Game Developers Conference 2025
'Honkai: Star Rail': Reimagining RPGs for Mass Audiences and Broad Appeal
by Chengnan An (HoYoverse)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2025
'Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown': Making a Modern Metroidvania Both Ch...
by Remi Boutin (Ubisoft)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Avoiding the Historical Accuracy Trap: Lessons from Five Thousand Years ...
by Angus Mol (Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Bear Hugs and Dev Tears: Building Stories for 'Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit'
by Alicia Fortier (Spry Fox, Netflix Games)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2024
'Brawl Stars': Learnings from the Removal of Loot Boxes
by Frank Yan (Supercell)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2024
A Second Shot: Improving Ranged Combat in 'The Last of Us Part II'
by Derek Mattson (Naughty Dog)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2024
Alpha Puzzles + Shipped Solutions: Exploring Design Direction Across a P...
by Francisco Souki (Schell Games)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2024
Designing Active Time Lore for 'Final Fantasy XVI'
by Momoka Aono (Square Enix Co., Ltd.)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2023
"Good Numbers" in Game Design
by Alexander King (Independent)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2023
'Overcrowded: Tycoon' Postmortem: A Tycoon with Emotions
by Jorge Rosado (Zeptolab)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2023
'The Looker': The Art of Parody Against the Menace of Goofiness
by Bradley Lovell (Subcreation Studio)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2023
'Wordscapes': How Design and Analytics Keep a Blockbuster Game Growing
by Theodore McCormick (PeopleFun)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2022
'Blaseball': Game Development as Performance
by Gabe McGill (The Game Band)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2022
'Dreamscaper': Killer Combat on an Indie Budget
by Ian Cofino (Afterburner Studios)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2022
'Naraka Bladepoint': Build a Popular Face Customization System
by Sisi Yuan (Netease, Inc.)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2022
'NARAKA: BLADEPOINT' From Prototype to Release: Melee Combat and Battle ...
by Zhigang Zhang (Netease)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2021
"Swiping on the Six Strings": Crafting an Interactive Guitar in 'The Las...
by Grant Hoechst (Naughty Dog)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2021
'Disco Elysium': Meaningless Choices and Impractical Advice
by Justin Keenan (ZA/UM Studio)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2021
'Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales': Beginning a New Adventure
by Ben Arfmann (Insomniac Games)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2021
'Ori Will of the Wisps': Narrative Design and Visual Storytelling
by Jeremy Gritton (Moon Studios)
Design  

Summer 2020
AR Game Design 101
by Laura Warner (Niantic)
Design  

Summer 2020
Blockers: Analyzing Difficulty Drivers in Candy Crush Games
by Lucien "Yen-Chu" Chen (King)
Design  

Summer 2020
Designing for Multiple Minds: Crafting the Craft of Player Dynamics
by Kimberly Voll (Stray Bombay)
Design  

Summer 2020
Getting Real with Real-World Games: Adjusting Gameplay of 'Pokmon GO' in...
by Laura Warner (Niantic)
Design  

GDC 2020
Board Game Design Summit: Developing 'Artifacts of Play' For Your Tablet...
by Kathryn Hymes (Thorny Games)
Board Game Design Summit  

GDC 2020
Custom Tool Time: Make More in Less Time
by Brett Taylor (My Dog Zorro)
Design  

GDC 2020
Matchmaking for Engagement: Lessons from 'Halo 5'
by Josh Menke (343 Industries)
Design  

GDC 2020
Stop & Think: Teaching Players About Media Manipulation in 'Headliner'
by Jakub Kasztalski (Unbound Creations LLC)
Design  

2019
'Cultist Simulator': Designing an Experimental Game for Commercial Success
by Alexis Kennedy (Weather Factory)
Design  

2019
'Dead Cells': What the F*n!?
by Sebastien Benard (Motion Twin)
Design  

2019
'Into the Breach' Design Postmortem
by Matthew Davis (Subset Games)
Design  

2019
'Mooncrash': Resetting the Immersive Simulation
by Rich Wilson (Arkane Studios)
Design  

GDC 2018
'Assassin's Creed Origins': Monitoring and Validation of World Design Data
by Nicholas Routhier (Ubisoft Montreal)
Design  

GDC 2018
'Crashlands': Design by Chaos
by Seth Coster (Butterscotch Shenanigans)
Design  

