Your Game in 54 Hours
Form a Team
Learn From Experts
Build Your Game
We have created an ideal environment where you can collaborate with like-minded individuals to learn how to develop and launch a successful business around any game you can dream up. Video and table top game ideas are both welcome!
Let’s Develop Games Together
Come pitch your own game idea to the group or join a team to work on your favorite idea that someone else pitches.
We will be bringing in industry mentors and experts to offer you workshops and personal guidance throughout the weekend. You’ll have support with every step of development.
Everyone will have plenty of opportunities to find inspiration, be educated, and foster long lasting relationships with others sharing a passion for game development.
The community and a panel of judges will conclude the weekend by celebrating their favorite games and results from the event.
Meet Your Judges
James Chan
Chief Operating Officer at Yacht Club Games
James Chan
Veteran of game development as CTO and Software Engineering Manager of game studios using internal technology.
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Brian Etheridge
VP of Marketing at D3 Go (Bandai Namco)
Brian Etheridge
A creative, hard-working, team-oriented gamer with a strong Production and Quality Assurance background. Adept at guiding projects through every stage of development and emerging on time and on budget by adhering to and adapting strong project management skills.
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Justin Berenbaum
VP Strategic Planning at Xsolla
Justin Berenbaum
Justin Berenbaum has more than 25 years of strategic development experience in the video game industry, with an emphasis on emerging markets. His career spans through publishing, international business development, developer relations, sales, customer support, game development, strategy, and licensing for game developers and publishers, and related technology companies. Currently Vice President of Strategy at Xsolla, Berenbaum holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is currently a member of the Global Game Jam Board of Directors, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the IGDA (International Game Developers Association). Justin is also a former Music Director and Radio DJ.
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Meet Your Mentors
Jonathan Pearce
Intellectual Property Attorney at SoCal IP Law Group
Jonathan Pearce
Mr. Pearce counsels clients on intellectual property matters related to interactive entertainment, virtual reality, mobile gaming, social networking, digital video systems, satellite systems, multi-function printing devices and consumer products ranging from hand-held spray bottles to mobile phone cases.
Mr. Pearce has counseled industry-leading interactive entertainment and virtual reality companies in addition to industry-disrupting startups in fields as diverse as Internet marketing and cosmetics.
His experience includes litigation, patent prosecution, trademark prosecution, licensing, technology transactions and adversarial proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He received his computer science and business degree, master of business administration, and law degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
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David White
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Interactive Media & Games Division at USC (SCA) | Producer - WayForward Technologies
David White
Ten plus years of interactive entertainment production management and design experience.
Shipped over 60 amazing projects on multiple platforms, from console to mobile.
Strong record of accomplishment for developing and executing outstanding projects on time, on budget.
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Chase Bethea
Composer/Sound Designer/Technical Sound Designer at RVRSPLAY
Chase Bethea
I'm an audio professional who loves scoring music and creating sounds for video games. Audio and games are my biggest passion and I like to exhibit the eclectic, abstract, and addictive creations that are in my mind. My ambition to be the best at what I do grows stronger everyday until I have reached beyond my goals. I am dedicated to contribute my skill and talent to the next great generation for video games!
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Edward Moore
Founder of Amped-UX
Edward Moore
I'm a UX design specialist with a deep background in AAA/HD game development and VR/AR UX Design, and seeking intriguing and challenging UX nuts to crack. I enjoy defining the high-level UX architecture, interactive mockups, and flows for traditional mobile and web projects, heading up user-centered research protocols and data-gathering processes, and leveraging my gaming background to define gamified user engagement and retention strategies. Under the auspices of my UX consultancy, AMPED-UX.com, I've contributed to the following projects:
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Bertran Harden
Motion Graphics Artist at RPA | Owner of forensicDesign
Bertran Harden
I am an amazing animator and developer specializing in HTML banners and Motion Graphic Videos using After Effects. I am well versed in the latest plug-ins for After Effects such as:
Particular
Stardust
Plexus 3
Shine
Form 3
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Ray Caldwell
Principal at Caldwell Consulting
Ray Caldwell
PROFESSIONAL: Tech Background | Clear Communication | Engagement Marketing
A Business Development Driver in fast-paced interpersonal environments. Nimble entrepreneurial background allows for the strategic analysis of Sales Opportunities, development of New Verticals, followed by Team Training and Deployment. Achieves exceptional results in sales, marketing, and business development though Consultative Sales and utilizing team member expertise.
PERSONAL: Experienced leader building a strong team to achieve exceptional results in business to business and business to consumer sales, consultative planning, directive presentations, creative marketing, mindful mentoring, and sound financial growth.
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Tomas Jech
Instructional Design at Riot Games
Tomas Jech
Game developer; and long time artist, designer, and animator at Riot Games. Directed an educational web series called "So You Wanna Make Games??", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqRoXLLwJ8g&feature=youtu.be
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Catherine + Justin Ezor
Founders of Los Angeles Growth Labs
Catherine + Justin Ezor
Founded in 2016, LA Growth Labs is the brainchild of a SoCal-based husband and wife team on a mission to support people passionate about making the world a better place. After years of collaborating with dozens of entrepreneurs, start-ups, and established companies to develop sustainable marketing and sales plans, Catherine and Justin Ezor switched their attention to focus on the people, and began curating experiences that foster mindfulness, health, and community.
