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Indie game developer Shawn Pierre chats with GDC about the legacy of the Independent Games Festival and advice for game devs looking to submit for the first time. Plus, we have the official submissions date for IGF 2023!
'Psychology and Game UX' from Celia Hodent will show designers, artists, programmers, and more how the human brain works and how a video game can make players feel.
Community managers need to know how to handle any surprise—whether it's an announcement, leak, or other issue—and Game Developer Talks is here with a free webinar on September 28 about crisis comms for studios, publishers, and other game companies.
'Community: From Manager to Director: The Evolution Will be Internalized' is a two-day Masterclass course from Stephanie Bayer, who has over 20 years experience working with companies like Disney, Insomniac, Blizzard, and CD Projekt RED.
'Engagement Using Matchmaking and Ranking in Competitive Multiplayer Games' is a two-day course from Josh Menke—who's spent almost two decades designing skill, matchmaking, and ranking systems for games like 'League of Legends: Wild Rift,' 'Halo,' and 'Call of Duty.'
The call for submissions is happening now through Friday, October 7 at 11:59pm PT. This includes everything for the GDC Summits, which run on the Monday and Tuesday of the event, as well as Friday's Game Career Seminar.
GDC 2023 is also getting ready to accept submissions to present lectures and panels for the Summits portion of the event, which runs on Monday and Tuesday of the conference.
Chris Totten has developed a great training tool for level designers of all skill types—as well as game designers, instructors, and students looking to grow their portfolio.
GDC 2023 is getting ready to accept submissions to present lectures and panels for the Summits portion of the event, which runs on Monday and Tuesday of the conference.
The Board Game Design Summit returns for GDC 2023 as the Tabletop Summit, which will encompass everything related to board games, tabletop roleplaying games (RPGs), miniatures games, card games, dice games, and more.
Clinton Keith returns to GDC Masterclass with three Certified Agile Leadership for Game Development courses for leaders at all levels of a studio or game company. Each of these courses provides Certified Agile Leadership certification from the Scrum Alliance.
Learn the latest tools and concepts to become a leader in your field (from the comfort of your home or office), discover networking opportunities with fellow attendees, and gain access to unique course materials to continue your education and training.
The GDC Advisory Board is looking for game developers eager to share what works, what should change, and where the future of video games is headed—and here are some tips to get started.
Plus, here are the dates to submit talks for Core Concepts and Summits at the 2023 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Relive some of the greatest moments from GDC 2022 in this exciting video—while anticipating GDC's return in March 2023!
