Conference Talks

GDC

Pain Medication Reimagined - VR for Chronic Pain

A look at how virtual reality environments are developed and validated as therapies for chronic pain rehabilitation.

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

GDC

Visual Effects Bootcamp - Bringing Feature Film Effects to Real Time VR - Part 2

Techniques for combining visual effects to recreate a stylized feature-film look in real-time virtual reality.

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

GDC

Real-Time Cloth Solutions on 'Marvel's Spider-Man'

How Insomniac Games tackled the technical challenges of real-time cloth in Marvel’s Spider-Man.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Level Up Your Jenkins Reporting

Explore Jenkins plugins and reporting techniques for monitoring build infrastructure and artifacts at large scale.

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

GDC

Creating the Soundscape of 'It Takes Two'

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative and technical solutions used to build the soundscape of “It Takes Two.”

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

GDC

Getting the Most Out of an Entry-Level Games Job

Advice for junior game developers and interns on turning an entry-level position into a practical learning opportunity and foundation for a game career.

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

GDC

Maximizing Animation and Cinematic Content Workflows for Just Cause 4

A technical animation team’s workflow for delivering animation and cinematic content in Just Cause 4.

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

GDC

Stories that Haunt and Heal - Mental Health and Game Narrative

Game developers discuss mindful ways to explore PTSD, sexual trauma, disordered eating, and mental health through video game narratives.

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

GDC

Moss - Design Before Sound

A case study of how sound design in Moss builds emotional bonds with characters and story.

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

GDC

Making Tetris Effect-ive

Game producers and a director explain how they refreshed a decades-old puzzle game through new iterations while preserving its identity.

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

GDC

The Dao of VFX Animation

A GDC talk linking classical Chinese ink painting and Daoist principles to modern visual-effects animation.

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

GDC

The Jackbox Party Pack Unboxed - How and Why We Make a Pack of 5 Games Every Year

An inside look at how and why Jackbox Games creates a new Party Pack of five games every year.

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

GDC

A Dark Mind - The AI of "The Dark" in BELOW

A GDC talk on building the AI and kinematic tentacle behavior that brings BELOW’s multi-limb monster, The Dark, to life.

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

GDC

Not-So-Little Light - Bringing Destiny 2 to HDR Displays

A technical GDC session explaining how Destiny 2 was adapted to support HDR displays.

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

GDC

Wakes, Explosions and Lighting - Interactive Water Simulation in Atlas

Explore the challenges of implementing interactive water-surface simulation for the game Atlas, including wakes, explosions, and lighting.

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