Industry Sharing @ Re:Play Festival

Speaker: Harrison Chong, Co-founder of Jalan Journey
Date & Time: 2 Aug | 2pm – 2:30pm
About the Session: 
This session explores how gaming supports social causes, from charity events to mental health awareness and education. It will highlight impactful initiatives and ways developers, streamers, and players can make a difference.

Speakers: Gerald Chan, Founder of Geek Culture & Wolfsbanee, Streamer
Date & Time: 2 Aug | 3pm – 3:30pm
About the Session: 
This session explores the evolving landscape of gaming content and streaming. It will highlight the emerging trends, platform innovations, AI’s growing influence, and audience engagement strategies – while uncovering emerging career opportunities. 

Speaker: Jeremy Goh, Co-founder and  Studio Director of Imba Interactive
Date & Time: 2 Aug | 4pm – 4:30pm
About the session:
This session explores how sound and music can shape immersion in game worlds. Discover how carefully crafted soundscapes enhance atmosphere, emotion, and storytelling to draw players deeper into the experience.

Speaker: Fernanders Koak, Lead Concept Artist at Lightspeed Studios
Date & Time: 3 Aug | 2pm – 2:30pm
About the session: 
This session will cover the role of architecture in game design, focusing on the creation of virtual spaces, from cities and towns to vast open worlds. It would look at how architecture impacts gameplay and narrative. 

Speaker: Matthew Wong-Stewart, Marketing Lead at MON Co., Ex-Riot Games, Ex-Garena, Ex-Fun Plus
Date & Time: 3 Aug | 3pm – 3:30pm
About the session:
This session explores the role of a community manager in gaming, covering how they build and engage player communities, handle feedback, and manage social media and events to foster strong connections. 

Speaker: Ignatia Devy, Concept Artist and Illustrator
Date & Time: 3 Aug | 4pm – 4:30pm
About the session:
This session examines the role of Prop Design in games. How prop design supports worldbuilding, enriches narrative, and shapes player experience. Through hypothetical case studies, we’ll look further on different types of props, their design considerations and how to approach them effectively during the concept art stage.