The Power Of Paintings
Solo-dev Thomas Waterzooi dives into merging modern art from the public domain with accessible game design to stand out and reach a new audience. He shares insights from creating the award-winning Please, Touch The Artwork series, with the sequel ranking 13th best rated game on Steam in 2024 and surpassing 700,000 downloads.
Speaker Bio
Thomas Waterzooi is a solo-dev from Brussels (formerly Larian Studios/IO-Interactive) who makes accessible casual games inspired by art, culture and the human condition. His first game, ‘Please, Touch The Artwork’ based on the works of Dutch artist ‘Piet Mondriaan’ won awards at a.o. Google Play Indie Festival ‘22, Tokyo Game Show and an Apple Design Award nomination. ‘Please, Touch The Artwork 2’ was downloaded over 750.000 times and received over 4500 positive Steam reviews making it the 11th best rated game on Steam in 2024.
Games worked on:
Divinity Original Sin 1
Hitman Season 1&2
Please, Touch The Artwork
Painting VR
Please, Touch The Artwork 2
