We're off to a great start with the 2025 Game Developers Conference. Incredible summits, insightful workshops, and the powerhouse that was last night's GDC Nights event (join us for the next one on Thursday). The week continues with another day of summits, sponsored talks, and more!
Check Out Tuesday's GDC 2025 Sessions
Tuesday is the second of our two Summits days at GDC 2025, along with the Game Design Workshop, Production Workshop, and the Climate Crisis Workshop. Sessions start 9:30am. Here are the Summits you can attend (click the links for sessions):
- Art Direction Summit: Learn how to craft a compelling visual identity for your games, from concept to final execution. Tap into concentrated art-specific knowledge that addresses the most pressing issues and industry realities today.
- Audio Summit: Immerse yourself in the art of game sound. From sound design to technical implementation, this summit covers everything you need to know to create unforgettable audio experiences in games.
- Educators Summit: Dive into best practices for training the next generation of game developers. You’ll explore curriculum design, innovative teaching methods, and the intersection of academia and the industry.
- Future Realities Summit: VR, AR, and human spatial computing are unlocking new possibilities to design immersive experiences. This summit focuses on the technologies shaping the next generation of interactive experiences.
- Game AI Summit: Explore the latest advancements in game AI, from physics and animation to creating adaptive, player-focused systems. This summit will equip you with the tools to design smarter, more dynamic games.
- Game Narrative Summit: Level up your storytelling skills at this summit dedicated to interactive narrative. Explore cutting-edge techniques, ethical challenges, and the role of writers in franchise development.
- Independent Games Summit: Celebrate the creativity and challenges of indie game development. Whether you’re learning from case studies or exploring innovative design techniques, this summit will help you thrive in the indie space.
- Level Design Summit: Learn advanced methods for designing immersive worlds and interactive experiences, using strategic systems, architecture, and lighting. Get ideas for new games and discover how to understand and tune the interactions of an ever-increasing number of tools, systems, and techniques required to design great games.
- Live Service Games Summit: Explore the business and design strategies behind successful live service games. From monetization models to community-driven content updates, this summit offers valuable insights for developers running long-term, evolving games.
- Machine Learning Summit: From improving artificial intelligence (AI), behavior trees, and machine learning techniques, you’ll discover revolutionary applications that are shaping the future of games.
- Technical Artist Summit: Technical artistry is the glue between creative vision and programming. This summit dives into the latest workflows and tools that allow teams to push the boundaries of visual fidelity and performance.
- Thriving Players Summit: Dive into practical, hands-on methods to design for inclusive spaces, resilient communities, and prosocial play. Inspired by the new Design Playbook for Digital Thriving.
- Tools Summit: From problem identification to design, implementation, and iteration, this summit brings together industry professionals to share actionable insights and lessons learned from creating essential game development tools.
Plus, don't miss our innovative sponsored summits!
For more great summits and sessions to check out today, be sure to visit the full GDC 2025 schedule in Session Viewer! And if you're still in need of a GDC pass, you can register for GDC 2025 at on-site registration prices.
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