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3 | # | Date | Free? | Rtng /5 | ❤ | Talk Title | By | Talk notes / Watch this if... | Link | Tags | Notes | |
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5 | 235 | 11/27/2018 | free | Boss Up: Boss Battle Design Fundamentals and Retrospective | Itay Keren | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024921/Boss-Up-Boss-Battle-Design | ||||||
6 | 234 | 11/13/2018 | no | 4.625 | ❤ | Real-Time VFX: A Visual Language Spectrum | Sarah Grisson | You want to build a vocabulary to facilitate conversation between artists and game designers, especially regarding Visual Effects | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025230/Real-Time-VFX-A-Visual | General Design, VFX, Player Experience | ||
7 | 233 | 11/6/2018 | no | 4.33 | Game Mechanics for Storytelling in 'Monument Valley 2' | Lea Schonfelder | You want to see a great talk about how the MV2 dev team attempted to tell a beautiful story through its game mechanics. In my opinion, their efforts fell a little short - but the talk is still very good | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025136/Game-Mechanics-for-Storytelling-in | Narrative Design | |||
8 | 232 | 10/30/2018 | no | - | Hosting the Adventurers Club brainstorm | Francisco | SG internal | Internal | ||||
9 | 231 | 10/23/2018 | no | 4 | Empires to Ages: Storytelling Lessons Learned in 14 Years at BioWare | Mike Laidlaw | This talk is a little more about processes for a writing team and less about specific writing techniques | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025114/Empires-to-Ages-Storytelling-Lessons | Narrative Design, Project Management | |||
10 | 230 | 10/16/2018 | no | 3.5 | Profiling Casual/Core/Hardcore: Lessons Learned from 350,000 Gamers | Nick Yee | Quantic Foundry's yearly talk, with lots of graphs looking specifically into gamer age and gender and how it affects the games they play | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025225/Profiling-Casual-Core-Hardcore-Lessons | Player Studies | |||
11 | 229 | 10/9/2018 | no | - | Elaine's Presentation | Elaine Fath | SG internal | Internal | ||||
12 | 228 | 10/2/2018 | no | - | Chad's LURP Retrospective | Chad Cable | SG internal | Internal | ||||
13 | 227 | 9/18/2018 | no | 3.75 | The Narrative Innovation Showcase 2018 | Matthew Weise, Clara Fernandez-Vara, Dietrich Squinkifer, Laura Hall, Anna Megill, Leighton Gray, Chris Bell | Examples of narrative from top games of the year | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025276/The-Narrative-Innovation-Showcase | Narrative Design | |||
14 | 226 | 9/4/2018 | free | 4 | Indie soapbox 2018 | Justin Ma, Rosa Carbo-Mascarell, Adriel Wallick, Davey Wreden, Johanna Pirker, Danny Baranowsky, Frank Lantz, Ethan Redd, Claris Cyarron, Dee Del Rosario | Indie minitalks | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024968/Indie | Microtalks | |||
15 | 225 | 8/28/2018 | free | 3.5 | Drives: Helping More Players Get from First-Taste to Satisfaction | Jason VandenBerghe | The continuation of Jason VandenBerghe's work on player motivations. Specifically about player drives. | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024939/Drives-Helping-More-Players-Get | Player Experience | |||
16 | 224 | 8/21/2018 | free | 4.1 | Horizon Zero Dawn': A Game Design Postmortem | Eric Boltjes | Great postmortem, with lots of early footage. | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024963/-Horizon-Zero-Dawn-A | Postmortem | |||
17 | 223 | 7/31/2018 | no | - | "Oh crap, it's already Jam Week?" | SG peeps | SG internal | - | Internal | |||
18 | 222 | 7/24/2018 | no | 4 | Bridging the Gap Between UX Principles and Game Design | Jim Brown | You would like to see some good examples of UX concepts applied to environment design, systems design and combat design | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025073/Bridging-the-Gap-Between-UX | User Experience | |||
19 | 221 | 7/17/2018 | free | 3.75 | Don't Break the Chain: Maintaining Productivity on Your 19th Game | Jason Rohrer | You would like an in-depth look at how Jason Rohrer analyzed his independent work hours and managed to design a productive work schedule for himself | Productivity | ||||
