Korea's First Global Console Game Conference Needed a Website. We Built It.
Yoshida Shuhei — the man behind PlayStation for 30 years — was the keynote. zzzarit built the official CGDC 2025 site.
Hosted by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), CGDC 2025 was Korea's first conference dedicated to the global console game industry. Sony, Sega, Capcom, the studio behind Vampire Survivors — the world's leading game figures in one room. zzzarit designed the information architecture and built the official website.
What is CGDC?
The Console Game Developer Conference ran November 6–7, 2025, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seoul Pangyo Grand Ballroom — Korea's first global console game developer conference, hosted by KOCCA. Over two days, 13 speakers from around the world covered the present and future of the console industry.
Speaker Lineup
The Speakers page required the most care. Thirteen people with entirely different backgrounds — Yoshida Shuhei (30 years at PlayStation), Inafune Keiji (creator of Mega Man), Matteo Sapio (poncle, Vampire Survivors), Hwang Jae-ho (Dave the Diver), Yoo Seung-hyun (SANABI) — needed to coexist in a single consistent card layout. The goal: understand why each person belongs at this conference from the card alone.
Clicking a card opens a detailed modal with the speaker's full career timeline. A two-step structure: a single-line hook on the card, full depth in the modal. The page stays clean while still offering everything a curious visitor needs.
TimeTable
Two days of sessions are split into Day 1 / Day 2 tabs. Each session row is clickable — tap to open a detail modal with the session summary, key talking points, and the speaker's mini-profile. Scan the schedule at a glance; drill into what matters with one click.
Information Architecture
Every event site answers the same three questions: what is this, who's coming, how do I register. We structured the page flow to resolve all three without friction.
- Overview — event summary, date, venue, registration CTA
- Speakers — profile cards for all 13 speakers + click-through detail modals
- TimeTable — two-day program schedule + session detail modals
- Venue & Access — address, parking, shuttle timetable
- FAQ — common questions answered
The registration CTA appears in two fixed positions: the navigation bar and the bottom of each section. For an event site, registration is the single conversion goal — it needs to be reachable from anywhere on the page in one click.
Tech Stack
Event sites have low update frequency but unpredictable traffic spikes around registration windows. Astro's static site generation (SSG) was the obvious fit — CDN delivery with no server to overload. Images are served as WebP with build-time hash filenames, solving caching and cache invalidation simultaneously.
FAQ
What is CGDC 2025?
Korea's first conference dedicated to the global console game industry, hosted by KOCCA (Korea Creative Content Agency). It ran November 6–7, 2025 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seoul Pangyo Grand Ballroom.
What technology powers the site?
Astro-based static site generation (SSG). WebP image optimization and hash-based asset filenames for caching. Deployed to CDN for zero-server reliability.
What did zzzarit handle?
End-to-end: information architecture (IA) design, full frontend development, and deployment. This includes the speaker card layout, timetable section, FAQ, and registration CTA placement.
Can zzzarit build event websites?
Yes. From IA planning to deployment, we handle the full stack for event sites. Get in touch via the contact form for a free consultation.