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Video: How co-op VR is used to help train astronauts for space
by Staff [04.19.19]
At GDC 2018 a panel of game makers and experts from Boeing and NASA discuss how the tools of game development can be used to help train astronauts for their voyages to the edge of known space.
VR, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Procedurally creating Manhattan for Marvel's Spider-Man
by Staff [04.18.19]
At GDC 2019 Insomniac's David Santiago shares a behind-the-scenes look at the open world pipeline of Marvel's Spider-Man and how it was architected to procedurally author an open-world Manhattan.
Console/PC, Programming, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Steps for building a game's community from scratch
by Staff [04.17.19]
In this Game Discoverability Day talk from GDC 2019, No More Robots director (and former Gamasutra editor) Mike Rose offers developers advice on how to build up a game's community from nothing.
Business/Marketing, Video, Vault
Video: A classic game postmortem of Panzer Dragoon
by Staff [04.16.19]
The developers behind that classic Sega Saturn title believe that the lessons they learned working and struggling with the then-cutting-edge system can still be put to use by developers today.
Console/PC, Programming, Art, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Creating a living open world for Assassin's Creed Odyssey
by Staff [04.15.19]
In this talk from GDC 2019, Ubisoft's Benjamin Hall and Thierry Dansereau discuss the creation of Assassin's Creed Odyssey's ancient Greece, the largest world ever created for an Assassin's Creed team.
Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Practical advice for saving video game history before it's too late
by Staff [04.12.19]
The current state of commercial video game preservation is in rough shape, but there's something developers can do to help.
Social/Online, Production, Video, Vault
Video: A classic game postmortem of Westwood Studios' Command & Conquer
2 by Staff [04.11.19]
Four of the minds behind the 1995 release Command & Conquer sat down at GDC to share an hour-long deep dive into the creation of the classic RTS game.
Console/PC, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Embracing change on the road to reinventing God of War
by Staff [04.10.19]
Creative director Cory Barlog walks through the countless gut-wrenching failures and joyfully sweet successes experienced on the road to releasing God of War.
Console/PC, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Creating the visceral and compelling action of Devil May Cry 5
by Staff [04.09.19]
Three minds behind Devil May Cry 5 offer a look at the team's development process, walking through how they work backward from player experience to create a compelling cast, world, and gameplay
Console/PC, Design, Video, Vault
Video: How Media Molecule took Dreams from jam idea to playable game engine
by Staff [04.03.19]
On the GDC 2019 Main Stage, Media Molecule cofounder Siobhan Reddy shares the story of how the studio's upcoming game Dreams evolved from game jam idea to full-blown playable game-making engine.
Console/PC, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Laralyn McWilliams on staying optimistic and creative in game dev
by Staff [04.02.19]
At GDC 2019 veteran game dev Laralyn McWilliams gives a stirring, concise talk about practical ways to stay upbeat and fulfilled during a career in the ever-changing game industry.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Video, Vault
Video: Sean Murray reflects on No Man's Sky and grit in game dev
2 by Staff [04.01.19]
At GDC 2019 Hello Games' Sean Murray discusses the value of grit in game development, and what the No Man's Sky team learned from weathering criticism while building and improving the game.
Indie, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Tips for managing the unmanageable projects in game dev
by Staff [03.08.19]
At GDC 2017, ClutchPlay Games' Amy Dallas takes to the stage for a no-nonsense talk aimed at helping producers work through the process of managing seemingly unmanageable game dev projects.
Console/PC, Indie, Production, Video, Vault
Video: Making magic with textures in the vertex shader
by Staff [02.26.19]
At GDC 2017 game coder Mario Palmero demonstrates how using textures in the vertex shader is a viable and potentially cheaper alternative that more studios should be considering.
Console/PC, Programming, Art, Video, Vault
Video: Applying artistic principles to VFX design for games
by Staff [02.22.19]
In this GDC 2017 talk, Blizzard's Hadidjah Chamberlin & Riot's Jason Keyser share artistic fundamentals for crafting visual effects that will help you -- no matter what kind of game you're working on!
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Video, Vault
Video: Folk games, festivity, and subversive game design
by Staff [02.21.19]
In this classic GDC 2012 talk, game designer Douglas Wilson (Johann Sebastian Joust) encourages developers to embrace the limitations of motion control tech, rather than struggling against them!
Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: How Hitman guides players through non-linear level design
by Staff [02.20.19]
At GDC Europe 2016 Io Interactive's Mette Poedenphant Andersen and Jacob Mikkelsen take the stage to discuss how they design the levels and systems of Hitman to be intuitive and easy to navigate.
Console/PC, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Concrete practices to be a better game dev leader
by Staff [02.14.19]
At GDC 2012 Bungie's Brian Sharp gives a great talk about how to lead well by doing two things: communicating effectively and maintaining perspective.
Console/PC, Indie, Production, Video, Vault
Video: How to invite player creativity through game mechanics
by Staff [02.13.19]
At GDC 2017 game designer Holly Gramazio shares a dozen different ways games can encourage player creativity, as well as some guidance on how to make your players feel comfortable being creative!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Video: Injecting originality into the music of Fallout
by Staff [02.12.19]
At GDC 2017 veteran composer Inon Zur takes the stage to explain how Bethesda's Fallout games gained their distinctive soundscapes, and how game makers can inject originality into their soundtracks.
Console/PC, Audio, Video, Vault
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