Immersing a Creative World into a Usable UI GDC 2025 2020-03-13 | In this 2018 GDC session, UI designer Steph Chow discusses how to embed a game's world into its UI, and how to strike the right balance between player immersion and player usability.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
The Music of Tchia: Channeling the Soul of New Caledonia GDC 2024-06-26 | "Tchia" is a one-of-a-kind cultural celebration of the small island nation of New Caledonia. Featuring elements of geography, art, food, architecture, mythology, and innumerable other aspects of New Caledonian life, it is the musical sonorities of New Caledonia that frequently take center stage. Join composer John Robert Matz as he looks at the process that went into creating a culturally-sensitive, respectful, collaborative score that features and revels in local voices, rhythms, and timbres.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Romancing (and Killing) Dragon Ages Leliana #dragonage #gaming #gdc #gamedesign #gamenarrative GDC 2024-06-26 | From the archives: Remember the OG ships from 'Dragon Age: Origins'? Journey back with this GDC 2012 talk about the original "polarized relationship system," through the lens of a tragic love story with Leliana.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Weird Game Dev Cover Letter (in the Best Way) #gdc2024 #gamedev #gamejobs GDC 2024-06-25 | Getting hired is tough! How do you make your cover letter stand out? David Ventura, Creative Director/CEO at Ichigoichie, shares a prime example of a weird(ly amazing) game dev cover letter. GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Quaternions to Homogeneous Points, Lines, and Planes GDC 2024-06-13 | Points, Lines, and Planes are the basic geometric objects that games are programmed with. In "A Visual Guide to Quaternions and Dual Quaternions", Hamish Todd showed how to get rotations from lines. This talk is a sequel to Math in Game Development Summit: A Visual Guide to Quaternions and Dual Quaternions. Watch the first video here: youtube.com/watch?v=en2QcehKJd8See how to intersect planes and lines to get lines and points; how to get transforms taking us from planes to points and lines; how to measure the distance between any plane, line, or point and any plane, line or point; how to do the same with angles; how to project these objects onto each other; and more.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Classic Game Postmortem: Karateka GDC 2024-06-12 | Before Prince of Persia, there was Karateka. Released in 1984, the directorial debut of game creator Jordan Mechner was a worldwide hit, full of groundbreaking innovations in story, cinematics, music, and animation. It was also the work of an unknown teenager looking to break into the game industry.Forty years later, Jordan discusses how he pushed the limits of Apple II technology to create his breakthrough success. Through original design documents, film footage, prototype gameplay, and more, Jordan tells the story of how he developed his craft as an independent game developer and brought the illusion of life to computer screens around the world with Karateka.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Cult of the Twitch: How Cult of the Lamb Used Twitch Integration to Reach a Massive Audience GDC 2024-06-10 | Join Cult of the Lamb's Lead Gameplay Developer, Harrison Gibbins and Twitch Integration Developer, Thomas Tuts, as they give an in-depth look at how the integration was designed and developed, the hurdles that were faced as well as an in-depth look at how well Cult of the Lamb performed on Twitch.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Step Into Your Players Shoes: Making the Most of Team Playtests on skate GDC 2024-06-10 | In this 2023 UX Summit session, Andreia Gonalves, a Senior UX Designer at Full Circle, an Electronic Arts studio, walks attendees through the framework the skate development team has applied to their internal playtesting. This framework, which can be applied to the existing process of team playtesting, has been shown to empower team members to really step into the player's shoes, to ask for and receive more relevant feedback, as well as to increase empathy, rallying the team around player pain points.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
How to Make Things POP with Audio and Color GDC 2024-06-07 | This GDC 2024 talk takes a dive into the process of color design as part of art in video games and compares it to the process of finding and executing the same effects in audio. It is about finding the feel, direction, storytelling and building associations to make a stronger impact with what the game is trying to do.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Larian Cinematics: A Top-Down Look at Our Bottom-Up Approach in Baldurs Gate 3 GDC 2024-06-05 | No plan survives development. Join the cinematic director of Larian Studios, Jason Latino, for an account of how the realities of making a game at the scale and reactivity of Baldur's Gate 3 required constant evolution and reexamination of first principles. In this GDC 2024 talk, Jason goes over the initial vision and tracks the specific moments that forced changes on tools, team and approach--leading up to the final challenge--bringing in the release date by a month.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
