Session Detail

The Secrets of Google Pac-Man: A Game Show

May 10, 03:45PM – 04:45PM / Room 8

Come participate in our game show-styled talk and learn the entertaining history of Google Pac-Man and other Google doodles through visual examples and code samples. Play along as we demonstrate the marriage of art and web technologies, talk about HTML5 techniques, discuss the user experience details, confess to bugs, and defend our design decisions.

Track: Tech Talk
Session Level: 201

Speaker: Marcin Wichary

Marcin is a senior user experience designer at Google. His latest projects include Chrome, Google Instant, and Google’s real-time search; he also spends a lot of time teaching and evangelizing HTML5, and helps with interactive doodles.

Speaker: Ryan Germick

Ryan Germick is the Creative Lead for the Google Doodle Team. He's created and collaborated on Google homepage logos such as the Sesame Street series, Akira Kurosawa, Pac-Man, and halloween candy.