Bio

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Bio

Stephen Caruana is an entrepreneur and the founder of development studio Pixie Software.

Having been instrumental in establishing the Maltese digital games industry, Stephen is now focused on supporting startups across various sectors. He regularly speaks about the technical and operational aspects of running a business at local and international events.

Speaking engagements

2019 Guest lecturer, Videogame design and development with Unity - University of Malta (Msida, Malta)
2012 - 2015 Guest lecturer, Game Design and Theory - University of Malta (Msida, Malta)
2012 - 2015 Guest lecturer, Game Programming - University of Malta (Msida, Malta)

2021, August Expert panel - Global Game Jam NEXT (Msida, Malta)
2021, January Expert panel - Global Game Jam (Msida, Malta)
2018, June Keynote - Games Malta platform launch (Pietà, Malta)
2018, April 10 Practical Tips for an Effective Marketing Strategy - Quo Vadis (Berlin, Germany)
2018, February Make your Game - Heyday meetup #9 (Swieqi, Malta)
2017, August Making the Leap from Creating Games to Building a Business - Devcom/Respawn (Cologne, Germany)
2017, April Building and Supporting Developer Communities - Quo Vadis (Berlin, Germany)
2015, December Unity 5.3 roundup - Malta Unity User Group (Valletta, Malta)
2015, July The needs of game development studios in Malta - Malta Video Game Studio Association roundtable (Valletta, Malta)
2015, June The ever-changing rules of the (business) game - Dutch Game Garden (Utrecht, Netherlands)
2015, March Leveling-Up the Maltese Indie Scene - Malta Video Game Studio Association roundtable (Luqa, Malta)
2014, December Making life easy through precompiler directives - Malta Unity User Group (Luqa, Malta)
2014, December Keynote - Malta Unity User Group kickoff event (Luqa, Malta)
2014, January Tips on quick experimentation - Global Game Jam (Msida, Malta)
2013, October Keynote - PixieCon '13 (St. Julian's, Malta)
2013, October Digital gaming in Malta - University of Malta ICT Students' Association weekender (St. Julian's, Malta)
2013, May Digital gaming in Malta - Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology game seminar (Paola, Malta)
2012, November Artificial Intelligence in games - University of Malta (Msida, Malta)