"What I look forward to most is really understanding the humanity of gaming and what we're trying to do together and why we're in this business." - Duncan Huffman, Head of Product Marketing at Incredibuild, and GDC 2024 Exhibitor. Watch the video and let us know what you look forward to most at GDC 💬
Game Developers Conference
Events Services
San Francisco, CA 31,225 followers
The game industry's premier professional event.
About us
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) brings the game development community together to exchange ideas, solve problems, and shape the future of the industry across five days of education, inspiration, and networking. Attendees include programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, and business leaders. Some key features of GDC include: The market-defining conference has a comprehensive selection of lectures, panels, and roundtable discussions. The GDC Expo showcases the latest game development tools and services from leading technology companies such as Amazon, Epic, Google, Intel, Nvidia, Oculus, and Sony. Dedicated community spaces where GDC attendees can take a break from all of the learning to relax and meet new people in themed areas for playable indie games, retro games, alternative controllers, and more. GDC also hosts two awards ceremonies recognizing the creativity, artistry, and technical genius of the finest developers and games: The Game Developers Choice Awards is the leading peer-based video game awards show celebrating the industry’s top games and developers. The Independent Games Festival honors the most innovative and exemplary projects in indie game development.
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http://www.gdconf.com
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- Events Services
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
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- Public Company
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303 2nd St
San Francisco, CA 94107, US
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When you're at GDC, it's important to take notes. We've seen attendees with laptops, tablets, even multiple notebooks—all filled with advice, tips, and insights from our industry-leading speakers. I can't imagine the hand cramps, but it's all worth it to bring home some incredible ideas for your games. What are some of the best lessons you took away from #GDC2024?
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Playtesters are key to perfecting a video game. Guerrila Games' principal game designer Blake Rebouche shares how they were able to fix traversal issues in Horizon: Forbidden West thanks to playtesting. Plus: Watch some of the actual playtests! Only on GDC TikTok. https://bit.ly/4cbDnBi
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This GDC 2024 talk takes a dive into the process of color design as part of art in video games and compares it to the process of finding and executing the same effects in audio. Learn how to make things "POP" with color on GDC YouTube! https://bit.ly/3RhaVpq
How to Make Things "POP" with Audio and Color
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No plan survives development. Join the cinematic director of Larian Studios, Jason Latino, for an account of how the realities of making a game at the scale and reactivity of Baldur's Gate 3 required constant evolution and reexamination of first principles. Watch on GDC YouTube! https://bit.ly/45cNpjh
Larian Cinematics: A Top-Down Look at Our Bottom-Up Approach in 'Baldur's Gate 3'
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Meet the actors behind your favorite video game creatures! The Monster Factory AV president Sébastien Croteau discusses the art of creature voice acting and how anyone can get started by "mimicking." Watch on GDC TikTok! https://bit.ly/4bXONso
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What GDC swag did you grab from the GDC Store this year? Share your GDC 2024 looks in the comments! https://bit.ly/3yN9Xeo
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In this GDC 2024 talk, Melissa Phillips, Director of the Games Leadership Network, addresses topics like: What trends are we seeing in Games Leadership, and how can we better prepare our teams to move into Leadership positions? Watch on YouTube! https://bit.ly/4c52Zj2
We Need to Talk About Games Leadership
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