Seminar Series

Upcoming Seminars

Currently there a no new seminars scheduled untill the Fall 2012 semister.

Past Seminars

Please come see our next speaker Rob Shillingsburg on Tuesday 4/17 at 4:30pm in COLH 446.

When: Tuesday 4/17 at 4:30 PM

Where: 446 College Hall

Speaker: Rob Shillingsburg from Jetbolt Games Inc.

Title: Making an MMO with a Team of Two: Realm of the Mad God

Abstract: Massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) typically require many hundreds
of developers and budgets north of $100M. In January 2010, Wild Shadow Studios
launched Realm of the Mad God after one month of work by only two people. Today the
game has 100,000 active users per day and generates several million dollars a year in revenue. This talk describes the design, development, business model and status of Realm of the Mad God.

Bio: Rob Shillingsburg is the founder of Jetbolt Games, a Pittsburgh-area indie game startup building a new co-op Flash MMO game. Prior to Jetbolt, Rob co-founded Wild
Shadow Studios, maker of 2012 IGF finalist Realm of the Mad God. Rob was an early employee of Google and earned his computer science Ph.D. from Princeton University.

All are welcome. Snacks will be provided.