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Lisa Wong
CEO at PopBase
Lisa Wong
Co-Founder and fearless leader of the PopBase team, Lisa Wong has over 25 years of experience as an artist, art tech, researcher, and consultant for video games. She’s worked on multiple Star Wars titles (Lucas Film), NBA titles (2kSports) and Call of Duty (Activision), as well as worked in R&D for Sony Playstation (Playstation Move). Prior to putting together the PopBase team, Lisa acted as the president of Fabulae Obscurae, producing and directing “Heathcote”, Creative Director for Empty Clip Studios and has led her own consulting firm, Bringing the Chips, serving high profile clients like Apple, ZS Associates, and Google.
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Isaac Kikawa
Sound Designer at Riot Games
Brian Feeney
Design Director at Riot Games
Brian Feeney
I've spent the last 9 years as a Game Designer at Riot Games and am currently the Design Director on one of Riot's new unannounced titles. While at Riot, I've led the design of champions, game balance, monetization & core game systems design.
I'm crazy passionate about game design and have been designing games for as I could remember, building custom roleplaying systems, card games, and mods or maps for games like starcraft & warcraft
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Andrea Waibel
Marketing Consultant
Andrea Waibel
As a former Creative Services Manager and Media Buyer for the videogame industry, Andi spent several years perfecting how to nail down the right target audience including what they spend time doing, where to find them and how to deliver a successful campaign that they will actually pay attention to once you reach them. Gamers are a unique species. They are not your typical general audience and they require tailored marketing tactics to grab their attention. In this workshop, Andi will work with you to inspire original content, create a unique voice, and grow your brand in the gaming community.
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Morgan Heacock
Game Programmer - WhiteMoon Dreams
Morgan Heacock
Experienced game programmer, engineer, and instructor.
Specialties: general code debugging, quick adaption to custom programing languages, rapid learning of new code base.
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Ralph Barbagallo
Founder of FLARB
Ralph Barbagallo
Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, and Augmented Reality expert using Unity3D and Unreal. Snapchat Official Lens Creator and Lens Creative Partner. 2017 Auggie award winner for the Holographic Easter Egg Hunt built with Microsoft for HoloLens at VRLA 2017. Magic Leap early access dev partner. Built early titles for Gear VR. Currently developing and consulting on VR/AR/MR projects using HoloLens, Magic Leap, ARKit, ARCore, Snapchat Lens, Facebook Spark AR, PSVR, Oculus Rift, Vive, Daydream, and other platforms.
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David Doughty
Senior Software Engineer -WhiteMoon Dreams
David Doughty
Senior software engineer with over twenty years experience designing and implementing complex front-end and back-end applications, and overseeing all parts of the product development life cycle. Superior algorithm development, debugging practices, and ability to quickly pick up new technologies. Strong and effective leadership, mentoring, project management, and team-building skills in both small business and worldwide corporate environments.
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Veronica Flint
Creative Director at Quixotical
Veronica Flint
Veronica Flint is an immersive narrative creator based in Los Angeles, California. She has been working in the XR industry for several years in interactive games, virtual and augmented reality projects. Some have have been showcased at a variety of top festivals including Sundance and Tribeca. Recently showcased an immersive reality experience, The Chimerical Era at Infinity Film Festival which one won the award from the XR Alliance competition. Veronica got her start in the immersive field working with Nonny De La Pena as a VR Technical Director.
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Stay tuned for More mentors to be announced!
Call For Mentors
We are still seeking more mentors to run 30 minute workshops and be on site during the event to offer guidance and feedback
Weekend Schedule
High Level Overview of the Weekend
Day 1 – September 6
- Pitch your idea
- Favorite ideas are voted on
- Teams are formed
- Development work begins
Day 2 – September 7
- Customer research
- Validation testing
- Prototyping
- Design
- Coding
Day 3 – September 8
- Final touches on development
- Demo exhibition
- Presentations to the judges
Workshops Schedule
Day 1 – September 6
- 10 to 10:30p – Effective Project Management
- 10:30p to 11p – UX for Gaming
Day 2 – September 7
- 9:30a to 10a – Introduction to Game Development: Character Design, Story Design, and World Building
- 10a to 10:30a – Introduction to Unreal
- 10:30a to 11a – Introduction to Gamemaker
- 11a to 11:30a – Introduction to Unity
- 1:00 to 1:30p – How to Monetize and Validate Your Game
- 1:30 to 2p – Crowdfunding for Games
- 2p to 2:30p – Sound Design & Music Design for Games
- 2:30p to 3p – How to License Creative Assets and Utilize Open Source Assets
- 3:30p to 4p – Animation
- 4:30p to 5p -How to Build and Manage Your Community of Players
- 7:30p to 8p – How to Design an Effective Pitch Deck
Day 3 – September 8
- 10a to 10:30a – Business Strategy for Games
- 11a to 11:30a – How to Protect Your Intellectual Property
- 1:30p to 2p – Business Finance for Games
You’ll be provided with food and drink as part of your ticket purchase.
You’ll also have over night access to Hub101 so you can choose to work on your game as much as you wish.
Hub101 Hacks helps you develop the skills and relationships to turn an idea into a successful business.
This event is organized by 805 Startups, Nick deBoisblanc, and Hub101.
If you have any questions about this event, please use the form below or email gary@805startups.com