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This exhibition, co-helmed by indie curator John Polson, showcases some of the most unique, offbeat, and innovative controllers in modern games—with this year featuring a focus on accessibility.
Close out the 30th anniversary of Dream Land's most-famous resident with this GDC 2023 design session from developers Shinya Kumazaki and Tatsuya Kamiyama about Kirby's multi-dimensional milestone year. Pink attire not required!
The Equal Opportunity Attendance Program provides an Expo pass for people who would otherwise not be able to attend GDC in person, and applications are open through January 22.
Programmers from all over the world come to the Game Developers Conference to learn the latest tools, tips, and methods for developing incredible games. This session guide—with tips and suggested videos—will help you make the most of your GDC.
Marina is a Spanish award-winning game designer based in Berlin and London. She's the CEO at Three of Cups Games, a games studio based in London—as well as an emotional game designer at BTF Games for “The Berlin Apartment” and the lead game designer of Dordogne at Un Je Ne Sais Quoi Studio.
GDC Session Guide 1: Realize your Career Development goals with this guide featuring standout sessions, panels, and events dedicated to helping your career and company growth efforts—along with tips on making the most of your GDC, whether job seeking or recruiting.
GDC Pitch is a special event designed to help select participants practice their game-pitching skills. Five studios will solicit their games to an opinionated panel of investors and publishers—followed by questions, advice, and feedback.
This programming session presents an overview of On-Demand Texture streaming technology for 'Call of Duty,' up to and including 2022's 'Modern Warfare 2.'
In this programming and visual arts session, attendees will learn about the exciting workflows Digital Domain used to transfer human emotion automatically to realistic digital characters.
Here are the jurors who will be judging games in the Excellence in Audio Award, the Excellence in Visual Art Award, and the Best Student Game Award categories at IGF 2023.
The CEO of Henchman & Goon, creators of 'Pode' and 'Flem,' shares her thoughts in this business and marketing session on how they have kept their indie studio running for 10 years without any gigantic hits.
GDC is thrilled to unveil the first group of jurors for the 2023 IGF Awards. The IGF juries are made up of experts in specific disciplines—who will play, evaluate, and discuss the most-standout games entered in the competition.
KiddieCorp is providing onsite childcare at the Moscone Center for parents and guardians who may not otherwise be able to attend GDC. It's available for kids ages 6 months to 12 years old and costs $12 per hour per child (with a minimum of two years each day).
In this design talk, Andrew Shouldice, Developer at ISOMETRICORP Games, breaks down the secret-making of 'TUNIC' and shares how to make your finite game feel like it's got a bottomless supply of mysteries.
Each year, GDC proudly partners with a variety of organizations through which qualified candidates can apply to receive complimentary GDC passes. These partners are helping to shape the future of the industry make-up by providing opportunities to, and amplifying the work of, game developers from marginalized communities.
