Conference Talks

GDC

Evolving Emotional Storytelling in Thatgamecompany's Sky

A game studio’s iterative method for discovering the emotional engine behind story and player narrative in Sky: Children of the Light.

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

GDC

How Killer Queen Built an Esports Scene on an Indie Budget

A GDC talk on how Killer Queen built a national esports scene with the resources of an indie game studio.

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

GDC

Behind the Audio of the Heroes of Star Wars Battlefront II

A behind-the-scenes look at how DICE unified audio from every Star Wars era into one soundscape for Star Wars Battlefront II.

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

GDC

Dialogue 101

A concise introduction to dialogue editing for video game sound designers.

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

GDC

What's Next in Game Design - Will Wright's 2006 Keynote

A vision for the future of game design focused on inspiring players’ imagination, presented in Will Wright’s 2006 GDC keynote.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Dynamics - The State of the Art

Explore how game mechanics create circumstances that let players derive meaning from play.

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

GDC

More "I", Less "A" in AI Interviews

Industry veterans share interviewing insights from three decades of job seeking and hiring across dozens of companies.

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

GDC

Hidden Histories

A talk uncovering the history of women in computer programming and how their legacy continues to shape computing.

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

GDC

Emotion in Game Design - A UX Perspective

A scientific approach to using emotion in game UX to delight and engage players.

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

GDC

The Distributed Art Direction of Edith Finch

A GDC session on organizing competing creative visions into the art direction of What Remains of Edith Finch.

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

GDC

A Plague Tale Audio Design - Not Only Squeaks

A game audio designer explains how sound design creates a memorable, immersive experience in A Plague Tale: Innocence.

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

GDC

Going Off-Script - Refactoring the NPC Mission System in Assassin's Creed - Origins

A GDC talk on transforming Assassin’s Creed: Origins’ NPC mission system from scripted logic to a goal-oriented architecture.

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

GDC

Diversity and Inclusion Starter Kit

A GDC talk on building and sustaining an active diversity and inclusion initiative in a game studio.

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

GDC

Beyond Framerate - Taming Your Timeslice Through Asynchrony

Learn how asynchronous task processing smooths CPU spikes and enforces an exact AI time limit so complex computation can run in real-time games.

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

44CON Information Security Conference

Introduction to Reverse Engineering C++

Workshop introducing reverse engineering techniques for C++ programs.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk