai

Yogish Pai

Senior Technical Account Manager @ AWS

Vishnu Murthy Addala

Art Director & Studio Head @ Gamitronics

Dayanidhi M G

Founder @ nCORE Games

Akshay Bhardwaj

Vice President & GM @ Zynga

Joe Michael Antony

Professional BGMI player , influencer

Ellis Bartholomeus

Founder @ Ellis in Wonderland

Imtiaz Hussain

COO @ Yesgnome

Siddhartha Ahluwalia

Business Development Manager (South) @ AWS

Arjun Anand

Consultant @ IGDC

Menno van Pelt-Deen

Chairman @ Games4Diversity

Roby John

Founder @ Super Gaming

Abhijit Pattanaik

Co-Founder & Chief Gaming Officer @ Playtonia

Abhisek Moharana

CEO @ United Gamers Hideout

Ajjubhai

Founder @ Total Gaming Esports

Sukamal Pegu

Head of Publishing @ Riot Gamer

Rony Dasgupta

The RawKnee Games, Gaming Influencer

Ranjit Patel

Gaming Influencer, Esports Caster

Amitabh Nagpal

Head of Startup Ecosystem @ India (AWS)

Nirav D. Doshi

Principal TAM @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Vikrant Varshney

Managing Partner @ SucSEED Indovation Fund

Yashash Agarwal

Co-founder @ Gamezop

Nikhil Malankar

CEO @ GameEon Studios

Deepak Aravind

Co- Founder & CEO @ Creative Monkey Games

Lennon Arcaro

Senior Vice President Of Business Development @ Tilting Point

Mohan Doss

Co- Founder @ Chennai Games Studio

Sameer Pitalwalla

Business Director- India/SEA @ Epic Games

VK Samhith

Founder @ Bornmonkie

Yang Quan

Director at Business Development @ SEGA Corporation

Rituraj Behera

Founder & Chief Product Officer @ Cympl Studios

Dean Reinhard

Evangelist and Technical Account Manager @ Epic Games

Chris Murphy

Unreal Engine Evangelist @ Epic Games

Alex Stevens

Unreal Engine Evangelist @ Epic Games

Tyler Cooper

Developer Relations Lead @ Epic Games

Sean Palomino

Business Development Manager @ Epic Games Store

Kavin Kumar Natraj

Lead Game Programmer @ Holy Cow Productions

Sean-Li Murmann

Technical Lead @ Streamline

Thilina Premasiri

Director @ Games Arimac Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.

Kong Foong Ching

CEO @ AeonSparx

Avinash Kumar

Co-founder @ Quicksand Design

Ninad Bhagwat

CEO @ All Star Games

Vamshi Krishna Reddy

Partner @ Kalaari Capital

Arpit Dubey

Technical Lead @ Gamezop

Rajiv Sharma

Head of Technology @ Redchillies VFX Studio

Vibhav Vishwanathan

Vice President @ MPL

Gaming guru

Esports Influencer

Het Vora

Coach @ Reckoning Esports & Esports caster

Dr. Hari Raman

Professional Free Fire Gamer @ PVS Gaming Esports

Aayush Ailawadi

Technology Editor @ Business Today TV, India Today Group

Day 02

[Wednesday]

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INVESTOR-PUBLISHER-FOUNDER CONNECT

Features:

Audience can view exhibitors profile
Includes Download option of file
Exhibitors get a help desk
Exhibitors get a virtual meeting room
Can showcase videos and clips
Exhibitors Get 2 all access passes

Space	Pricing
e-Stall	Rs. 5,000/- + GST 18%

India Game Developer Conference Awards

The India Game Developer Conference Awards is India's premier game awards.

S.No.	Award Category	Description
1	Studio Game of the Year	Overall best game of the year
2	Indie Game of the Year	Best game made by an indie/indie team
3	Student Game of the Year	Best game made by a student/student group
4	Upcoming Game of the Year	Best unreleased/under development game
5	Popular Choice Award	Awarded to the game which gets more votes by attendees and viewers
6	Hypercasual Game of the Year	Awarded to the game that stands out in the Hypercasual games Category

Click here to view the finalists for IGDC Awards 2021!

BYOG

BYOG (Build Your Own Game) is a game development jam where people interested in making games, get together and simply make games. Considering the diverse and nascent nature of game development in India, instead of doing it at a physical location we do it online. It is similar to Ludum Dare game jam and Experimental Game Project.

Who is it for?

Anybody interested in making games or even learning how to make games should participate in the BYOG. The idea of the jam is to encourage collaboration, team building, experimentation, creativity and exploring something new and bold. It is not limited to students or working professionals, anybody and everybody is welcome to participate at the jam.

Rich History of BYOGs

Started in 2010, BYOGs are one of the oldest game jams organised every year in the Asian continent and have a rich history of identifying and encouraging game development talent from the country. Past winners have gone on to win multiple international awards, launch successful game development companies, and make amazing games and careers.