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<h1>In the news</h1>
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<a href="2016-tech-showcases.html">Technology showcases</a>
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2016-10-31 00:00
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<p>In this article, we take another look at 2015-2016 live sessions’ format and introduce a new showcase format for 2017.</p>
<p><strong>2015 and 2016: live sessions.</strong></p>
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:
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Whac-a-mole
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November 2015
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2
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Rolling ball
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February 2016
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3
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Domino
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May 2016
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4
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Mahjong Solitaire
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September 2016
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<p>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!</p>
<p><strong>2017: live sessions + technical previews.</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
Here’s an approximate schedule of technical previews and live sessions for 2017:
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1
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January
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Technical preview
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Android platform support
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2
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April
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Live session
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Android game creation
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3
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July
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Technical preview
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To be announced
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4
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October
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Live session
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To be announced
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<p>That’s it for taking another look at 2015-2016 live sessions’ format and introducing the new showcase format for 2017.</p>
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