We are getting closer to our favorite week in San Francisco, when the city transforms into a game developer mecca thanks to GDC! Our Twitch Developer team couldn’t be more excited to join many of you and geek out at the world’s largest developer game industry event.
We’ve had an exciting year launching Extensions, and bringing new APIs and features to the developer community. If you plan to attend, come find us at one of the many activities listed below and let’s work together to make your development with Twitch awesome.
Below is our rundown for the week.
Twitch HQ Workshop
Come join us at Twitch HQ on Monday, March 19 for an evening hands-on workshop. You’ll hear from our new VP of Developer Experience Amir Shevat and VP of Developer Relations Kathy Astromoff about what we’re working on and our future roadmap. Then you get to do what you do best–build! Developer Advocate Emily Rose will lead the workshop and additional members of the TwitchDev team will be present to help build an Extension. Space is limited–register here.
Developer Day Sessions (presented by Amazon)
Making Twitch interactive with Twitch Extensions
Monday, March 19th 4:00PM to 5:00PM, JT Gleason — Room 2011/2024, Moscone West
Join JT Gleason, Director of Integrations at Twitch, as he takes you on a journey through the design space opened up by Twitch Extensions. Learn about ways you can create a “lean in” experience for viewers of your game on Twitch and gain a deeper understanding of the developer technologies that can help propel your game to the forefront of the industry.
Increase Your Game’s Reach and Retention with Twitch Integrations
Monday, March 19th 5:30PM to 6:30PM, Daniel Hebb — Room 2011/2024, Moscone West
Making your game great for streaming can increase sales and retention by blurring the boundaries between viewing and playing. Learn the best ways to boost acquisition, retention and monetization using Twitch engagement solutions.
GDC Expo
Where to Find Us
Find us alongside our Amazon sister teams in South Hall at booth #1001. When you visit our booth(s), be sure to take part in the “Amazon Quest”–there will be cool ways to learn more about Twitch and earn swag. Check out our booth schedule below.
In-Booth Classroom Sessions
Wednesday, March 21 (PST)
10:00AM: Twitch Insights — Leveraging analytics to engage your viewers, Kristin Chen, Senior Product Manager, Insights
10:30AM: Engaging Your Community with Twitch, Braxton Lancial, Integration Success Engineer
1:30PM: Accelerating development of Twitch Extensions for your game, Greg Smith, Senior Product Manager, Extensions Developer Services
Thursday, March 22 (PST)
11:00AM: Empowering Extensions with game APIs, Travis Brown, Lead Integration Success Engineer
11:30AM:Empowering content creators and streamers to promote your game, Tim Aldridge, Director, Game Mods
Watch Us on Twitch
If you can’t join in person, we are streaming live at 5PM PST Monday, March 19 at our developer workshop via the Twitch Developer Channel Page. We’ll see you there!
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