We Need to Talk About Games Leadership GDC 2024-06-03 | Melissa Phillips, Director of the Games Leadership Network, has spent the last year working with over 80 current and emerging Games Industry Leaders from over 50 studios worldwide to better understand the challenges facing our studios in the Games Leadership space. In this GDC 2024 talk, Melissa addresses topics like: What trends are we seeing in Games Leadership? How can we better prepare our teams to move into Leadership positions and what might we do to continue to retain those already in Leadership positions?GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Valheim: Vikings, Roadmaps & Buying a Horse During Early Access GDC 2024-05-31 | In this 2024 Independent Games Summit talk, Jonathan Smårs shares insight into the Valheim development journey so far through a patch-by-patch breakdown and managing player expectations spanning multiple years of development during early access and lessons learned along the way, both internal and external challenges that have emerged, and oh - and they bought a horse.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
The Dark Place of Alan Wake 2: Crafting an Evolving Nightmare Dimension GDC 2024-05-29 | The GDC 2024 talk is a dive into the world-building aspect of The Dark Place of Alan Wake II. Nazareno Urbano explains how they approached the environment world-building and what tools were used to create an evolving nightmare dimension where the world is shifting, and multiple layers of reality are interconnected in a dream logic structure where the reality is subjective.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
All Game Trailers Are Not Created Equal GDC 2024-05-24 | Video game trailers are unique in the entertainment landscape in terms of production, content, and especially presentation. In this GDC 2024 session, Adrien Marie, Brand Manager at Dotemu, shares through multiple examples his insights on game trailers, their structures, formats, goals and how the way they are presented can and must change your way to build them.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Tunes of the Kingdom: Evolving Physics and Sounds for ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ GDC 2024-05-22 | At GDC 2024, developers of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom discuss structuring an expanded Hyrule around physics-based gameplay and evolved sound design! Join the game’s Technical Director Takuhiro Dohta, Lead Physics Programmer Takahiro Takayama, and Lead Sound Engineer Junya Osada as they explore challenges their teams faced when approaching this sequel. GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Making Fallout for Tabletop (or How to Be Different but the Same) GDC 2024-05-20 | Formed over 4 years of designing Fallout: Wasteland Warfare and all of its expansions, campaigns, AI and RPG (plus 20+ years of game design experience), this 2024 Tabletop Summit talk examines how Bethesda's award-winning Fallout videogame series was converted to the tabletop game of Fallout: Wasteland Warfare.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Age-Friendly Design for the 50-Plus Gamer GDC 2024-05-17 | Video games are now a significant part of life for those aged 50 years and older, with over 50-million players. This talk features Northeastern University and AARP discussing the AARP research on 50-plus players, their needs, and the market opportunity. GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
2D and Tomorrow: How the Devs of ‘Super Mario Bros. Wonder’ Find Joy in Making Side-Scrolling Games GDC 2024-05-15 | Following last year’s launch of the Super Mario Bros.TM Wonder game, developers Takashi Tezuka and Shiro Mouri discuss the unique challenge of taking classic side-scrolling Super Mario Bros. gameplay and turning it upside down…literally. GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Developing Hi-Fi RUSH Backwards and Finding Our Positive Gameplay Loop GDC 2024-05-14 | In this session, Game Director John Johanas shares how the initial concept for Hi-Fi RUSH came to be. From there, he provides in-depth details into the development team's early learnings on approaching this type of rhythm-action title.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Plays Like You Remember: Adapting Classics for Teenage Mutant Ninja Shredders Revenge GDC 2024-05-09 | Playing with nostalgia is always a risky bet, but the team at Tribute Games won big when making Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. In this design talk, game designer Frederic Gemus shares Tribute Games' design philosophies and how they were successfully applied to the game. With the help of concrete examples from the production of the game, learn how to properly adapt older licenses by finding key aspects, the difference between remaking versus redoing features, and, finally, how to inject new ideas into the mix.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Bringing a Star Wars Cantina to Life in Jedi: Survivor GDC 2024-05-07 | You can't think of Star Wars without the Mos Eisley Cantina. Learn how the narrative team on 'STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor' brought Pyloon's Saloon to life, generating hundreds of state-based interactions for its diverse cast of evolving NPCs.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
