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Title: Technology showcases
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Date: 2016-10-31 00:00
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Category: News
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Slug: 2016-tech-showcases
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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.
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**2015 and 2016: live sessions.**
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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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<table>
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<tr>
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<th>**№**</th>
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<th>**Created game**</th>
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<th>**Live session date**</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>1</td>
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<td>Whac-a-mole</td>
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<td>November 2015</td>
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</tr>
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<td>2</td>
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<td>Rolling ball</td>
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<td>February 2016</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>3</td>
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<td>Domino</td>
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<td>May 2016</td>
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</tr>
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<td>4</td>
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<td>Mahjong Solitaire</td>
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<td>September 2016</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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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!
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**2017: live sessions + technical previews.**
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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.
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Here's an approximate schedule of technical previews and live sessions for 2017:
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<table>
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<th>**№**</th>
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<th>**Month**</th>
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<th>**Showcase type**</th>
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<th>**Topic**</th>
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</tr>
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<td>1</td>
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<td>January</td>
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<td>Technical preview</td>
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<td>Android platform support</td>
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</tr>
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<td>2</td>
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<td>April</td>
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<td>Live session</td>
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<td>Android game creation</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>3</td>
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<td>July</td>
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<td>Technical preview</td>
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<td>To be announced</td>
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<td>4</td>
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<td>October</td>
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<td>Live session</td>
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<td>To be announced</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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That's it for taking another look at 2015-2016 live sessions' format and introducing the new showcase format for 2017.
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[screenshot]: ../../images/2016-10-31_tech-showcases.png
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