1. Gaming, Graphics & Future of Technology Brian Robbins President/Founder – Riptide Games brian@riptidegames.com Twitter: @dubane

2. Agenda Background – Myself – Riptide Games – Video Game Industry Careers in Gaming – Location – Salaries – Skills – Experience Future – Upcoming Trends – Challenges and Opportunities Q&A

3. Who am I? Graduated University of Denver in 2001 – BS, Computer Science w/ minor in Leadership – MBA Lived in Denver, Ottawa and New York Programmed over 100 games Do what I love

4. About Riptide Games Founded in 2007 Indie game developer Focus on “next-gen mobile” – iPhone, Palm Pre, Android, etc – All the cool toys

5. Video Game Industry $26.5 Billion global software sales from 3/2007 – 3/2008 – 10% per year Source: Hudson Square Research Chart: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008 /01/growth-of-gaming-in-2007-far- outpaces-movies-music.ars

6. Careers in Games Over 100,000 game developers in 2005 Source: gameindustrymap.com

7. Salaries Average salary $79,000 Programming - $85,000 Art - $69,000 Game Designer - $67,000 Producer - $82,000 Audio - $78,000 Q/A - $39,000 Business / Legal - $102,000 Source: Game Developer 8th Annual Salary Survey

8. Skills Creativity Math / Programming Artistic Ability Organization / Project Management Creativity

9. Experience & Education Love of games Programming or similar creative endeavor Hobby projects Education – Computer Science – Project Management? – Business

10. Upcoming Trends Huge scale vs. Indie Democratization of development Mobile platforms Social Gaming Casual Games New Hardware Interfaces

11. Challenges & Opportunities Shrinking attention span Plethora of free content Global Marketplace Connected Gamers Aging Gamers

12. Q & A Brian Robbins President/Founder – Riptide Games brian@riptidegames.com Twitter: @dubane