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Who is leading the way when it comes to game innovation and what can we learn from them? Get the full scoop at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki this month.

Pocket Gamer Connects events are known for achieving the greatest ROI in both networking opportunities and learned insights. You can look forward to learning all about who is shaking up the market right now from experts on the cutting edge of the field at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki, you won’t want to miss joining us and over 1,200 game professionals from around the world This is September 27-28 for our biggest, best conference yet in Helsinki.

We return to the spiritual home of mobile gaming for our biggest show there yet, and it’s going to be awesome. We’re bringing back our high-traffic fringe events, including our flagship Very Big Indie Pitch events, as well as Investor Connector, Publisher SpeedMatch, and more. 200 of the game industry’s top opinion leaders join us to discuss the most pressing issues facing the industry today across 21 different topics spanning the course of two days, and today we give you a glimpse of what to expect from these valuable tracks.

Today we put Game Innovators in the spotlight. In this exciting PG Connects Helsinki track we will find out who is shaking up the market and offering a new perspective on gaming. The track will feature sessions covering topics such as building a profitable VR gaming business, humor as a narrative strategy and even how to train an AI to respond to insults in games and is indispensable for forward-thinking innovators and indie game makers who like to push. . the borders. You do not want to miss this!

This track is part of our unmissable Blockchain Games NEXT Summit, a summit that runs alongside our Helsinki show and focuses on the next wave of web3 gaming technology including blockchain games, NFTs and the metaverse. You can learn more about it here.

Keep reading to learn more about what the track is about.

Game Innovators: September 27
9:00 AM – Let’s discuss how to build a profitable VR gaming business! Get all the insights from Vlad Funtikov of CM Games.
9:20 – How do you use creativity to build innovative IP ideas? Don’t miss this brilliant session from Fredrik Kaupang of Kaupang Studios on the process of doing this!
9:40 – Next, we’ll discuss how to build a game studio for interactive storytelling. Learn from the best with Jack Attridge from Flavourworks!
10:00 – Don’t miss a panel on creative risk and how indie developers are innovating where AAAs can’t. This all-star panel includes Martine Spaans of FGL, Yulia Oleshko of Rare Pixels, Tarja Porkka-Kontturi of Global Game Jam, Catherine Bygrave of Humble Bundle and Mafalda Duarte of Nerd Monkeys.
10:40 – Then Eva Vital from Fortis reveals all the secrets to train an AI to respond to insults in games!
11:00 – Let’s talk about the art of getting started and how to maximize the creative freedom of independent development teams through templates and automation! You don’t want to miss this superstar session. The brilliant insights of Sonja Ängeslevä of Phantom Labs.
11:20 – How do you avoid taking things in the game too seriously and using humor as a storytelling strategy? Learn all the tricks of the trade with King’s Maiěra Testa.
11:40 – Finally, we’ll end the morning with a discussion on how to add new features without your game imploding. Find out all the details in this incredible panel featuring Steel Media’s Dave Bradley, Carry1st’s Nick Murray, Pixel Federation’s Jan Litecký-Šveda, Decentraland’s Agnieszka Besz and MAG Interactive’s Samantha Keane.

Book your ticket to Helsinki now
Our Helsinki show is coming up sooner than you think, and if you’d like to be at the forefront of these sessions and connect with our incredible speakers, now’s the time to get involved! Our meeting platform just went live and meetings are scheduled weeks in advance, so join all the conference fun today to make the first contact with other conference attendees. Visit our website and book your ticket today, we have both personal and virtual visitor tickets available, and the clock is ticking!

See you in Toronto!