#1ReasonToBe GDC 2024-05-03 | This GDC 2024 panel carries forward the legacy of one of GDC's most impactful diversity panels, which was initially initiated by the legendary Brenda Romero and Leigh Alexander, and later carried on by Rami Ismail. #1ReasonToBe showcases women from emerging territories across the globe, engaging in candid conversations about game development within their respective and unique point of views.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Math in Game Development Summit: A Visual Guide to Quaternions and Dual Quaternions GDC 2024-05-01 | Sometimes people say "Quaternions are 4 dimensional". They are trying to scare you. It's no more true than "3x3 matrices are 9 dimensional", and no more helpful either. There is a concrete, 3D way to visualize quaternions. In this GDC 2023 session, Hamish Todd dives into how quaternions are created, interpolated, and composed together. GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2025 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
How We Almost Wrecked Our Second Game, The Wreck GDC 2024-04-29 | In 2018, pumped by the success of their first game, "Bury me, my Love," Florent Maurin and his team start working on a second project called The Wreck. They had money, experience, confidence, and a great idea to toy with. Things looked bright. But after a year, the vertical slice the team worked so hard on pretty much sucks. How did it come to this? What went wrong? And, more importantly: Is it still possible to stop The Wreck from ending in a wreck? In this session, Florent explains how success can sometimes have negative consequences, how easy it is to rush in the wrong direction, how hard it can be to steer away from it, and how, sometimes, what you really need is a series of kicks in the butt.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Game Narrative Summit: Its Not in the Writers Manual: A Q&A Session for New Writers GDC 2024-04-26 | How do newer writers fit into game design and narrative design teams? Do writers coming from the worlds of film and comics have advantages getting work over prose writers? Is it easier to be a freelancer or employee? Do you have the skills to be a writer in this industry? How do you know when you've "made it"? Especially for individuals with little experience and those looking to break in, this GDC 2024 session has participants asking veteran writers and narrative designers questions without definitive answers.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Lore, Dont Tell: A Guide for Telling Culturally Rooted Stories Like Venba GDC 2024-04-24 | When players are unfamiliar with a culture, how do we tell a story that's rooted in it? In this GDC 2024 talk, creative director Abhi outlines various techniques used to follow a "Lore, don't tell" approach that let him not only be laser focused on the story he wanted to tell in Venba but also helped him shine a light on the culture he loves with all its detailsGDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Getting Hired with a Personal Touch GDC 2024-04-22 | Getting hired is tough! Hiring is tough! In this GDC 2024 talk, a 15-year recruiting veteran takes you through the journey of getting employed, and the myriad of ways to turn off the hiring manager. Not only do they share what to avoid and how to impress, but they explore using empathy as a tool to form deeper connections and improve your professional standing.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Stray Gods: The Challenges of Creating an Interactive Musical GDC 2024-04-19 | Composer Austin Wintory and Director/Actor Troy Baker unpack the incredibly elaborate five-year process of writing, producing, and directing the interactive musical roleplaying game Stray Gods. This talk details the process of discovering the mechanics for interactive songs, the long road to writing and testing the songs, and the equally long road in casting, directing, and producing the songs.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Developing Terra Nil: A Strategy Game About Nature, Not Expansion GDC 2024-04-16 | Terra Nil is a strategy game that eschews many of the mainstays of its genre. Lead designer Sam Alfred offers a look at how the team drew inspiration from the natural world to make a strategy game that's not about the exploitation of natural resources, but about balance. This talk on the design of Terra Nil illustrates how, by looking outside established boundaries, old genres can be reinvigorated.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Its Better To Be Friends: Marketing Asks and the Reality of Game Production GDC 2024-04-11 | In this GDC 2023 talk, Rebekah Saltsman shares how the marketing and development teams at Finji use an integrated communication and asset creation process to manage projects that intentionally balances the high-profile marketing asks required to ship a game alongside the development reality of a project.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Farming Simulator Postmortem GDC 2024-04-05 | Farming Simulator is one of the most-played simulation titles today. In this GDC 2023 postmortem, see how the initial idea of two students wanting to develop their own game engine resulted in the creation of an open-world 3D simulation game about the real world of farming and its influences—all the way through the introduction of a career mode in the game.GIANTS Software's Christian Ammann and Stefan Geiger will outline why this was an important step for the time, and they cover the technological challenges of cross-platform and multiplayer development, and explain why they believe user-generated content is an important factor in the game's success.GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
