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Video: How saying 'no' can help you make a better game  
by Staff [11.27.17]
At GDC 2016, Oculus' Ruth Tomandl reminds fellow devs that, as John Carmack says, focus is a matter of deciding what you're not going to do -- and gives a great talk about how and when to say no.
VR, Console/PC, Indie, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Rob Pardo breaks down Blizzard's design philosophies circa 2010 1
by Staff [11.22.17]
In this classic 2010 GDC talk, former Blizzard exec Rob Pardo revamps an internal presentation to show fellow devs some of the key philosophies that were driving the company.
Console/PC, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: Scoring Hell - Creating the music of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls  
by Staff [11.21.17]
At GDC 2015, a panel of folks who worked on Diablo III: Reaper of Souls offered fellow devs some insight into the strategies and challenges for scoring Hell.
Console/PC, Audio, Video, Vault
Video: How BioWare connected players' stories via the Dragon Age Keep  
by Staff [11.20.17]
At GDC 2015 BioWare's Leah Shinkewski shows how the company aggregated players' data from multiple Dragon Age games across multiple platforms and present it via the Dragon Age Keep.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Programming, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Devs sound off on the 2017 Indie Soapbox  
by Staff [11.17.17]
In the course of an hour ten indie devs from around the industry take the stage at GDC 2017 to share what's on their mind, tackling everything from taste (get some!) to self-care to indie rockers.
Indie, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: How to put out fires and stay creative as a game writer  
by Staff [11.16.17]
At GDC 2017 writers George Ziets, Leanne Taylor-Giles, Chris Avellone, Colin McComb, and Gavin Jurgens-Fyhrie discuss the ins and outs of being a writer in games, from AAA to indie to tabletop.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: How architectural design can help you build better levels  
by Staff [11.15.17]
At GDC 2016's Level Design Workshop, trained architect and game maker Claire Hosking gave a great talk about how architectural design principles can help level designers achieve their goals.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Creating Stellaris' complex AI behavior via data-driven design  
by Staff [11.14.17]
At GDC 2017 Paradox's Mehrnaz Amanat Bari gave an illuminating talk about how the game's believably flawed and quirky (but hardy) leader AI was created and implemented via data-driven design.
Console/PC, Programming, Design, Video, Vault
Video: A postmortem look at the making of VR sensation Tilt Brush  
by Staff [11.13.17]
At GDC 2017, Tilt Brush devs Patrick Hackett and Drew Skillman reflect on its 3 years of dev and spoke frankly about its origins, early development, company acquisition, launch, and continued support.
VR, Art, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: How Criterion keeps dev teams happy and productive  
by Staff [11.10.17]
At GDC 2016, Criterion's Alex Mole speaks to how the studio built a process aimed at maximizing efficiency through a highly-motivated team with enough context to make good decisions all the time.
Console/PC, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Balancing trust, creativity, and business in game UX  
by Staff [11.09.17]
At GDC 2017's UX Summit, a panel of prominent user experience researchers, creatives, and producers acknowledged the challenge and spoke frankly about the tricky business of making good UX in games.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: Devs share tips on creating immersive virtual reality worlds  
by Staff [11.08.17]
At VRDC 2017 a panel of VR devs (Will Smith, Chris Pruett, Adam Orth, & Dirk Van Welden) dissect the challenge of creating immersive VR worlds & discuss what they'd learned about doing it right.
VR, Art, Audio, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Telling game stories with unsaid words and unreliable narrators  
by Staff [11.07.17]
At GDC 2016's Narrative Summit, game and narrative designer Mata Haggis took the stage to walk devs through the value of leaving things unsaid when crafting stories for their games.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: 30 things to avoid when pitching your game to a publisher  
by Staff [11.06.17]
At GDC 2017, experienced dev (and PlayStation expat) Brian Upton runs down a list of common mistakes devs make when they meet with publishers and shares perspective on what publishers are thinking.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: A game dev's guide to staying satisfied and mentally healthy  
by Staff [11.03.17]
At GDC 2017, psychiatric care professional Dr. Jennifer Hazel and Framed game dev Joshua Boggs  explored the issue and offered some tips on how to remain well while working in games.
Console/PC, Indie, Serious, Video, Vault
Video: How game developers define 'success' for themselves  
by Staff [11.01.17]
At GDC 2017 researcher Dana Ruggiero gives a talk (based on interviews with over 50 notable game makers, from Brenda Romero to Davey Wreden) on how game developers define success for themselves.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Video, Vault
Video: Juggling the chainsaws of work-for-hire vs. original projects  
by Staff [10.31.17]
At GDC 2016, ClutchPlay Games' Amy Dallas tackles the practical realities of balancing work-for-hire projects vs. developing original IP, and what she & her team have learned from doing it for years.
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: How Naughty Dog designed The Last Of Us' brutal melee system  
by Staff [10.30.17]
Naughty Dog's Anthony Newman takes to the stage at GDC 2014 to deconstruct a complicated topic: the melee system at play in the studio's brutal post-apocalyptic 2013 game The Last Of Us.
Console/PC, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Applying entrepreneurial skills to be a better game dev  
by Staff [10.27.17]
At GDC 2017, game industry vet Jason Della Rocca offers advice on everything from leading a team to securing funding to marketing your game and keeping your head straight throughout the whole process.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: Director Hajime Tabata revisits the making of Final Fantasy XV  
by Staff [10.26.17]
At GDC 2017 Square Enix's Hajime Tabata reflects on the process of making Final Fantasy XV, sharing stories with fellow devs about the trials and triumphs the dev team faced while shipping the game.
Console/PC, Design, Production, Video, Vault