Short introduction to game development industry in Lithuania. Short history is presented in these slides as well as major events and some popular games. Here are #MustSee "Monster Buster" trailer: https://youtu.be/EIiRzQ2TvF8 And some Games From Lithuania (2012-2014) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyhWOU9jW74

1. GAME
DEVELOPMENT
IN LITHUANIA
Žilvinas Ledas

2. Who am I?
Žilvinas Ledas
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Co-founder at Tag of Joy (www.tagofjoy.lt)
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Teach game development at Vilnius University
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Board member at Lithuanian Game Developers
Association
twitter.com/@zledas
facebook.com/zilvinas.ledas

3. www.tagofjoy.lt

4. Monster Buster: World Invasion
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Geo and Augmented Reality monster fighting and collecting
game.
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First released 2014 (way before Pokemon GO) on Windows Phone.
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iOS release a month ago, Android – in 2-3 weeks.
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#MustSee trailer: https://youtu.be/EIiRzQ2TvF8

5. Game Development Industry In
Lithuania

6. Early Days (2002)
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Less than 20 enthusiast game developers.
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Some meet-ups.
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Second GameJam in the world.
– “Hey, they had this awesome Indie Game Jam in California,
lets do one in Lithuania!”
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First companies (e.g. “Ivolgamus”: PS1, PC).

7. Inspiring Team
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Same guys do stuff:
– Win Microsoft Imagine Cup (2005).
– Develop AA-grade RTS game
“PSI Syberian Conflict” (2006).
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Then go on their own:
– One goes to be 1st employee
at “Unity Technologies”.
– Another goes to DICE.
– ...

8. Can We Have More People, Please?
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More enthusiasts.
– But still < 10 companies :(
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2009 “LT Game Jam” rebirth.
– Again, by the same people, now working in Unity.
– Starts to attract new people.

9. LT Game Jam
11 participants
(2002)
~30 participants
(2009)
~600 participants
(2017)

10. ●
3rd event (16th-17th September).
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Last year: >14 000 visitors.
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Cheap tickets (~14 EUR for 2 days).
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Booths in expo for developers.
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Conference, expo, cosplay, esports…
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www.gameon.lt

11. ●
Part of LOGIN conference, every spring.
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Expensive tickets (60-120 EUR) :(
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>300 visitors.
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www.login.lt

12. ●
Computer Graphics, but mostly not in games.
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Tickets: 25-50 EUR.
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~100 visitors.
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www.cgevent.eu

13. ●
4 cities, >600 participants.
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98 games.
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Organized centrally by the same people.

14. ●
Other hackathons and Game Jams:
– Hacker Games – in various cities.
– MIDI Game Jam.
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Open lectures.

15. ●
2-3 meet-ups a year.
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2-3 speakers.
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Show prototypes and socialize.

16. ●
Organized from 2015.
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Select best games in various categories.

17. ●
Organize events:
– LT Game Jam / LT Game Awards / Meetups / Open lectures / LOGIN Game Fest
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Help connect people.
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Talk with government institutions.
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www.lzka.lt

18. ~30-40 Companies / Teams

19. Happy Chef 1 & 2
(>15 000 000)
Battle Towers
(>7 000 000)
TutoTOONS apps
(>200 000 000)
Clash of the Damned
(>2 000 000)
100 Balls
(>17 000 000)
Cooking Fever
(>100 000 000)
Fun Kid Racing (series)
(>55 000 000)
Infinity Loop
(>11 000 000)
101-in-1 Games
(>40 000 000)
Mobile

20. Cooking Fever (by Nordcurrent)
>100 000 000 downloads

21. TutoTOONS (and their platform for kid games)

22. Unity Technologies
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1st Unity employee was Lithuanian
(Aras Pranckevičius).
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Offices in Vilnius and Kaunas.
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~80 people (engineering and QA).

23. Steam
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Released:
– „The Curse of the Werewolves“ (2014)
– „Orborun“ (2014) – 200 000
– „The Howler“ (2014) – 444 000
– „Iron Snout“ (2016) – 1 040 000 (free)
– „Gremlins, Inc.“ (2016) – 93 000
– „Scrap Garden“ (2016) – 15 000
– „Shoppe Keep“ (2016) – 242 000
– „Human: Fall Flat“ (2016) – 103 000
– „Craft Keep VR“ (2016) – 1 800 (VR)
– „SQUAKE“ (2017) – 30 000
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Early access:
– „Garbage Day“ (2016) – 12 000
– „Heliborne“ (2016) – 20 000
– „Grey Phobia“ (2016) – 9 000
– „Runeyana“ (2016) – 6 000
– „Ultramegon“ (2016) – 500
– „RED CUBE VR“ (2017) – 700 (VR)
– „BREACH IT“ (2017) – 1 500 (VR)
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Greenlit:
– „Never Future“
– „Blazing Beaks“
– „Bacon May Die“
– „PyroMind“
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24. Some Games From Lithuania (2012-2014)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyhWOU9jW74

25. Žilvinas Ledas
twitter.com/@zledas
facebook.com/zilvinas.ledas