2024 Independent Games Festival Awards Ceremony GDC 2024-03-29 | Visai Games’ Venba won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 26th annual Independent Games Festival Awards (at GDC 2024) on Wednesday. Watch the full ceremony here. GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
2024 Game Developers Choice Awards Ceremony GDC 2024-03-29 | Baldur’s Gate 3, the critically acclaimed role-playing game by Larian Studios, was presented with the Game of the Year award during the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (at GDC 2024) on Wednesday—taking home four awards over the course of the evening. Watch the full ceremony here.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
2024 GDC Main Stage: A Developers Concert (feat. Austin Wintory and Troy Baker) GDC 2024-03-27 | This year's GDC Main Stage featured an instrumental concert showcasing incredible video game scores, conducted by composer Austin Wintory (The Banner Saga, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical) and co-hosted by actor and singer-songwriter Troy Baker (The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End). Watch the full performance here, featuring special guest appearances from Peter McConnell, Darren Korb, Ashley Barrett, Laura Intravia, and more. GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
2024 Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) Winners Montage GDC 2024-03-21 | Baldur’s Gate 3, the critically acclaimed role-playing game by Larian Studios, was presented with the Game of the Year award during the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards on Wednesday—taking home four awards over the course of the evening. GDC is happening in San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
2024 Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards Winners Montage GDC 2024-03-21 | Visai Games’ Venba won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 26th annual Independent Games Festival Awards on Wednesday. GDC is happening in San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Extra Lives: The Live Experience at GDC 2023 GDC 2024-03-13 | Extra Lives is the world's first Audience RPG: a fully narrated choose-your-own-adventure game where YOU are the main character. Plunge into an exciting story with visuals, music, sound effects and footage drawn from the legendary console games of the '80s, '90s and 2000s... and a live score provided by the lovable nerds of Extra Lives. At key junctures, attendees get to vote on how the character proceeds, leading to special story branches. With multiple endings and over 30 possible variations depending on the audience's in-game choices, this immersive feast for the imagination transports you back to your childhood. To the next level!GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
A Narrative Multiverse: The Branching Structure of As Dusk Falls GDC 2024-03-01 | On 'As Dusk Falls,' INTERIOR/NIGHT set out to create an original narrative IP inspired by prestige television, with a deeply branching story that would resonate across all possible paths. But how do you deliver a grounded, emotionally authentic experience when the story can go a hundred different ways? The answer is: You learn to exist in a multiverse. In this GDC 2023 talk, Brad Kane, Narrative Director at INTERIOR/NIGHT, explores the principles that went into bringing a prestige interactive drama to life, and how interactive writer-designers can use both halves of the brain to navigate a "narrative multiverse."GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Art of Thirsty Suitors GDC 2024-02-26 | Thirsty Suitors is a visually striking narrative RPG about fighting your exes and disappointing your parents from an immigrant perspective while turn-based battling, cooking, and skating. This GDC 2023 talk showcases how Outerloop Games combined 2D and 3D techniques to create a compelling, illustrative look with a fully remote, small indie art team.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Identifying Indie: A Study of Who Plays What and Why GDC 2024-02-23 | Humble Games worked with an independent analyst group on a study that has identified modern indie gamers, their values, interests, and motivations—and this GDC 2023 session walks through the findings.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Artist vs. Manager GDC 2024-02-21 | For many artists, the vision of becoming a Leader or Art Director is viewed as the end of creative work. In this talk, Kacper Niepoklczycki, Lead Environment Artist at CD PROJEKT RED, shares his experiences as a Lead Environment Artist working on two huge AAA projects: The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077. He dives into the pros and cons of leading a team, from the artist point-of-view.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
GDCA 2024 Host Announcement GDC 2024-02-09 | It's the game industry awards event of the year, and it's time to bring out its incredible host. Please welcome Alanah Pearce as your emcee for this year's Game Developers Choice Awards at GDC 2024! Check out this video for a few words from Alanah on what to expect, as well as highlights from last year's outstanding awards show.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
IGF 2024 Host Announcement GDC 2024-02-02 | Welcome to the stage: our host for the 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards! Black in Gaming Foundation Executive Director Trinidad (Hermida) Black is joining GDC on the Main Stage for the industry's premier independent games awards show. Watch her welcome video here, along with highlights from IGF 2023!GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
