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The 37th annual Game Developers Conference takes place March 20-24, 2023 and will deliver the industry's greatest source of content and connections—with plenty of exciting talks, sessions, expo booths, and networking events.
The Independent Games Festival is looking for journalists, academics, and game developers who are not submitting a game this year to be part of the judging body for the 2023 IGF Awards.
The Independent Games Festival is celebrating 25 years of incredible indie games at GDC 2023—and yours could be included!
'Building Excellent Teams and Culture in Game QA' from Anthony Price will help developers, studios, and organizations have a standout QA team.
The new site is incredibly easy for seekers to search, view, and apply for jobs for free—while employers enjoy flexible and easy job postings, as well as intuitive dashboards and applicant tracking.
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.