20 | 220 | 7/3/2018 | free | 3.88 | Weaving 13 Prototypes into 1 Game: Lessons from 'Edith Finch' | Ian Dallas | n/a | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025016/Weaving-13-Prototypes-into-1 | Postmortem | |||
21 | 219 | 6/26/2018 | free | 4.70 | Queens of the Phone Age: The Narrative Design of 'Reigns: Her Majesty' | Leigh Alexander | Leigh is a great speaker and it was refreshing to hear her take on the writing of this game | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024991/Queens-of-the-Phone-Age | Narrative Design | |||
22 | 218 | 6/19/2018 | free | 4.36 | Rules of the Game: Five Further Techniques from Rather Clever Designers | Richard Rouse III, Erin Hoffman-John, Soren Johnson, Raph Koster, Josh Sawyer, Stone Librande | You want to see a few quick design talks. Of varying quality, with Soren Johnson's being the best. | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024996/Rules-of-the-Game-Five | General Design | |||
23 | 217 | 6/5/2018 | free | 4 | Game Design Patterns for Building Friendships | Dan Cook | You are interested in learning about ways your design can encourage people to create and mantain friendships in online games | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024955/Game-Design-Patterns-for-Building | Social Design | |||
24 | 216 | 5/22/2018 | free | 4.50 | Gorogoa': The Design of a Cosmic Acrostic | Jason Roberts | You played Gorogoa and liked it. Recommend watching at 1.25x or higher | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024960/-Gorogoa-The-Design-of | Postmortem, General Design, Deep Design | |||
25 | 215 | 5/8/2018 | free | 4.13 | Embracing Push Forward Combat in DOOM | Kurt Loudy, Jake Campbell | n/a | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024940/Embracing-Push-Forward-Combat-in | Player Experience, Postmortem | |||
26 | 214 | 5/1/2018 | no | 4.75 | ❤ | How to Write Games for the Internet without Embarrassing Yourself | Leighton Gray | This team just appears to really have their finger on the internet's pulse. This talk may become less relevant as time goes on, as it is very much a look into the current internet culture. | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025159/How-to-Write-Games-for | Narrative Design, Postmortem | ||
27 | 213 | 4/24/2018 | free | 4.00 | GDC Microtalks 2018 | Richard Lemarchand, Jenn Sandercock, Tanya DePass, Chandana "Eka" Ekanayake, Michelle Clough, Bob Bates, Jane Ng, Liz England, Jarryd Huntley, Liz Ryerson | Microtalks | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024957/GDC-Microtalks-2018-Playing-with | Microtalks | |||
28 | 212 | 4/17/2018 | free | 4.20 | This is Your Brain on Games | Frank Lantz | You like scholarly views of games and reflecting on questions of games' place in our culture | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025011/This-is-Your-Brain-on | Deep Design | |||
29 | 211 | 4/10/2018 | no | - | The Independent Board Game Design of Castell | Aaron Vanderbeek | SG internal | Live | Internal | |||
30 | 210 | 4/3/2018 | no | - | Chad's Video Essays | Chad Cable | SG internal | Live | Internal | |||
31 | 209 | 3/13/2018 | no | - | The Co-designer's Toybox: Using Tools from Different Disciplines To Help Teams Play Better Together | Elaine Fath | SG internal | recording in internal network | Internal | |||
32 | 208 | 3/6/2018 | free | 2.92 | The Art of Overwatch | William Petras, Arnold Tsang | n/a | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024268/The-Art-of-Overwatch-Evolving | Art | |||
33 | 207 | 2/27/2018 | no | 4.00 | Rewards in Video Games | Travis Day | You would like a look at some of the design decisions and lessons learned throughout the years regarding reward structures in Diablo 3 and WoW | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023948/Rewards-in-Video | Player Experience, Systems Design, Case Studies | |||
34 | 206 | 2/20/2018 | no | - | Paolo Pedercini's presentaiton | Paolo Pedercini | SG internal | molleindustria.org | Internal | |||
35 | 205 | 2/13/2018 | no | 4.20 | Authored vs. Systemic: Finding a Balance for Combat AI in 'Uncharted 4' | Matthew Gallant | Great deep look into Uncharted's combat systems | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023949/Authored-vs-Systemic-Finding-a | Combat Design | |||
36 | 204 | 2/6/2018 | free | 4.25 | ❤ | Finding 'Duskers': Innovation Through Better Design Pillars | Tim Keenan | You want to see a cool point of view with examples of how to let your design pillars emerge from the game dev process | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024176/Finding-Duskers-Innovation-Through-Better | Postmortem | ||
