
Final GDC Next 10 talks announced: SWERY's D4, Storyteller
'Future of games' conference GDC Next organizers have announced the last two talks included in the 'GDC Next 10' special session series of innovative, yet-to-debut games: Daniel Benmergui's comic-strip-like puzzler Storyteller, and Hidetaka "SWERY" Suehiro's Kinect-powered, episodic noir mystery D4.
As part of the November LA-based 'future of games' conference's cutting-edge content, representatives of each game will be invited to give a world-exclusive talk about the concept, inspiration, and design behind the title.
Each GDC Next 10 game has been picked by GDC organizers as a game to watch for the future; one that is doing something decidedly different in today''s increasingly crowded game market.
This week's first addition to the Next 10 is Hidetaka "SWERY" Suehiro's Xbox One Kinect-powered, episodic noir mystery D4 [trailer] from Access Games. Suehiro is best known for his work on Deadly Premonition, and Polygon's Griffin McElroy described his 20-minute demo as "the strangest 20 minutes of video game I've ever seen in my entire life."
Suehiro will share the challenges of designing for Xbox One's Kinect and of focusing on sensory experiences and empathy in his talk, 'D4: Dawn of the Dreaming Director's Drama.' He promises to share his unique approaches "as professionally as possible," while also presenting simple but often-overlooked approaches to game design.