talks

Talkity talks

I like to talk about things, for some mysterious reason publicly in front of people. Mostly about games, game dev, game dev education, and design.

Talks

🤔 What is design for us? (KISKforum | design 2024) — talk I had together with scherrer.whatever gathering our thoughts on design and its future.

🎓 Soooo what now? (Game On, Expectations vs. Reality 2024) — short presentation about how to start making games and how to start creating a portfolio.

🎮 Game development: Community and Education (Game On, Women! 2023) — short presentation on education opportunities, events and community game dev gatherings in Brno.

❓ Does it Matter? (final_final(2) 2023) — talk about our work revolution manifesto game in three acts and why we created it in the first place.

👯‍♂️ Inclusive (game) communities (KISKforum | communities 2023) — talk about biases and sexism in game dev/tech industries, how our identities affect our communities and how can we make more people feel like they belong.

🕊️ Freedom in (game) design (KISKforum | freedom 2022) — what freedom means to me, and can design be free(ing)/help people gain more freedom?

👵 Even your gran can make games + Gamebook zine workshop (Pegascon 2023) — talk about creativity and game making accompanied by a gamebook zine creation workshop and portfolio creation recommendations.

🧰 Between art and technology (Pegascon 2022) — talk about my creative journey and how to get inspired by seemingly mundane things in our lives and find beauty in them.

👩‍🔧 Even your mom can make games (Pegascon 2022) — talk about how games can be perceived as a medium and that everyone, no matter their age or background can make them.

🥘 How to cook a game in one weekend (BGJ+Batyskaf 2022) — how we created our game CAPTCHAred that won Attendee’s Choice Bratislava Game Jam 2022 choice prize and CZ/SK Game Jam Grand Prix in 48 hours.

Workshops

🤖 KISK Design Workshop (KISK 2023) — workshop facilitation for high school students focused on designing a personal companion from the future.

Panels

🎨 Creativity and making (Letní škola KISKu 2023) — panel about creativity, creating and makerspaces.

Podcasts

🚓 Vibing with the creators of the Slovak GTA — Vivat Slovakia w/Roman, Samo, Lea a Kryštof (Arcade Watch Podcast 53) — random thoughts and things we were into at that time.

✨ Behind the Screens — scherrer.mp3_2 — podcast about emotions and how hard can it be to feel them hosted by scherrer.whatever.