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Video: How to build games that can be understood at a glance  
by Staff [05.03.18]
At GDC 2018 indie dev Zach Gage (TypeShift, Really Bad Chess) gave a great talk about how important it is to think about how people will encounter your game -- right from day one of development.
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Fizzy Brushstrokes - Crafting the art of Knights & Bikes  
by Staff [05.03.18]
At GDC 2018, Foam Sword's Rex Crowle shares exactly how he created the striking visual style at play in the studio's upcoming co-op action-adventure game Knights & Bikes.
Indie, Art, Video, Vault
Video: Pulling off portal locomotion in the VR game Budget Cuts 1
by Staff [04.27.18]
As part of VRDC @ GDC 2018 earlier this year, Neat Corp.'s Joachim Holmer gave an insightful talk about how the studio conceived of and implemented Budget Cuts' unique portal translocator.
VR, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Doing good user research at the end of game production  
by Staff [04.26.18]
At GDC 2015, Electronic Arts' Veronica Zammitto talks about what to do when you start testing early, and keep testing -- all the way through until the final leg of game production. 
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Production, Video, Vault
Video: How good game design is like a magic trick  
by Staff [04.10.18]
At GDC 2018 game designer Jennifer Scheurle showcases some of her favorite examples of the ways games "trick" players, cherry-picking from the tricks and secrets she got from fellow devs.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Yoko Taro and Platinum Games' postmortem of Nier: Automata  
by Staff [04.03.18]
At GDC 2018, Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro and Platinum Games' Takahisa Taura took to the stage to talk a bit about how (and why) they worked together to design the game.
Console/PC, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Tales of a video game drag queen - Making Kitty Powers' Matchmaker  
by Staff [02.07.18]
At GDC 2015 Magic Notion's Richard Franke digs into how to make a funny, inclusive dating game as he charts the development of hilarious drag queen-hosted mobile dating sim Kitty Powers' Matchmaker.
Indie, Art, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: Shenmue director Yu Suzuki's classic GDC 2000 interview  
by Staff [01.08.18]
In this classic video, Shenmue director and designer Yu Suzuki appears onstage at GDC 2000 to talk frankly (with the help of an interpreter) about his unique approach to game design.
Console/PC, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: How multiplayer in Halo: The Master Chief Collection ran at 60 fps  
by Emma Kidwell [12.20.17]
In this GDC 2015 session, Lead technical artist at Certain Affinity Bryan Moss discusses how technical artists and animators achieved running Halo: The Master Chief Collection at 60 fps.
Social/Online, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: A level designer's guide to the art of making great puzzles  
by Staff [12.19.17]
At GDC 2017 Ubisoft's Jolie Menzel shares some tips and techniques you can use create and refine puzzles that will elevate the player's experience in your levels.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: A practical game dev guide for doing ethical playtesting  
by Staff [12.18.17]
At GDC 2017 Concrdia University's Mia Consalvo delivers a fascinating talk about the need for (and demands of) ethical playtesting standards in game development.
VR, Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Game dev lessons learned in making co-op board game Burgle Bros  
by Staff [12.15.17]
"Board games are software that run on people," says game designer Tim Fowers in his GDC 2017 Board Game Design Day talk about the design and development of his co-op heist board game Burgle Bros.
Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Capy Games' Super Time Force and the paradox of time travel  
by Emma Kidwell [12.14.17]
In this 2014 GDC session Capy Games' technical director Kenneth Yeung discusses the game design difficulties of time manipulation in Super Time Force.
Indie, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Visual designer Peter Chan shares how artists can revitalize their creativity  
by Emma Kidwell [12.12.17]
In this 2014 GDC session, visual designer Peter Chan discusses how artists of all skill levels can rediscover their creative drive even in the face of adversity.
Serious, Art, Video, Vault
Video: The making of Little Inferno  
by Emma Kidwell [12.11.17]
In this 2014 GDC session, Tomorrow Corporation's Kyle Gray discusses the development process of Little Inferno.
Indie, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Why real time-destruction is the core of Rainbow Six: Siege  
by Emma Kidwell [12.08.17]
In this 2016 GDC session Ubisoft's Julien L'Heureux discusses the process of developing and implementing the destruction engine Realblast into Rainbow Six: Siege.
Console/PC, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Ride along as HBO looks back at the development of a Westworld VR installation  
by Emma Kidwell [12.07.17]
HBO's Colin Foran discusses the development of WestWorld: A Delos Experience, a room scale VR installation.
Console/PC, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Skullgirls animator Mariel Cartwright presents a live animation demo  
by Emma Kidwell [12.06.17]
Lead Animator at Lab Zero Mariel Cartwright presents a live 2D animation demo at GDC 2015 demonstrating how the fighting game Skullgirls was animated.
Indie, Art, Video, Vault
Video: Reliving the horror: Taking Resident Evil 7 forward by looking back  
by Emma Kidwell [12.05.17]
Capcom's Koshi Nakanishi and Peter Fabiano speak at GDC 2017 to discuss the new direction and development cycle of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.
Console/PC, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: A year's worth of lessons learned from growing a F2P mobile game  
by Staff [12.01.17]
N3twork's Ethan Levy speaks at GDC 2017 about the studio's success with its F2P mobile game Legendary: Game of Heroes, sharing the top 5 lessons its learned during 12+ months of steady growth.
Social/Online, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault