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Video: A decade of improving the approachability of fighting games  
by Staff [08.09.19]
In this 2019 GDC talk, Iron Galaxy Studios' Noah Sasso surveys the ways devs have attempted to broaden the audience for one of the oldest and most exciting genres in the industry: fighting games.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: Tips on interviewing for game design jobs  
by Staff [08.08.19]
In this 2017 GDC session, Ubisoft Toronto's Richard Carrillo reviews both sides of the game design interview process to help developers of all experience levels in their job search!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Watch Creature in the Well dev Adam Volker break down its pinball-based puzzles  
by Bryant Francis [08.07.19]
Watch a design breakdown of the pinball-based puzzles that make up Creature in the Well.
Console/PC, Design, Video
Video: A postmortem of indie kingdom-builder Kingdoms and Castles  
by Staff [08.07.19]
In this 2019 GDC session, Lion Shield LLC's Peter Angstadt walks through the development and release of the studio's popular city-building game Kingdoms & Castles.
Indie, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Chat with Creature in the Well dev Adam Volker at 3PM EST  
by Bryant Francis [08.07.19]
Chat with one of the creators of pinball-meets-Zelda hack-and-slash game Creature in the Well at 3PM EST.
Console/PC, Design, Video
The design and iteration of tactical deck-building game Nowhere Prophet  
by Bryant Francis [08.07.19]
Nowhere Prophet designer Martin Nerurkar explains the design and aesthetic decisions that brought the card-based roguelike battler to life.
Console/PC, Design, Video
Video: How Slay the Spire achieved success through marketability 1
by Staff [08.06.19]
In this 2019 GDC talk, Mega Crit Games' Casey Yano shares how specific decisions helped make the studio's hit game Slay the Spire one of the top-selling indie releases of 2018.
Indie, Design, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: Delivering data-driven dynamic gameplay effects in For Honor  
by Staff [08.05.19]
In this 2017 GDC talk, Ubisoft's Aurelie Le Chevalier dives into For Honor's modifiers system, a data-driven system that allows designers to dynamically create gameplay effects.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Design, Video, Vault
Making family matter in Children of Morta  
by Bryant Francis [08.05.19]
Children of Morta lead developer Amir Fassihi shares insight on making a pixel-heavy action RPG starring a family of adventurers.
Console/PC, Design, Video
Video: What an art-house indie learned from a year of working in F2P  
by Staff [08.02.19]
In this 2017 GDC session, PlayDots' Margaret Robertson reveals some surprising truths about what she learned in the shift from an indie career to one at a successful free-to-play game company.
Smartphone/Tablet, Design, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: Reinventing a platformer for VR the Astro Bot way  
by Staff [08.01.19]
In this 2019 GDC session, creative director Nicolas Doucet talks about the origins and development of the acclaimed PlayStation VR platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission.
VR, Design, Video, Vault
Watch two of Elsinore's devs discuss the tragic Shakespeare simulator  
by Bryant Francis [07.31.19]
Watch two of the developers behind Elsinore discuss the making of their Hamlet-themed Shakespeare simulator.
Console/PC, Design, Video
Chat with two of Elsinore's developers at 11AM EST  
by Bryant Francis [07.31.19]
Chat with two of the developers who helped create the Hamlet-themed time-traveling game Elsinore at 11AM EST on the GDC Twitch channel.
Console/PC, Design, Video
Video: Niantic founder examines the state & future of AR games  
by Staff [07.30.19]
In this 2019 GDC talk Niantic CEO John Hanke examines the state of augmented reality, helping you imagine possible AR games & experiences that offer persistent shared experiences in the real world.
VR, Smartphone/Tablet, Design, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Making the bizarre, hilarious world of Trover Saves the Universe  
by John Harris [07.30.19]
Trover Saves the Universe was created by Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland and shows off much of his show's bizarre humor. We talk to Squanch Games to learn about world-building and judgment-free ideation.
VR, Indie, Art, Design, Production, Video
Video: A game programmer's guide to the dark secrets of RNG  
by Staff [07.29.19]
In this 2017 GDC talk, Dire Wolf Digital's Shay Pierce shares some techniques and considerations worth knowing when using random generation in games.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Video, Vault
Video: A dev's guide to testing game AI  
by Staff [07.26.19]
In this 2017 GDC session experts Emil Johansen, Dave Mark, Sergio Ocio Barriales and Mike Robbins share techniques for creating less brittle AI and best practices for debugging and testing that AI.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Video, Vault
Q&A: Behind the new open-ended design of Wolfenstein: Youngblood 1
by Bryant Francis [07.26.19]
Wolfenstein: Youngblood executive producer Jerk Gustafsson explains how MachineGames teamed up with Arkane Studios to create a co-op Wolfenstein experience.
Console/PC, Design, Video
Discord de-clutters its sidebar by adding drag-and-drop server folders 1
by Alissa McAloon [07.25.19]
Discord's latest update introduces the ability to sort different servers into custom folders, something the company says has been a highly requested feature for some time.
Social/Online, Video
Video: How 20XX survived and thrived in Early Access  
by Staff [07.25.19]
In this 2019 GDC talk 20XX devChris King discusses concrete tactics for building, maintaining, and leveraging a game's Early Access community to maximize your game's opportunity for success.
Indie, Production, Business/Marketing, Video, Vault