NMIT

Before I was born

1958 - 1977

Too young to know better

1977 - 1993

An Education

1994 - 1998

A Career

1998 - today

Game development in 2011

The future

Small teams making innovative projects

Interactive / Digital Art

Private games

Game-like / Playful experiences

Games as Service

Technology ceasing to be the limiting factor

Personal expression

Thanks

twitter: paul_callaghan

email: paul.callaghan@gmail.com

web: www.paulcallaghan.net

Indie

AAA

Licensed

Cliff Blezsinki

Creative Director, Epic Games

“I’m going to go on the record and say that I believe the middle class game is dead,” he stated. “It needs to either be an event movie. Day one, company field trip, [Battle: Los Angles], we’re there. Avatar, we’re there. The Other Guys starring Will Ferrell and Marky Mark? Nah, I’ll f***ing rent that, I don’t really care, right?”

"Or it has to be an indie film. Black Swan, I'll go and see that. I'll go to The Rialto or I'll go to the AAA Imax movie. The middle one is just gone, and I think the same thing has happened to games."

1962

1972

1977

1958

Pong

Adventure

Tennis for Two

Spacewar

Freelance Writer & Developer

Co-director, Freeplay Independent Games Festival

Board member, GDAA

Advisory Board, if:Book Australia

Advisory Board, ATOM Conference 2011

Paul Callaghan

web: www.paulcallaghan.net

email: paul.callaghan@gmail.com

Twitter: paul_callaghan

1978

1985

1984

1982

Frostbite

Pong

Elite

Punchy

1991

1989

1987

1993

Frontier: Elite 2

Lemmings

Head over Heels

Stunt Car Racer

1995

1997

1994

1996

Playstation

Final Fantasy 7

Fade to Black

Wipeout 2097

2000 - 2002

2002 - 2003

2004 - 2005

1998 - 2000

Men in Black 2

Heroes of the Pacific

Ice Nine

Dark Planet

2010

2005

2009

XCOM

ARRR!

Doctor Who

2005 - 2011

• Pitches

• Teaching

• Design work

• Locative games

• Freeplay