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Indie Prize Winners Announced as the 2018 Casual Connect Concludes Indie Prize Winners Announced As Casual Connect USA 2018 Concludes Casual Connect USA 2018  has concluded - and with it, over three days of lectures, workshops, networking, and  parties. The conference brought out hundreds of professionals from all walks of the games industry - including console, mobile, PC, casino, VR/AR, and online - providing them with opportunities to connect, learn new skills, and gain valuable insights on a range of topics. A favorite part of the conference is the Indie Prize area where game indie developers get to show off their wares. Check out the list of notables for 2018.

Casual Connect  Announces the 13 finalists for the Indie Prize Meet the 13 amazingly talented finalists of  ‪#‎ IndiePrize‬  USA 2017  at Casual Connect on August 1-2 in Seattle.  The Indie Prize area is a special area where you can meet Indie game developers from around the world at the  ‪#‎ CasualConnect‬  show! For a full list   of indie gamers tabling at Casual Connect, go to  indieprize.org .  We have all their videos embedded here! 

Neil Young of N3TWORK Presents Guide to Market Adoption of Disruptive Products Everything You Know is Wrong - kinda At the last Casual Connect USA - a popular gaming conference, we attended their "Industry Insights" track where the movers and shakers in the gaming industry present their take on current and future state of the gaming industry. There was not anything casual was N3TWORK   Neil Young' s "Everything You Know is Wrong". A very bold statement indeed. As Neil Young was presenting this topic from the slant from a gaming perspective, I thought his advice on market adoption was globally adoptable in all markets and great advice for startups. Indie game developers are startups. Mr. Young takes two product categories - VR and Mobile games and shows how the model explains its market growth. We break down his presentation into four parts. 

Ed Fries discusses the evolution of gaming as a reflection of his career Ed Fries discusses his career through the evolution of gaming (photo courtesy of Casual Connect) They say reflection is appreciation. For most of Ed Fries career, like a lot of us, we have been working on projects, products or businesses which may not have been in the sweet spot of our passion but we were able to reap rewards of timing and good fortune. Ed Fries' career started in gaming at a young age but when hired by Microsoft in the 80's, he was put mostly on popular projects like Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word. But in the end,  he left the cash cow business of Microsoft Office and went to run the Microsoft Game Studio where  he was put in his passion sweet spot - gaming.  We were at the 2016  Casual Connect USA's Industry Insight track to see Ed's talk where he takes you from the first game in 1962 to the current uptick of mobile gaming. Check out the abridged version and the f...

Casual Connect USA Starts Today Casual Connect USA Starts Today The 2016 Casual Connect USA opens today in San Francisco.  Casual Connect USA is about matching the creativity of the games industry with new media innovation and investment. There will be many talented speakers at Casual Connect USA 2016, and today we’re highlighting some of the  Industry Insights track speakers . The Nerd Stalker team will be learning the inner workings and current trends of the games industry from those who know it best and will be reporting on this later. The Industry Insights track is designed to help people in all aspects of the gaming industry create more potent strategies with global and region-specific insights. Check them out below!

Casual Connect  Announces the 2 Entries for Indie Prize from Argentina Meet the 2 amazingly talented finalists of  ‪#‎ IndiePrize‬  USA 2016 r epresenting the Argentina  at Casual Connect on July 18-19 in San Francisco.  The Indie Prize area is a special area where you can meet Indie game developers from around the world at the  ‪#‎ CasualConnect‬  San Francisco show! For a full list   of indie games, go to  indieprize.org .  We have all their videos embedded here!

Casual Connect  Announces the 14 Entries for Indie Prize from Asia & Oceania Meet the 14 amazingly talented finalists of  ‪#‎ IndiePrize‬  USA 2016  Representing Asia ‬  and Oceania  at Casual Connect on July 18-19 in San Francisco.  The Indie Prize area is a special area where you can meet Indie game developers from around the world at the  ‪#‎ CasualConnect‬  San Francisco show! For a full list   of indie games, go to  indieprize.org .  We have all their videos embedded here!

