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Aug 31
Mentorship Cheat Code: Raising Diverse Talent in the Games Industry

In this GDC 2023 session, a diverse group of industry professionals will share their experiences with mentorship, whether as … source

Aug 30
Benefits of Missing Out: What 'Cyberpunk 2077' Taught Us About Non-Linear Level Design

In this 2023 Level Design Summit talk, gain an overview of the design intentions behind the levels in the game, and look at how … source

Aug 29
Play With Your Audience: Enhancing Your Social Strategy Through Theater

In this 2023 Community Management Summit talk, learn how to incorporate techniques used by performers to better connect with … source

Aug 28
GDC Q&A: How to Submit a Talk, Session or Panel to GDC 2024

In this 2023 GDC Showcase roundtable, esteemed game developer and GDC Advisory Board member, Kimberly Voll, shares best … source

Aug 27
Open Salaries: Ensuring Equitable Pay Through Pay Transparency

What would happen if someone leaked one’s company’s full compensation information to their entire company? A growing … source

Aug 26
Advocacy Microtalks: Cultivate Your Karass

In this GDC 2023 talk, meet six game creators who are challenging what’s possible—advocating through their own work on how to expand the idea of what games can be and how they’re made. Some of these presentations are serious, some silly. Some will encourage you to engage with your community, others will encourage you to […]

Aug 25
The Design of HoloVista: Crafting Mechanics for Immersive Storytelling

In this GDC 2022 talk, lead designer Scott Jon Siegel walks through the collaborative design process that led to the new team’s award-winning first title, from their earliest meetings in a San Francisco coffee shop, to the design’s final mid-production, mid-pandemic pivots as they approached its 2020 release. Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get […]

Aug 24
Occupational Burnout in Games: Causes, Impact, and Solutions

This series of GDC 2023 microtalks will offer attendees a foundational understanding of what burnout is and its causal factors … source

Aug 23
The Future of Game Communities, and How We Avoid It

From AAA games to Twitch micro-communities and NFT game Discords: Community management has come far over the past … source

Aug 22
'Dark Pictures: Season 1': 4 games in 4 years: Audio Systems for Narrative Horror

Annual releases of AAA content are rare in the industry, but that was Season One of the Dark Pictures Anthology. The studio audio … source