Conference Talks

GDC

Player Interactions Visualized

Explore how game environments and visual effects can reward players and make their interactions feel meaningful.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

What They Don't Teach You in Art School - Lessons for First Time Leads

Lessons from becoming a first-time art lead on God of War, including the challenges and practical insights learned during the project.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Marvel's Spider-Man - Procedural Lighting Tools

A GDC session on using procedural systems to place environment probes and light grids for lighting an open-world Manhattan in Marvel’s Spider-Man.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Wind Simulation in God of War

A technical look at the full 3D GPU fluid simulation used to create wind in God of War.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Lessons for Narrative Design from Modern Tabletop RPGs

A GDC session on lessons narrative designers can draw from niche and indie tabletop RPGs.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

When Trainers' Eyes Meet - Creating Real Time Combat for Pokemon GO

A GDC talk on designing competitive real-time player-versus-player combat for Pokémon GO.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Vehicle Physics and Tire Dynamics in Just Cause 4

Explores how tire dynamics support diverse vehicles and player styles in Just Cause 4’s vehicle gameplay.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Plunge into Storytelling - Transitioning into Narrative Design from Other Disciplines

Practical advice for moving into narrative design, with guidance on tailoring applications, portfolios, and interviews from other disciplines.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Content Fueled Gameplay Programming in Frostpunk

A GDC talk on how a data-driven gameplay architecture shaped Frostpunk’s gameplay code and in-house technology.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Marvel's Spider-Man AI Postmortem

A postmortem on the major problems and changes in the artificial intelligence techniques used to develop Marvel's Spider-Man.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Rewarding Exploration with Collectibles and Gatherables

Learn principles for placing interactable and collectible objects that make exploration rewarding in game environments.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

God of War - Breathing New Life into a Hardened Spartan

A GDC talk on transforming a studio’s animation approach to bring Kratos new physical and emotional life in God of War.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

It Just Works - Ray-Traced Reflections in Battlefield V

A technical deep dive into DICE’s implementation of ray-traced reflections in Battlefield V.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Technical Tools for Authoring Branching Dialogue

A GDC session on using conversation editors for branching dialogue and designing tools that support robust narrative game writing.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Loot Boxes - Legal Pitfalls and Loopholes

An accessible overview of U.S., EU, and Chinese regulations, pitfalls, and avoidance strategies for using loot boxes.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk