Digital Scene - KC: Game Development

Digital Scene - KC: Game Development
Join us on Thursday, September 12th from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. for our networking event: DIGITAL SCENE KC: Game Development hosted by FlipSwitchVR. This event is a great opportunity to connect, share ideas, and gain valuable insights.
Connect with KC area tech enthusiasts in a casual, happy hour event while you learn more about what’s going on in KC with game development and XR games.

• Enjoy free food and drink
• Meet with some of KC’s best game development practitioners
• Get a chance to play some locally developed games and an early preview of a new game development studio.

Guest Exhibitors

• Wade Paulk is a Project Manager at Blazttech Inc. Blazttech is a full-cycle Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) development studio, focused on taking ideas from conception to market.
• Horace Peterson is the Founder and Creative Director at Legendary Phoenix Enterprises, a dynamic game development group based in Kansas City that combines cutting-edge technology, captivating narratives, and immersive gameplay.
• Gavin Dell is the Owner of the Hollywood Animation Academy in Kansas City. He has 30 years of experience in animation including working on blockbuster games like Tomb Raider, Gears of War 2, Silent Hill Homecoming, and Saints Row 4.
• Jimmy Console is the Founder of Antlioin Audio and a developer for Haymaker. In Haymaker, you'll brawl your way through enemies with brutal, fast-paced, physics-driven VR hand combat. Be prepared to sweat as you dole out velocity-based punch damage, use your back and shoulders to deliver kicks and knees, and do whatever it takes to survive.
• James Flexman is the Founder of Phog Labs the creator of Wallball. Wallball is a new, fast-paced VR racket sports game where your goal is to hit the ball with your racket past your opponent into the goal while preventing them from hitting the ball past you for a goal. It is available on Meta Quest.
• **Michael Eichenseer **is the Founder and Dust Designer of VR Dojo
  Designing and developing a multiplayer networking system built to power virtual worlds and handle the most intense VR gameplay between all popular VR playstyles on all 3D capable hardware.

About Our Host
FlipSwitch VR is a free-roam, multiplayer, virtual reality arcade located in the Crossroads district of Kansas City. With state-of-the-art wireless technology and motion tracking, they aim to take you inside the game where your body is the controller and your mind believes it’s real for a fully immersive game experience.

Event brought to you by KC IMAGINE and KC Digital Drive
Sponsored by Pomerol Partners/Qlik, Overflow and KC Tech Council