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Video: See how Epic made Bullet Train and went off the rails of VR
by Staff [05.24.16]
In this VRDC 2016 talk Epic Games' Nick Donaldson and Nick Whiting explain exactly how (and why) the studio's remarkable Bullet Train teleportation-driven shoot-em-up was built for VR.
VR, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Killer Queen and the value of embracing the arcade community
by Staff [05.18.16]
In this interesting GDC 2016 talk, Josh DeBonis and Nikita Mikros of BumbleBear Games discuss the unique and influential communities growing around their new hit arcade game Killer Queen.
Social/Online, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Raph Koster recounts a history of virtual worlds, from MUDS to MMOs
by Staff [05.17.16]
Speaking at GDC 2016, online game industry veteran Raph Koster briefly recounts how virtual worlds have evolved from multi-user dungeon games through to World of Warcraft -- and why you should care.
Social/Online, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Creating the unique interactive soundtrack of Remember Me
by Staff [05.13.16]
The challenges of distilling the sensation of the game's central theme of memory manipulation from a live orchestra, then seamlessly complementing the live instrumentations with electronic enhancements.
Console/PC, Audio, Video, Vault
Video: How to be a producer the hard way
10 by Staff [05.12.16]
This GDC Europe 2015 talk from Microsoft's Nick Lainng explains why the best producers are standard bearers for a team, the internal and external face of a product, and how to set standards for leadership in game production.
Console/PC, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Designing UX in World of Tanks Blitz: What got us an App Store 'best game' award
by Staff [05.10.16]
In this GDC Europe 2015 talk, Wargaming's Olga Kachalina shares the challenges of bringing real time action games from PC and consoles to touch screens without compromising or dumbing down the user experience.
Smartphone/Tablet, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Creating an active cinematic experience in Uncharted 2
by Staff [05.09.16]
This 2010 talk from Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley, the pair explores how Naughty Dog used The Active Cinematic Experience to parallel gameplay and storytelling in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
Console/PC, Art, Design, Video, Vault
Video: One hour, five concentrated shots of VR game design advice
by Staff [05.05.16]
At VRDC 2016, five VR experts from a variety of creative backgrounds share practical advice collected from exploring VR and examining where the artistic possibilities overlap with the technical.
VR, Audio, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Designing Crusader Kings II to generate strange, emergent stories
by Staff [05.04.16]
Few games foster emergent storytelling better than Crusader Kings II, and Paradox's Henrik Fåhraeus explains how the game was designed to do just at (and how you can do it too) in this GDC 2014 talk.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: 20 lessons learned from 20 years of making Magic: The Gathering
1 by Staff [05.02.16]
"Not a lot of people design the same game for twenty years," said venerable Magic: The Gathering head designer Mark Rosewater in his GDC 2016 game design talk. "Not a lot of games last twenty years."
Social/Online, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Designing without a pitch - The FTL postmortem
1 by Staff [04.29.16]
FTL devs Matthew Davis and Justin Ma speak frankly at GDC 2013 about how and why they frequently altered or abandoned aspects of the game's design as they developed it to evoke a specific feeling.
Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: Tetsuya Mizuguchi takes a postmortem look at the making of Rez
by Staff [04.27.16]
At GDC 2016, Rez producer and progenitor Tetsuya Mizuguchi takes to the stage to recount the inspirations and influences that drove the landmark game's design.
VR, Console/PC, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Wrangling the 80,000+ lines of dialogue in Saint's Row: The Third
by Staff [04.22.16]
Saint's Row: The Third audio lead Ariel Gross speaks at GDC 2012 about how he and the rest of the team at Volition recorded and implemented the game's dialogue -- all ~82,000 lines of it.
Console/PC, Audio, Production, Video, Vault
Video: AI devs offer advice on how to design great NPCs
by Staff [04.21.16]
At the GDC 2014 AI Summit AI experts Rez Graham and Daniel Brewer shared case studies of how NPCs were designed and built for Electronic Arts' The Sims: Medieval and Digital Extremes' Warframe.
Console/PC, Programming, Design, Video, Vault
Video: I Expect You To Die and the value of presence in VR game design
by Staff [04.20.16]
At GDC 2016, Schell Games' Jesse Schell & Shawn Patton shed some light on the path to a good VR game by sharing what they'd learned in designing the Bond-esque VR escape game I Expect You To Die.
VR, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Platinum's guidelines for great action game design
by Staff [04.19.16]
Platinum Games' Atsushi Inaba takes the stage at GDC 2016 to speak frankly about Platinum's philosophy of action game design, which has guided the development of games like Bayonetta and Vanquish.
Console/PC, Design, Video, Vault
Video: A postmortem look at the making of Alphabear
by Staff [04.18.16]
"We said fuck it, third time's the charm," said Spry Fox CEO David Edery at GDC 2016 in a frank postmortem about how the studio (eventually) found success with a word puzzle game featuring cute bears.
Smartphone/Tablet, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: Rocket League's road from cult classic to surprise success
by Staff [04.15.16]
At GDC 2016, Psyonix design director Corey Davis stepped up to the stage to share examples of how the Rocket League team avoided screwing up what evolved into a simple, but deep, experience.
Social/Online, Indie, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: A brief history of PlayStation, from one-time frontman Phil Harrison
by Staff [04.14.16]
Phil Harrison's microtalk on the history & impact of the original Sony PlayStation, a segment of the very special "Flash Backward" presentation at GDC 2016, is peppered with interesting insights.
Console/PC, Production, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: The psychology of doing VR game design right
by Staff [04.13.16]
Game dev and cognitive scientist Kimberly Voll takes the stage at GDC 2016 to share what game designers need to know about the brain in order to create VR games that feel truly immersive.
VR, Art, Audio, Design, Video, Vault
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