37 | 203 | 1/29/2018 | no | - | Elaine's FETC Conference Report | Elaine Fath | SG internal | recording in internal network | Internal | |||
38 | 202 | 1/22/2018 | no | 3.50 | Do You Copy? Dialog System and Tools in 'Firewatch' | William Armstrong, Patrick Ewing | A look at the systems used in Firewatch's dialogue. Potentially useful if you want info on how games with tons of branching and gameplay-dependent dialog organize their data and desgin their structures | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024000/Do-You-Copy-Dialog-System | Narrative Design, Systems Design, Project Management | |||
39 | 201 | 1/16/2018 | free | 4.00 | From Rational to Emotional: Designs that Increase Player Retention | Jim Brown | n/a | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024153/From-Rational-to-Emotional-Designs | User Experience | |||
40 | 200 | 1/9/2018 | no | 4.00 | The Anatomy of Gaming Motivations: What We Learned from 250,000 Gamers | Nick Yee | n/a | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024048/The-Anatomy-of-Gaming-Motivations | Player Studies | |||
41 | 199 | 12/4/2017 | free | 4.50 | Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality' Postmortem: VR Lessons *burrrp* Learned | Devin Reimer, Alex Schwartz | Good VR postmortem. As VR design advances it may become less relevant | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024740/-Rick-and-Morty-Virtual | Postmortem, VR Design | |||
42 | 173 | 11/29/2017 | free | 3.50 | 7 Ways VR Confounds Design Expectations | Noah Falstein | You want a very intro level look at a few design considerations for the VR space | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023928/7-Ways-VR-Confounds-Design | VR Design | |||
43 | 198 | 11/28/2017 | no | - | IAAPA recap | Anisha Deshmane | SG internal | recording in internal network | Internal | |||
44 | 197 | 10/24/2017 | free | - | Realistic Performances in Naughty Dog games | Ryan M. James | n/a | https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023954/Realistic-Performances-in | Art, Narrative Design | |||
45 | 196 | 10/17/2017 | free | 4.50 | ❤ | Failure Workshop 2017 | Adriaan de Jongh, Michael Molinari, Tim Rogers | A candid look at why some projects fail | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024287/Failure | Microtalks | ||
46 | 195 | 10/2/2017 | free | 4.25 | ❤ | Forging Honor: Providing a Coherent Vision for a New IP | Jason VandenBerghe | This is an entertaining talk which you should definitely watch if you are looking for inspiration on how to build a pitch or how to help a team visualize the end product | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024293/Forging-Honor-Providing-a-Coherent | Postmortem, General Design | ||
47 | 194 | 9/12/2017 | free | 3.50 | Line Wobbler' & 'Beasts of Balance': Two Routes to Custom Hardware Goodness | Alex Fleetwood, Robin Baumgarten | n/a | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024204/-Line-Wobbler-Beasts-of | Experience Design. LBE | |||
48 | 193 | 8/28/2017 | no | 3.50 | Design is Not Your Enemy: Producing the 'Gears of War 4' Campaign | Zoe Curnoe | n/a | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023956/Design-is-Not-Your-Enemy | Project Management | |||
49 | 192 | 8/14/2017 | no | 3.00 | 9 Takeaways from 'Duelyst': From Tabletop to Digital Game | Eric Lang, Keith Lee | n/a | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024051/9-Takeaways-from-Duelyst-From | Postmortem | |||
50 | 191 | 8/7/2017 | no | - | Schell Games Note-taking and Task-tracking microtalks | Elaine, Chuck, Lucy, Chris A, Marlena | SG internal | Internal | ||||
51 | 190 | 7/11/2017 | no | - | Board Game Design Day: The Making of 'Pandemic Legacy' | Rob Daviau, Matt Leacock | n/a | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024300/Board-Game-Design-Day-The | Board Game Design, Postmortem | |||
52 | 189 | 6/27/2017 | no | - | LURP showcase | Chad Cable | SG internal | Internal | ||||
53 | 188 | 6/20/2017 | no | - | Alexandra's Talk - Modeling and Designing for Key Elements of Curiosity
| Alexandra To | SG internal | Internal | ||||
