I’m at SXSW right now and Facebook just announced that there are a number of iPhone game developers who will be integrating with Facebook Connect to make iPhone games more social. I think it’s going to be a big deal.
If you want to hear more firsthand from some of the early adopters in this movement (Playfish, Tapulous, SGN), all of them will be presenting at the upcoming iGames Summit next Thursday. We still have some tickets available if you haven’t registered already.
That’s all for the shameless plug for now. Back to SXSW.
It it is my pleasure to announce that Charles Ju, CEO of PlayMesh, will be joining us at the upcoming iGames Summit!
Charles Ju, CEO, PlayMesh
Charles Ju, PlayMesh
Charles Ju is the CEO of PlayMesh, a company focused on bringing social games to the iPhone. PlayMesh has multiple games in the app store that have broken into the top 15 games, most notably being iMafia. PlayMesh has been featured on Venture Beat, Gizmodo, Destructoid, Inside Social Games, and many more. Charles Ju has a B.S. in Computer Science from UCLA.
Let’s keep the momentum going! We’re proud to announce that Jason Citron, Co-Founder of Aurora Feint, will be joining us as a speaker at the iGames Summit!
Jason Citron, Co-Founder, Aurora Feint
Jason Citron, Aurora Feint
Jason Citron and Danielle Cassley are the founders or Aurora Feint Inc, the iPhone development company responsible for the popular Aurora Feint series games. Jason is a valedictorian in video game design and development from Full Sail in Florida and also has several years of experince in the industry. With their combined interest in gaming and mobile development Danielle and Jason are building out the first asynchronous MMO for the iPhone.
With the iGames Summit only weeks away, I wanted to start using the blog to post bios for each of our speakers. We’re really excited to have each and every one of them on board. Today’s featured speaker is Danielle Cassley from Aurora Feint!
Danielle Cassley, Co-Founder, Aurora Feint
Danielle Cassley, Aurora Feint
Danielle Cassley and Jason Citron are the founders or Aurora Feint Inc, the iPhone development company responsible for the popular Aurora Feint series games. Danielle, an avid gamer, graduated from UC Berkeley in 07 with a double major in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. With their combined interest in gaming and mobile development Danielle and Jason are building out the first asynchronous MMO for the iPhone.
iGames Summit – The iPhone Games Conference
Thursday, March 19, 2009 from 11:00 AM – 5:30 PM (PT)
San Francisco, CA
Thanks for visiting our blog! This is the temporary home of the iGames Summit. We’ll be launching our full website shortly. If you’re interested in registering for the iGames Summit 2009, please click here and visit our page on Eventbrite. If you or someone you know is interested in speaking at the iGames Summit 2009, please email charles@igsummit.com with the name of the proposed speaker, the proposed topic of the talk, and a brief speaker bio. We will be accepting speaker proposals until January 30, 2009. We already have confirmed participation from the following companies:
For those of you interested in speaking, we’re particularly interested in getting coverage on the following areas:
- Social Games on the iPhone
- Secrets to Great Distribution of an iPhone Game
- Taking Advantage of the iPhone’s GPS and Accelerometer Capabilities
- Multiplatform iPhone Games – Bridging the Web and Mobile
- Monetizing iPhone Games
Thanks and we look forward to seeing you at the conference!
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