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GDC YouTube Top 5: Wooga's Jana Sloan van Geest

By Staff | December 17, 2019

For December, we bring you the top GDC YouTube picks from Jana Sloan van Geest, senior game writer at Berlin, Germany-based studio Wooga and writer on Guerrilla Games' Horizon Zero Dawn: Frozen Wilds.

Writing great video game characters with Brandon Sheffield - GDC Podcast ep. 4

By Staff | November 20, 2019

Brandon Sheffield is lead writer on Lab Zero's excellent action RPG platformer Indivisible. Find out how he injects humor, emotions, and personality into Indivisible's dozens of characters.

GDC YouTube Top 5: NYU Game Center director Frank Lantz

By Staff | November 19, 2019

For November, we bring you the top GDC YouTube picks from Frank Lantz, director of NYU Game Center and a veteran of the game industry.

GDC YouTube Top 5: No More Robots' Mike Rose

By Staff | October 22, 2019

In this monthly series we invite brilliant people from the game industry to curate their top 5 videos from the GDC YouTube archive. This month: Mike Rose of Hypnospace Outlaw publisher No More Robots.

Making beautifully personal games with Nina Freeman - GDC Podcast ep. 3

By Staff | October 17, 2019

Nina Freeman is a designer at Tacoma developer Fullbright, and is also known for making intensely personal games like Cibele. She joined us to talk about how she takes autobiographical topics and turning those into brilliantly evocative games.

Share your hard-won expertise at the GDC 2020 Art Direction Summit!

By Staff | September 19, 2019

You've still got more than a week to submit, but hurry: submissions close Monday, September 30th at 11:59 pm Pacific Time!

Don't delay: Pitch your best AR/VR talks for VRDC at GDC 2020!

By Staff | September 17, 2019

Hey game makers, quick reminder today that organizers of the 2020 Game Developers Conference are still accepting VRDC talk submissions -- but only until Monday, September 30th at 11:59 pm Pacific!

Choice design with Zachtronics' Matthew Burns - GDC Podcast ep. 2

By Staff | September 11, 2019

Matthew Burns of Zachtronics joins the new GDC Podcast to talk about his arresting visual novel Eliza, a story about the ethical conflicts surrounding an AI therapy program. How does a game with so little choice say so much about player agency?

GDC 2020 opens call for Summits submissions!

By Staff | August 29, 2019

Informa Tech, the organizers of the Game Developers Conference 2020, are now accepting submissions for the Summits part of the event, taking place on Monday and Tuesday of GDC week.

Great game production tips with Grant Shonkwiler - GDC Podcast ep. 1

By Staff | August 15, 2019

Grant Shonkwiler is a rising star of video game production, having worked on games including Doom, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Fortnite. He joined Gamasutra editor-in-chief Kris Graft and news editor Alissa McAloon on the newly-minted GDC Podcast.