54 | 187 | 5/30/2017 | free | 2.33 | Managing Conflict on Small Teams | Rebekah Saltsman | There are only a few good nuggets here. Learning to postpone decisions and add tons of placeholder stuff are probably the best lessons. | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024210/Managing-Conflict-on-Small | Project Management | |||
55 | 186 | 5/10/2017 | free | 3.30 | Board Game Design Day: 'Puzzle Strike': A Design Diary | David Sirlin | You would like some insight into balancing strategic games in which clear strategies have emerged. | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024235/Board-Game-Design-Day-Puzzle | Board Game Design, Postmortem | |||
56 | 185 | 5/9/2017 | no | 4.10 | Improving the Culture of Critique: Communicating Across Disciplines | Jeff Hesser | You would like to learn new tools for how to provide and receive feedback and critique across disciplines | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024017/Improving-the-Culture-of-Critique | Project Management | |||
57 | 184 | 5/2/2017 | no | - | Anisha's TEA Summit report | Anisha Deshmane | SG internal | internal SG | Internal | |||
58 | 183 | 4/18/2017 | no | - | RFP Showcase | Marlena Abraham, Chad Cable, Melanie Harke, Dave Bennett | SG internal | internal SG | Internal | |||
59 | 182 | 4/11/2017 | no | - | Game Studio Leadership: You Can Do It | Jesse Schell | n/a | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024031/Game-Studio-Leadership-You-Can | Studio Management | |||
60 | 181 | 3/28/2017 | no | 3.63 | Absolutely No Pressure: Continuing a Successful Game Series with 'Civilization VI' | Ed Beach | You would like some insight into Civ's approach to improving their franchise with every new release | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024249/Absolutely-No-Pressure-Continuing-a | Postmortem, General Design | |||
61 | 180 | 3/21/2017 | free | 4.07 | Job Simulator Postmortem | Alexander Schwartz, Devin Reimer | You would like a well rounded look at the process for making Job Simulator, are interested in how one of the first VR games of this generation was made and/or want a look into how this type of game handled iteration. | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024256/-Job-Simulator-Postmortem-VR | Postmortem, VR Design | |||
62 | 179 | 2/22/2017 | free | - | Critical Role | Geek and Sundry | You like or have ever liked pen and paper RPGs | http://geekandsundry.com/shows/critical-role/ | Entertainment | |||
63 | 178 | 2/8/2017 | free | - | Schell Games Wild Pitches 3 | Shawn, Marlena, Michal and Chris | SG internal | Internal | ||||
64 | 177 | 1/24/2017 | free | 3.75 | The Scret of Psalm 46 | Brian Moriarty | You want an entertaining and well told story about games, secrets, easter eggs and what motivates players to go after them. This is audio only | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0OY1RDe8Yg | Deep Design | |||
65 | 176 | 1/17/2017 | free | 4.00 | ❤ | Lessons Learned from 'I Expect You To Die': New Puzzles, New Hands | Shawn Patton, Jesse Schell | You want a great look into VR controls | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023671/Lessons-Learned-from-I-Expect | Postmortem, VR Design | ||
66 | 175 | 1/10/2017 | free | 3.38 | Empowering the Player: Level Design in N++ | Mare Sheppard, Raigan Burns | You would like a deep look at the level design of N++ - some general learnings but not a lot | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023282/Empowering-the-Player-Level-Design | Level Design | |||
67 | 174 | 12/6/2016 | free | 3.50 | The Body Is Back! Understanding Embodiment in VR & AR Game Design | Robin Hunicke | n/a | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023936/The-Body-Is-Back-Understanding | VR Design | |||
68 | 172 | 11/8/2016 | no | 4.17 | ❤ | This is a Talk About Tutorials, Press "A" to Skip | Nicolae Berbece | You are working on tutorials and want examples of what to do and not to do | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023845/This-is-a-Talk-About | Tutorial Design, Player Experience | ||
69 | 171 | 11/1/2016 | free | 4.38 | Making Her Story - Telling a Story Using The Player's Imagination | Sam Barlow | You are interested in game story and (preferably) have played Her Story | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuADjLZjCe4 | Narrative Design, Postmortem | |||
70 | 170 | 10/18/2016 | free | 3.07 | History and Game Design | Chris King | n/a | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023446/History-and-Game | General Design | |||