GDC Animation Microtalks GDC 2024-01-29 | Back for a seventh year, this 2023 Animation Summit talk brings together a group of experienced and specialized animation experts across AAA and indie. The talks go through all facets of animation expertise: "traditional" focused talks on animation process, but also technical achievements, bite-sized tips and tricks, insight into animation culture, and how to best apply all that knowledge to game development.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Define Your Audience Now, Not Later GDC 2024-01-24 | Defining your audience as a game developer is a crucial aspect of early planning and design. Without it, a team cannot know how large their target market is, what they like, or even if the game they are making will appeal to a vaguely defined player group. Knowing that developers cannot market their game successfully to everyone, it is important to pinpoint who is being served and how best to do that within a creative vision. In this GDC 2023 session, learn the basics of audience-defining methodology for some of the most common indie dev genre umbrellas and why, if your team doesn't already have a finely tuned audience definition, you should.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Chaos Theory in Game Music GDC 2024-01-22 | In this GDC 2023 talk, game composer Winifred Phillips discusses her score for the Jurassic World Primal Ops video game. By focusing on tonal ambiguity and unconventional harmonic progression, the music of Jurassic World Primal Ops was able to subvert expectations, keeping players on edge and infusing chaotic excitement into gameplay. Phillips' music for Jurassic World Primal Ops is currently nominated for a Game Audio Network Guild Award in the category of Music of the Year. The score was also nominated in the Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards in the Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media category, and has won a Global Music Award for Best Game Music.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Assessment Games GDC 2023-12-20 | Games are fun entertainment. Tests are boring but useful. What if we combined the best parts of each? When you apply to certain jobs at Roblox, you get a link to a game. After about 30 minutes playing an interactive 3D puzzle-strategy game, the team learns something definitive about your strength in a certain cognitive skill—such as systems thinking, creative problem solving, or critical thinking. This GDC 2023 session dives into this creative process for finding the right talent. GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Boss Mode: Making the Most of Your Manager GDC 2023-12-13 | Welcome to your new job! Here's your computer, your password and... your manager. Gulp! If you've ever found your manager intimidating, prepare to be demystified as you learn more about what their job is, what they want from you, and, most importantly, how you can put yourself in the driver's seat and help them help you. This 2023 Game Career Seminar talk includes concrete guides and templates to help you build out your toolbox at work, and thrive in any kind of manager relationship: good or bad.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Empowerment Playbook: Making and Measuring Change in the Games Industry GDC 2023-12-11 | In this GDC 2023 talk, Stephanie Fisher and Alison Harvey outline the concrete and specific benefits of inclusion organizing in creating change in the short, medium, and long term. They also outline their findings on how inclusivity-focused groups and initiatives like Pixelles can communicate their impact to different audiences in a manner that is driven and informed by consent, safety, and privacy.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Devising Stories as an Ensemble GDC 2023-11-29 | Creating stories for games is a team effort, but what happens when we stop thinking as a team, and start thinking as an ensemble? How can we tell stories across not just dialogue, but art, audio, even design? Even more radically, how can we foster shared ownership as creators? This 2023 Game Narrative Summit talk discusses what game narrative can learn from the sister medium of theatre in a pragmatic way: How to use language for elements of time and space to generate story, how to begin the story creation process as a collective, and how to direct methodology for collaborative creation.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
Learning From Loss: Designing the Experimental Narrative of Before Your Eyes GDC 2023-11-27 | Before Your Eyes began its life as a simple student project with an innovative idea, and ended up as a BAFTA award-winning multi-platform title. In between were seven long years of stop-and-start development, which challenged the team's faith that it could ever get done. This 2023 Game Narrative Summit talk looks at how writer Graham Parkes devised the games heartbreaking narrative over that time, and the lessons he needed to learn about life and the creative process in order to properly tell it.GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media.Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS.Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribeFollow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDCGDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.
