August: Animating the game && Building Agentic Solvers for games

As a follow up from FlutterCon we are excited to welcome Yuhao Feng and see his presentation he recently did at FlutterCon, as well as Shafik Quoraishee who works at the new york times as a game engineer, and has been experimenting with flutter and games recently.

Special thanks to VIAM for hosting us this month!

We're looking forward to another great evening of learning and networking!

Agenda:
6:00 : Doors open. Remember your ID!
6:30 : Welcome message & Announcements
6:35 : 1st Presentation
7:15 : Door Prizes
7:20 : 2nd Presentation
8:00 : Door Prizes

Building an Agentic Solver For the New York Times Crosswords and Wordle
Shafik Quoraishee is a game developer at the New York Times who works on Crossplay, Wordle, Connections, the New York Times Crosswords and more. He also writes for the Times where he focuses on the intersection between AI and Games

Animating the game - Flutter at Draftkings
This talk shows how we married Flutter's UI, Flame's game loop, and Rive's designer-driven motion — all orchestrated by a clean Riverpod architecture that keeps live game state flowing reactively from socket to screen — to transform a live data feed into a smooth, engaging fan experience.