71 | 169 | 10/4/2016 | free | 3.60 | Inside the guts of a successful attack | Ben Ruiz | You are working in any game with character combat, especially a beat-em-up | https://vimeo.com/149286999 | Combat Design | |||
72 | 168 | 9/27/2016 | free | 3.60 | The sound of Hyperlight Drifter | Akash Thakkar | n/a | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023778/The-Sound-of-Hyper-Light | Sound Design | |||
73 | 167 | 9/20/2016 | free | - | ❤ | Schell Games Wild Pitches 2 | Shawn Patton, Ryan Hall, Andrea Hall, Harley Baldwin | You like fun. | Internal | |||
74 | 166 | 9/13/2016 | No | 3.50 | 5 Mistakes by Good Teams That Produce Bad Free to Play Games | Don Daglow | n/a | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023292/5-Mistakes-by-Good-Teams | Project Management, General Design | |||
75 | 165 | 8/23/2016 | free | 2.50 | How We Introduced UX to Epic Games' Production Pipeline | Celia Hodent, Heather Chandler | n/a | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023228/How-We-Introduced-UX-to | User Experience | |||
76 | 164 | 8/16/2016 | free | - | ❤ | Schell Games Wild Pitches! | Jesse Schell, Marlena Abraham, Dave Bennett and Tim Rosko | SG internal | https://www.twitch.tv/schellgamestv/v/83953876 | Internal | ||
77 | 163 | 6/21/2016 | no | 3.67 | Rules of the Game: Five More Techniques from Quite Inventive Designers | Richard Rouse III, Michael de Plater, Emily Short, Liz England, Lee Perry, George Fan | You'd like to see short talks about concise topics by five different game designers | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023210/Rules-of-the-Game-Five | General Design, Microtalks | |||
78 | 161 | 6/7/2016 | free | 3.75 | Alphabear Postmortem | David Edery | You'd like a quick look at the path that Alphabear, a free to play word game, took from end of development, through release and attempts to increase retention | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023505/Alphabear | Postmortem | |||
79 | 160 | 5/17/2016 | no | Special Edition! | Jared hosts a Brainstorm | Special Edition! | SG internal | Internal | ||||
80 | 159 | 5/10/2016 | free | 4.70 | ❤ | Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons | Mark Rosewater | You want an awesome list of design principles that have driven the design of Magic: the Gathering for 20 years | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023186/Twenty-Years-Twenty | General Design, Postmortem | ||
81 | 158 | 5/3/2016 | free | 4.17 | The Gamer Motivation Profile: Model and Findings | Nick Yee | You're curious as to how to classify gamers according to their motivations when gaming. Survey link in notes to the right -> | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023242/The-Gamer-Motivation-Profile-Model | Player Studies | https://apps.quanticfoundry.com/lab/10 | ||
82 | 157 | 4/26/2016 | no | Special Edition! | Schell GamesTransformational Design Case Studies | Sabrina hosting | SG internal | Internal | ||||
83 | 156 | 4/19/2016 | no | NA | Awesome videogame data 2016 | Geoffrey Zatkin | Probably don't bother unless it's still early-mid 2016. Good talk, but only contains data from 2015. | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023333/Awesome-Video-Game-Data | Player Studies | |||
84 | 155 | 4/12/2016 | free | 4.00 | Engines of Play: How Player Motivation Changes Over Time | Jason VandenBerghe | You want a quick look at Jason's previous talks plus a view into his thoughts of why categorizing games and players through the lens of player motivation can be useful | http://gdcvault.com/play/1023329/Engines-of-Play-How-Player | Player Experience, Player Studies | |||
85 | 154 | 2/16/2016 | free | - | Designing the Universe | Jonathan Blow, Marc Ten Bosch | n/a | https://youtu.be/OGSeLSmOALU?t=1m20s | Puzzle Design | |||
86 | 152 | 1/19/2016 | free | 2.33 | Trying to make idea-rich games | Jonathan Blow | You want to hear Jonathan Blow say that no game ever made is really a great design achievement and how he hopes to change that with his next project. | https://vimeo.com/125149688 | Deep Design | |||
87 | 151 | 1/12/2016 | free | 1.88 | How Game Developers Reach New Customers with Twitch (Presented by Amazon) | Marcus Graham, Ernest Le | This talk has become outdated. Some okay ideas and info about developers using twitch to promote their game | http://gdcvault.com/play/1022047/ | Social Design | |||