Casual Connect Announces the 31 Entries for Indie Prize from Europe Meet the 31 amazingly talented finalists of  ‪#‎ IndiePrize‬  USA 2016  Representing Europe ‬  at Casual Connect on July 18-19 in San Francisco.  The Indie Prize area is a special area where you can meet Indie game developers from around the world at the  ‪#‎ CasualConnect‬  USA show! We have all their videos embedded here. For the full list checkout  indieprize.org .  Check them out!

We Believe In Tech, Startups, Design & You The Nerd Stalker Weekend Edition Articles that caught the Nerd Stalker crew's eye from the last week.

Casual Connect Announces the 33 Entries for Indie Prize from the US and 5 from Canada 2016 Casual Connect Indie Prize (courtesy of Casual Connect) Meet the 33 amazingly talented finalists of  ‪#‎ IndiePrize‬  USA 2016  Representing North America ‬  at Casual Connect on July 18-19 in San Francisco.  The Indie Prize area is a special area where you can meet Indie game developers at the  ‪#‎ CasualConnect‬  San Francisco show! We have all their videos embedded here!

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Nerd Stalker Supports Casual Connect as Media Sponsor  2016 Casual Connect is coming July 18 to San Francisco Casual Connect , game industry conference, is coming back to San Francisco on July 18-19 and Nerd Stalker is on board. We loved the event the last two years and we decided to become a media sponsor of the event.  With three days and nights of lectures, workshops, and networking parties to give you the edge in today's evolving games industry.  Inspiration comes from the most respected thought leaders in the games industry. King, Playtika,   Kabam , Glu, SGN, Scopely,  Zynga , The  Walt Disney Company ,  Blizzard Entertainment , Google, Fig, Wargaming and Facebook. Join 300 speakers over 11 tracks representing the leaders in the next generation of games. Register here .

Indie Gamers Who Caught Our Nerdy Eye at Casual Connect At the last Casual Connect - San Francisco, we spent a lot of time at the Indie showcase where our producer and game lover, Taiko Fujimura met four indie game developers with some great up and coming titles. Here are her picks. 

Kickstarter campaign hopes to launch "The Wizards of Trinity Bellwoods" At the last Casual Connect 2015, we were actively stalking Indie game developers. One game developer that caught our nerdy eye was the " The Wizards of Trinity Bellwoods ".  The game takes place in Trinity Bellwoods Park and models a real life ecosystem of hipsters drinking in the park, leaving glass bottles, plastic bottles and aluminum cans and the "recycle" people (You) go and collect them for money to make their lives better. Sound too familiar? It happens everywhere. Chris de Castro, the indie game developer of this game, said it reminds him of his personal story of how his grandparents took care of his family. We talk with Chris de Castro about his game that is live on Kickstarter now. Check it out!

At the 2014 Casual Connect Game Conference , the Nerd Stalker gang caught up with Sean Vesce and Amy Fredeen of E-Line Media on their upcoming "World Game" release called Never Alone . Never Alone is a Atmospheric Puzzle Platformer game based on an Alaskan folklore from a tribe called the Inupiaq (ee-new-pee-ack). It is story of a young girl who travels with an Artic fox to find the source of the big blizzard affecting their land. Check out their interview to find out more about Never Alone and the cultural story behind the game.

If you are into gaming, Casual Connect is the  place to learn more about the gaming industry which entertains over a billion people each month.  Casual Connect just opened their three day conference today in San Francisco at the Hilton Union Square Hotel. The event has all the typical things you want - Lectures, Industry Leader speeches and vendor booths. A lot of people consider this a very influential event next to Game Developer's Conference.  Google Android seems to be gaining traction with game developers and they want to do it through  Google TV  as announced at Google I/O .  One of the opening speakers of the event, Bob Meese of Google Games and Development, said that "3 of 4 Android users play games."  In fact, if you want a free Android TV Development kit click here . See you at Casual Connect.