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Video: Using iterative level design to ship Skyrim and Fallout  
by Staff [01.22.16]
At GDC 2014, Bethesda's Joel Burgess took to the stage to share insights into the iterative approach used by Bethesda's level design team plan, implement, test and polish massive amounts of content.
Console/PC, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Cinematic storytelling in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor  
by Staff [01.19.16]
At GDC 2015's Narrative Summit Monolith's Ethan Walker takes the stage to showcase how the studio designed Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor to feel like a cinematic story you can play through.
Console/PC, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: How Race the Sun became a success through stubbornness  
by Staff [01.04.16]
At GDC 2015's Indie Games Summit Flippfly founders Aaron and Forest San Filippo discuss the ups and downs of their stubborn efforts to create, fund and promote their debut game Race the Sun.
Indie, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Harnessing the power of community to develop The Long Dark  
by Staff [12.22.15]
Hinterland Studio founder Raphael Van Lierop speaks at GDC 2015 about how involving your community in your development process helps you create a better game -- as long as you avoid known pitfalls.
Indie, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Working with modders to make Starcraft II a better eSport  
by Staff [12.21.15]
At GDC 2015 MIT researcher Philip Tan & Blizzard developer Ryan Schutter break down how they worked with Starcraft II modders to improve the game, as an eSport, by iterating on the viewer experience.
Console/PC, Design, Video, Vault
Video: How to protect your game's code with fuzzing 1
by Staff [12.10.15]
HP security researcher and onetime game developer Dave Weinstein speaks at GDC 2015 about why fuzz testing is one of the easiest tools you can use to better protect your game's user-facing code.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Video, Vault
Video: Reducing anti-social behavior in games through smart design  
by Staff [12.01.15]
At GDC 2015, psychologist and Player Research games user researcher Ben Lewis-Evans explored how games can be explicitly designed to reduce anti-social behavior by their players.
Social/Online, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Turning concepts into production art for Halo 2: Anniversary  
by Staff [11.30.15]
At GDC 2015 earlier this year, Certain Affinity's Michael Pavlovich explains how 3D concept models went from idea to in-game assets in a single day during development of Halo 2: Anniversary.
Console/PC, Art, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Designing funny games is no joke, but it can be done  
by Staff [11.19.15]
Game developer Zoe Quinn takes to the stage at GDC 2015 to explore why making funny games is tricky business, and how devs can overcome the unique challenges of telling jokes through game mechanics.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Creating the over-the-top enemies & AI of Sunset Overdrive  
by Staff [11.18.15]
At GDC 2015, Insomniac Games' Adam Noonchester deconstructs the enemy AI design of Sunset Overdrive and the two scrapped cities that Insomniac built before arriving at the game's iconic Sunset City setting.
Console/PC, Programming, Design, Video, Vault
Video: 50 common game camera mistakes -- and how to fix them 5
by Staff [11.17.15]
Thatgamecompany's John Nesky speaks passionately at GDC 2014 about the importance of good camera design in games, and what he learned about how to make a great camera in his time working on Journey.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Indie, Programming, Design, Video, Vault
Video: 4 questions to help you find the best theme for your game  
by Staff [11.16.15]
As part of the GDC 2013 Microtalks sessions, Plants vs. Zombies creator George Fan hopped up on stage to quickly run down four questions he'd created to help clarify the themes of his games.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Animators deconstruct why women aren't too hard to animate 4
by Staff [11.12.15]
At GDC 2015 experts gather to cheerfully debunk the specific misconception that women characters are "too hard to animate" or too expensive to include in games alongside male counterparts.
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Video, Vault
Video: Writers are critical to AAA game dev -- just not in the way you think 2
by Staff [11.10.15]
"Big-budget action video game are not, and never will be, a writer's medium," said Tom Bissell at GDC 2013, before going on to explore exactly how writers can best serve a big-budget game dev team.
Console/PC, Design, Video, Vault
Video: How to design the best camera for your side-scrolling game  
by Staff [11.09.15]
At GDC 2015 Mushroom 11 creator Itay Keren explores the theory and science of designing great camera systems for side-scrolling games, and how you can apply it to your own projects.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Analyzing the turning tide of indie game sales in 2015  
by Staff [10.28.15]
At GDC 2015 TinyBuild staffer and one-time Gamasutra editor Mike Rose breaks down sales data for indie games across various platforms to try and shed light on the state of the market now vs. in 2009.
Indie, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: You're Doing It Wrong - 10 pieces of advice on game design 5
by Staff [10.23.15]
Game designer Frank Lantz cheerfully excoriates popular game design practices in his "You're Doing It Wrong" rant during the GDC 2014 Rant Apocalypse.
Console/PC, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Designing games about tricky emotions like longing, or love  
by Staff [10.15.15]
Funomena's Robin Hunicke takes the stage at GDC 2014 Indie Soapbox and encourages developers to make games about tricky emotions and feelings like longing, affection, intimacy and love.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Shout at the Devil - The making of Diablo III  
by Staff [10.14.15]
At GDC 2013, Blizzard's Jay Wilson delivers a frank postmortem of Diablo III that delves into the design pillars of the Diablo games and how well the team abided by those in making the latest game.
Console/PC, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: How video games can better handle feints and misdirection  
by Staff [10.09.15]
At GDC Europe 2015, TinyBuild's Mike Rose speaks to what video game designers can learn (and potentially steal) about bluffing and misdirection mechanics from the most devious board and card games.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Video, Vault