88 | 150 | 12/9/2015 | no | Special Edition! | Schell Games Design Case Studies | Special Edition! | SG internal | On Internal Google Drive - video on shared network | Internal | |||
89 | 149 | 11/17/2015 | no | 4.00 | User Research on Destiny | John Hopson | You want a look of how a big company does big playtests. Some cool observations and takeaways for playtesting that any game (big or small) can benefit from. | http://gdcvault.com/play/1022354/User-Research-on | General Design, Playtesting | |||
90 | 148 | 11/10/2015 | no | 4.00 | The Gamer's Brain: How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Design | Celia Hodent | If you're in UX, this is a reminder of a lot of stuff you might know intuitively. If you don't do UX, this is a great primer on UX methods. | http://gdcvault.com/play/1022309/The-Gamer-s-Brain-How | User Experience | |||
91 | 147 | 10/27/2015 | free | 3.00 | Design Lessons from Multiplayer Installations | Alistair Aitcheson | You want a look at lessons learned from a developer of onsite, prototypey physical games | http://gdcvault.com/play/1022778/Design-Lessons-from-Multiplayer | Experience Design, LBE | |||
92 | 146 | 9/29/2015 | free | 4.50 | ❤ | Failure Workshop 2015 | Steve Swink, Ben Esposito, Adam Saltsman, Will Stallwood | n/a | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1021972/Failure | Microtalks | ||
93 | 145 | 9/22/2015 | no | 3.00 | Worlds Collide: Combining Story and Systems in Dragon Age: Inquisition | Mark Wilson, Kaelin Lavallee | You want a high level, not very deep look at a few systems in dragon age that are interetwined with the storytelling | http://gdcvault.com/play/1022377/Worlds-Collide-Combining-Story-and | Narrative Design, General Design, Systems Design | |||
94 | 144 | 9/8/2015 | free | 4.10 | Making It to Break It: Designing Hack 'n' Slash | Brandon Dillon | You want a look at the core mechanics of Hack n' Slash and the design philosophy behind it | http://gdcvault.com/play/1022129/Making-It-to-Break-It | Postmortem, General Design | |||
95 | 143 | 9/1/2015 | free | 3.40 | Witchcraft: The Alchemy of a Crafting-Based Economy | Matthew Steinke | You want a kinda, but not fully in-depth look at the crafting and item system in The Witcher 3. Some good pointers but it's not a system or implementation that looks particularly amazing | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1022800/Witchcraft-The-Alchemy-of-a | Systems Design | |||
96 | 142 | 8/25/2015 | no | 4.17 | Designing CounterSpy: A Journey From Games to Pixar to Games | Mark Holmes | You want a look at the concepting, art direction and graphic design of Counterspy | http://gdcvault.com/play/1021910/Designing-CounterSpy-A-Journey-From | Art | |||
97 | 141 | 8/4/2015 | free | 3.88 | ❤ | Against the Burning Hells: Diablo III's Road to Redemption with Reaper of Souls | Joshua Mosqueira | You want a candid look at what was wrong with Diablo 3 when it shipped, and how they fixed it | http://gdcvault.com/play/1021776/Against-the-Burning-Hells-Diablo | Postmortem, General Design, Project Management | ||
98 | 140 | 7/21/2015 | no | - | Roundtable - Romance In Games | Heidi McDonald | SG internal | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9EJ11aEvjTRfmNDVDlUc2ptd1FYZ1FlN282Z1lBSjYwZF9TODJNemdyMUphOTdCYXJXSGs | Internal | |||
99 | 139 | 7/14/2015 | no | 4.25 | ❤ | Design by Constraints: Hitman GO Design Postmortem | Daniel Lutz | You want a good postmortem of the Hitman GO game. Especially interesting since it walks through the challenges of translating the Hitman feel to a mobile experience. | http://gdcvault.com/play/1021907/Design-by-Constraints-Hitman-GO | Postmortem | ||
100 | 138 | 6/23/2015 | free | 3.50 | A Live Art Demonstration of Creating Worlds through Design Thinking | Feng Zhu | You want a refresher on different methods for coming up with new ideas early in development. Both in the context of design and concept art. There is a slide that I found very useful about advice for starting a freelance business. It's towards the 30 min mark right before he gets started on the live demo. | http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1021752/A-Live-Art-Demonstration-of | General Design | |||
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