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===<span id="7">gamescom devcom Panels Announced</span>===
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As part of our new partnership with Travian we are going to have a strong presence at the [https://www.devcom.global/ devcom] part of [http://www.gamescom-cologne.com/gamescom/index-9.php gamescom] in Cologne, Germany next week. Richard “Lord British” Garriott will be on two panels including a panel with our sister Travian project Crowfall!

'''[https://devcom2017.sched.com/event/Bsmz?iframe=no Crowdfunding, Publishing, and Cowboys – Texas meets Bavaria]:''' From crowdfunding to global publishing, the journey of 2 Texan “indie” studios on how to live up to backers’ expectations after an extraordinary kickstarter success; keep focus in the project and move to global publishing with the collaboration of a Bavarian publisher. J. Todd Coleman, Gordon Walton, Richard “Lord British” Garriott and Lars Janssen will hold an open discussion with the audience and share their experience in designing, producing and publishing Multi-Player RPGs. '''Tuesday, August 22 • 16:30 – 17:30'''

'''[https://devcom2017.sched.com/event/Bqa0?iframe=no The Golden Age of Games is Now – How to Rise to the Occasion]:''' Explore to Create. Richard “Lord British” Garriott discusses how in his 43+ year game development career, he has been inspired to and by exploration to create lasting intellectual property, as well as reach the final frontier himself. '''Wednesday, August 23 • 15:00 – 16:00'''

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