We are very excited to welcome Christine Phelan from Valve to Konsoll 2021! Christine Phelan has enjoyed a career spanning over fourteen years as an animator in the entertainment industry where she has created compelling character performances for video games, virtual reality experiences, short films, and advertising campaigns. Her most recent work includes bringing nightmares […]
Konsoll is proud to announce that our 10th anniversary conference will take place from the 16th-17th of November, 2021! Our venue is once again the fabulous Grieghallen in Bergen, Norway. We are looking forward to bringing you two days of presentations, panels, workshops and discussions offering expert experience and insight into the latest game development […]
We are thrilled to invite Joel Bylos, Creative Director at Funcom, to Konsoll! From humble beginnings washing cars at Bislet Bilutleie, to the Creative Director of Norway’s largest game studio, Joel has worked on every major Funcom project over the past 10 years. From Quest Designer (Age of Conan), Lead Designer (Rise of the Godslayer), […]
For the third year in a row we are proud to welcome back Claire Blackshaw from Sony. Claire works as Senior Online Consultant at Sony. She started in the industry as a programmer, moved into design then bounced back between the two.When not programming, playing games, roleplaying, learning or reading she spends her days consulting […]
Konsoll proudly presents Colm Larkin as a speaker at this year’s conference!Colm is a programmer, game designer and board game enthusiast. He’s been making games since 2008, and released his first commercial game, Guild of Dungeoneering, in 2015.Colm is also on the board of Imirt, representing Irish game makers, where he runs a monthly seminar […]
For the fourth year in a row Konsoll welcomes back one of our dearest speakers, Lee Petty. Lee has been involved in video games since 1996 in a variety of art production and leadership roles. Lee has been a texture artist, 3D modeler, concept artist, lighting artist, effects artist, lead artist, art director and creative […]
Konsoll has a close partnership with the Bergen Public Library, and we would like to inform you of their exciting (link: https://bergenbibliotek.no/laering/unityhack text: Virtual Reality Unity Hack), the week before Konsoll. The Virtual Reality Unity Crossover Hack brings together storytellers, artists and Unity developers to collaborate and build original stories for the Oculus Rift. Filmmakers, […]
Konsoll is very proud to announce our next speaker, Martin Fasterholdt (Playdead)! Martin is a gameplay designer at Playdead, where he has worked on the game INSIDE, released last summer. Before this he studied at the IT University of Copenhagen where he wrote a thesis about jumping in 2d platform games. In his spare time […]
Konsoll is delighted to welcome Jake Elliott from Cardboard Computer to the Konsoll speaker list. Jake makes videogames, noise music & artware. When it comes to videogames, he’s known for making nonviolent, slow-paced, narrative games and has been doing so since early 2010. He is currently working with Tamas Kemenczy and Ben Babbitt on Kentucky […]
Konsoll is excited to welcome back Martin Kvale!Martin is a Norwegian sound designer. He works with developers all over the world, including in Bergen, so the trek across the mountain is a familiar route. His work includes games like Hidden Folks, GoNNER, Among The Sleep, Teslagrad, Progress to 100 and Accounting VR to name a […]
As past attendees know, the purchase of an early bird ticket (student or general admission) comes with a free Konsoll t-shirt. We’re happy to unveil this year’s design, available in always fashionable black. Tickets can be purchased here or on the Konsoll homepage. Our early bird ticket period is winding down, with just over two […]
Konsoll is very excited to welcome Jane Ng to this year’s conference! Jane has over 14 years experience creating environment art for video games, and is currently the lead artist at Campo Santo, where she worked on their awarding winning debut game Firewatch. Previously Jane was a Lead Artist at Double Fine Productions (Brutal Legend, […]
Konsoll has partnered with Scandic Byparken to offer our attendees a comfortable stay during the conference! Scandic Byparken is offering a** conference rate** for a limited block of rooms. The Hotel is located at Christiesgate 5-7, which is only a few blocks from the conference venue Grieghallen. The Konsoll rate is:Single room: 1220,- (NOK)Double room: […]
Konsoll is honored to announce our third speaker Mr. Gordon Walton (ArtCraft Entertainment). Gordon has an impressive resume, working amongst others as VP and co-Studio General Manager on Star Wars®: The Old Republic™, and as VP and Executive Producer for The Sims Online and Ultima Online™.Gordon Walton has been building computer games for over 35 […]