The Konsoll 2022 program and workshop sign-up form and Konsoll Connect 2022 program has been published! Find the Konsoll 2022 program & workshop sign-up form here: https://konsoll.org/konsoll/#program Find Konsoll Connect program here: https://konsoll.org/konsoll-connect/#program See you next week at Konsoll Connect & Konsoll 2022!
We are so pleased to welcome our next Konsoll speakers Austin Wintory and Andrea Pessino! Grammy-nominated and 2-time BAFTA winning composer Austin Wintory has worked on a wide variety of titles spanning games, film, TV and the concert hall. Most known for his work on the PS3 game Journey, his other games include The Banner […]
Konsoll is excited to welcome our next speaker, Art Director Inna Hansen! Art director and concept artist at Triple Topping, currently based in Copenhagen. Fleshing out ideas for games for the last 8 years. Some might say she owns too many plants.
Please join us in giving a warm welcome to our next Konsoll speaker, Nathan Chandler-Gibson! Starting as a Pixel Artist indie dev and Functionality Testing at Sega in 2013, Nathan Chandler-Gibson is a Senior Technical Game Designer from the UK with 9 years of experience across various genres. In 2019, they graduated in Game Design […]
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 […]