Art and Technologies behind online gambling

What the talk is about

Vadym Brikulia talks about what artists do when creating online slots for the gambling industry, using NetEnt as the example. Slots are built by small teams of about ten people, where artists, developers, QA, mathematicians and writers work together from the idea and brainstorm through to certification. Key art principles are logic among the symbols within a theme and colour psychology, where a warmer colour means a more valuable symbol. On the tech side, the team combines Spine and After Effects while keeping builds light, since games run in the browser and the mobile audience has grown. 3D and Unreal as a renderer are used for intro videos. The speaker stresses that an artist can work in several styles within a year or two and quickly see the finished game in players' hands. Useful for beginner artists and anyone choosing a direction in games.