The Summoning

After last years roaring success, we are happy to once again invite game designers from all over Sweden to join us for the Summoning on the 9-10th of April in Skövde.

The Summoning is a gathering of Game Designers to meet, share, and exchange their experiences. This event solely caters to professionals within the field of Game Design.

The idea of The Summoning came from our council, a group of veteran game designers who felt a need for a gathering just for them. Their role in the process to make the event happen is to evaluate interesting topics and companies to invite on stage.

When is the event?

9th of April: 11:30-17:30, followed by social activities such as mingle and dinner.
10th of April: 8:30-15:00, including lunch.

Where is the event?

Skövde, Sweden. The venue is Insikten at Science Park Skövde.

Who can join?

This event solely caters to professionals within the field of Game Design.

What is included?

A ticket for the event costs 1 200 SEK including VAT, that includes:

9 sessions (talks, panels and roundtable discussions)
2 lunches
1 dinner
A pre-dinner mingle
Fika and coffee throughout the event

How do I sign up?

Get your ticket HERE

Speakers

Rosario Baarh

Level Designer at Coffee Stain Studios

Hanna Hoffman

Level Designer at Machine Games

Agnar Thor Oskarsson

Game Developer & Technical Designer at Flying Wild Hog

Birk Denecke

Game Designer at Coffee Stain Studios

Regina Rova

Independent Game Designer

Simon Götborg

Game Designer at Stunlock Studios

Filip Andersson

Game Director and Lead Designer

Formerly Pigs Will Fly Studios

"Sweden has a vast amount of Game Designers with knowledge of how to create phenomenal games. Wisdom that has been gained throughout years of hard work and dedication. Currently we seem to be missing a specifically tailored event to share our knowledge and experiences with each other, which is why I wanted to create an event for designers in the Swedish games industry. This event allows us to share insight in what design choices were made during development, why they were made and what they would have done differently."

Rosario Baarh, Level Designer at Coffee Stain Studios and initiator of The Summoning

Time	Event	Link
From 11:30 to 12:00 Activity	Registration and coffee Gather your badges, find your seat and get some coffee
From 12:00 to 12:20 Activity	Opening of the Summoning
From 12:20 to 13:00 Activity	Lunch
From 13:00 to 13:40 Talk	Satisfactory: How our players learn on the job Satisfactory is a complex, open world, sandbox, factory-building game. In this talk we will explore how we introduce our players to a game like this, how we (fail to) teach advanced systems, and if telling your players to ‘git gud’ is a viable strategy. A talk with Birk Denecke - Game Designer at Coffee Stain Studios
From 13:40 to 14:00 Roundtable	A follow up discussion on the previous talk
From 14:00 to 14:10 Activity	Break
From 14:10 to 15:00 Roundtable	Roundtable Roundtable discussion on various game design topics
From 15:00 to 15:10 Activity	Break
From 15:10 to 15:50 Talk	Designing for Feel: Building Movement in Wavetale A talk with Regina Rova - Independent Game Designer
From 15:50 to 16:10 Roundtable	A follow up discussion on the previous talk
From 16:10 to 16:20 Activity	Break
From 16:20 to 16:50 Panel	TBA
From 18:00 to 19:30 Activity	Pre-dinner mingle at Coffee Stain Studios
From 19:30 to 21:00 Activity	Conference dinner at Hemma Hos

Time	Event	Link
From 08:45 to 09:00 Activity	Coffee
From 09:10 to 09:50 Talk	Design with Direction - How to give Design Purpose A talk with Filip Andersson - Game Director / Lead Designer - Formerly at Pigs Will Fly Studios
From 09:50 to 10:10 Roundtable	Follow up discussion on previous talk
From 10:10 to 10:20 Activity	Break
From 10:20 to 11:00 Talk	Living World and Secret Actions How we created life in the Sandboxes of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle A talk by Hanna Hoffman -Level Designer at Machine Games
From 11:00 to 11:20 Roundtable	Follow up discussion on previous talk
From 11:20 to 11:30 Activity	Break
From 11:30 to 12:10 Panel	TBA
From 12:10 to 13:00 Activity	Lunch
From 13:00 to 13:40 Talk	TBA A talk by Simon Götborg - Game Designer at Stunlock Studios
From 13:40 to 14:00 Roundtable	Follow up discussion on the previous talk
From 14:00 to 14:10 Activity	Break
From 14:10 to 15:00 Roundtable	Roundtable Roundtable discussion in groups on various game design topics
From 15:00 to 15:15 Activity	Wrap up