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+Title: Technology showcases
+Date: 2016-10-31 00:00
+Category: News
+Slug: 2016-tech-showcases
+Lang: en
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+![Feature file in the background][screenshot]
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+In this article, we take another look at 2015-2016 live sessions' format and introduce a new showcase format for 2017.
+
+**2015 and 2016: live sessions.**
+
+As you know, we use live sessions to show the state of our technology and create a small functional game from scratch. We have conducted four live sessions in the past year, which gave birth to the following small games:
+<table>
+<tr>
+  <th>**№**</th>
+  <th>**Created game**</th>
+  <th>**Live session date**</th>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>1</td>
+  <td>Whac-a-mole</td>
+  <td>November 2015</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>2</td>
+  <td>Rolling ball</td>
+  <td>February 2016</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>3</td>
+  <td>Domino</td>
+  <td>May 2016</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>4</td>
+  <td>Mahjong Solitaire</td>
+  <td>September 2016</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+We spent four months to prepare for these live sessions. It has been an extremely useful experience for us. However, 2017 will have only 2 live sessions. Why? We want to spend more time on actual development!
+
+**2017: live sessions + technical previews.**
+
+Starting next year, we will be doing technical previews twice a year. A technical preview is another way to show the state of our technology, but without creating new games and conducting live sessions.
+
+Here's an approximate schedule of technical previews and live sessions for 2017:
+<table>
+<tr>
+  <th>**№**</th>
+  <th>**Month**</th>
+  <th>**Showcase type**</th>
+  <th>**Topic**</th>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>1</td>
+  <td>January</td>
+  <td>Technical preview</td>
+  <td>Android platform support</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>2</td>
+  <td>April</td>
+  <td>Live session</td>
+  <td>Android game creation</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>3</td>
+  <td>July</td>
+  <td>Technical preview</td>
+  <td>To be announced</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td>4</td>
+  <td>October</td>
+  <td>Live session</td>
+  <td>To be announced</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+That's it for taking another look at 2015-2016 live sessions' format and introducing the new showcase format for 2017.
+
+[screenshot]: ../../images/2016-10-31_tech-showcases.png