Learn Game-Changing Skills in
AI Programming, AI Art
and More!

What is the Summit About:

The Lightmare Studios AI Game Developer Hero (GDH) Summit is designed to give attendees a foundational understanding of groundbreaking AI interactive entertainment industry tools, as well as access to niche opportunities in what is both the largest entertainment industry and one of the fastest-growing of all industries in the world: Games / Interactive Entertainment.

Workshops Include:

• AI Programming Tools of the Trade

• Creating Infinite Art using Artificial Intelligence

• Career Pathways to AI Game Development

Who Should Attend:

Anyone interested in making Interactive Entertainment of any form, including those in High School or who have recently graduated and persons of all ages living with a disability.

Bonus Disability Focussed AI Implementation Social Session:

Once the short 1hr summit concludes, there will be an opportunity for those living with a disability to experience our social game development and game-playing sessions. Within these sessions, you’ll be guided by our support workers in actually cocreating a game together for a couple of hours. You’ll also get to practice social skills whilst partaking in the activity.

Michael D.
AI Coder

Michael holds the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at a pioneering AI startup, where he leverages AI programming skills to drive innovation and technical strategy. He was the moderator and a speaker at the 2023 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science & Robotics in Rome.

Michael is a prominent figure in the Lightmare social gaming group, where he has showcased the potential of AI in game development. He pioneered a project where a whole game was built predominately using AI-generated code from ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, demonstrating the transformative impact of AI on video game creation.

Nathaniel Carroll
AI Artist & Animation Supervisor

Nathaniel got his start in the interactive entertainment industry as a Trainee at Lightmare almost 10 years ago and is now one of our most skilled Artists, responsible for overseeing many of the students who come through the program. If you’ve wanted to learn about getting started on your journey to becoming a Digital Artist, using the power of AI to make art in a fraction of the time it used to take, then you won’t want to miss this!

Who: High School, University Students, persons living with a disability and others interested in or making their own games using AI.

Date: Monday, 25th of March, 2024

Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm (Vic) / Other Aus States

Cost: General Admission: $29 | Student/Concession: $14

Note on Discount/Promo Codes

To apply your discount code for those who have one, you can find the option to apply promo codes during checkout as you’re selecting your tickets, using this area here in the image to the right.

If you’re having any issues redeeming a code, feel free to send an email through to simon@lightmare.com.au

Create Unlimited High-Quality Art Fast Using AI
Nathaniel Carroll

In the past, most studios would barely use any AI in their development pipeline. There were programs and tools that would speed up the process, but nothing to the extent that AI can.

Since the last couple of years of AI improvement, we can now use AI neural networks to bring dead actors back to life, replace actors in movies, and even be used to touch up poor editing from AAA film studios. For example, Justice League and Henry Cavill’s horribly CGI removed moustache. A free tool using the "Deep Fake" process removed it and did arguably a better job.

In this workshop, Nathaniel will introduce you to new groundbreaking tools to create a unique piece of art during the workshop by generating profiles of a person’s face and simply hitting refresh to generate a new person, a new haircut, new face, change age and even change the style of image to turn real-life photo into comic art.

AI Programming Tools of the Trade
Michael Diamond

Everyone wants to jump into making games, but with so many powerful tools, especially with all the new AI tools available, it can be a struggle to know where to begin and what skills the industry wants.

The entry threshold for programming in the video game industry has significantly lowered, thanks in part to advancements like ChatGPT. This AI technology can generate code from instructions provided in English, effectively transforming English into the newest and most accessible programming language. It opens up the realm of game development to a broader audience, fostering innovation and creativity by removing traditional coding barriers.

Michael Diamond will take you through a rundown of potential engines and AI tools to look into, as well as important skills such as version control, task management, and debugging tools.

Career Pathways to Game Development
Simon Banks

Much of the time, career pathways are examined in the general sense, with a focus on the knowledge required to work in a certain field. While this is important, it is also wise to understand the personal strengths and professional values commonly possessed by those in a given field.

In this workshop, Simon will identify for you seven of the core roles commonly found across the Games Development industry and the professional values consistent with each. Via a reflective task, Simon will help you determine to which of these you may best naturally align.

If you have any further questions about the Summit or our programs, kindly fill out this form and we will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.

If you’re in high school, your parent’s, Careers Coordinator, IT Head of Department, or Learning Support Coordinator’s questions are also most welcome.

If you’re a person living with a disability, your parent’s or Support coordinator’s questions can also be filled on this form by them.