GDC 2018
'Halo Wars 2': A UX Postmortem
by Max Szlagor (Microsoft 343 Industries)
UX Summit  

GDC 2018
'Heaven's Vault': Creating a Dynamic Detective Story
by Jon Ingold (inkle)
Design  

GDC 2017
'Final Fantasy': A Challenger Once Again
by Hajime Tabata (Square Enix)
Design  

GDC 2017
'Ice Age Adventures': UX Diagnosis for a Live-Ops Game (Case Study)
by Om Tandon (Digit Games Studio)
UX Summit  

GDC 2017
'Job Simulator' Postmortem: VR Design, Tech, and Business Lessons Learned
by Devin Reimer (Owlchemy Labs)
Design  

GDC 2017
'Offworld Trading Company': An RTS Without Guns
by Soren Johnson (Mohawk Games)
Design  

GDC Europe 2016
Conversion of a Different User: Bringing Teams to F2P
by Matthew Laurence (MegaZebra, GmbH)
Design  

GDC Europe 2016
Creating Conflict: Combat Design for AAA Action Games
by Michael Barclay (Cloud Imperium Games)
Design  

GDC Europe 2016
Following the Fun: How We Designed Gameplay For 'LawBreakers'
by Dan Nanni (Boss Key Productions)
Design  

GDC Europe 2016
How I Created a Top 50 App in 8 Weeks
by Troy Lonergan (Talony Games, Ltd.)
Design  

GDC 2016
An Architect's Guide to Creating Expressive Game Environments
by Claris Cyarron (Silverstring Media)
Design  

GDC 2016
Animation Bootcamp: Motion Matching: The Future of Games Animation...Today
by Kristjan Zadziuk (Ubisoft Toronto)
Design  

GDC 2016
Animation Bootcamp: The 'Animate' Button - Mocap Automation Techniques a...
by Dan Lowe (Ubisoft Montreal)
Design  

GDC 2016
Audio-Driven Game Design
by Per Anders Ostblad (University of Skovde / Nifty Sound)
Design  

GDC China 2015
Implications of texture and material creation for UE4
by Wenlei Li (Epic Games, Inc.)
Design  

GDC China 2015
Implications of texture and material creation for UE4
by Wenlei Li (Epic Games, Inc.)
Design - Chinese

GDC China 2015
Reducing Simulation Sickness in VR via Game Design.
by Ben Lewis-Evans (Player Research)
Design  

GDC China 2015
Reducing Simulation Sickness in VR via Game Design.
by Ben Lewis-Evans (Player Research)
Design - Chinese

GDC Europe 2015
Analytics in Action: Data in a Creative Culture
by Phil Mansell (Jagex)
Design  

GDC Europe 2015
Designing to Minimize Simulation Sickness in VR Games
by Ben Lewis-Evans (Player Research)
Design  

GDC Europe 2015
EPIC Lessons: An Angry Birds Epic Livecare Postmortem
by Hendrik Lesser (Remote Control Productions)
Design  

GDC Europe 2015
Fear, Love and Great Big Ideas
by Jonathan Evans (Lumo Developments Ltd)
Design  

GDC 2015
Advanced Visual Effects for 2D Games
by Viktor Lidholt (Apportable)
Design  

GDC 2015
Adventures in Text: Innovating in Interactive Fiction
by Jon Ingold (inkle)
Design  

GDC 2015
Against the Burning Hells: Diablo III's Road to Redemption with Reaper o...
by Joshua Mosqueira (Blizzard Entertainment)
Design  

GDC 2015
AI in the Awesomepocalypse - Creating the Enemies of Sunset Overdrive
by Adam Noonchester (Insomniac Games)
Design  

GDC Next 2014
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag Multiplayer: Crafting Good Monetization o...
by Damien Kieken (Ubisoft)
Design  

GDC Next 2014
Best Practices for Mobile VR Development
by Benjamin Miller (WemoLab)
Design  

GDC Next 2014
Bringing the Community into the Dev Team - A Look into Open Development
by Jeff Spock (Amplitude Studios)
Design  

GDC Next 2014
Game Security (Presented by Arxan Technologies)
by Rennie Allen (Arxan Technologies)
Design  

GDC China 2014
Breakthrough and Rebirth The Road to Create Characters for Own Competit...
by Molko Wu (Electronic Soul Network)
Design - Chinese

GDC China 2014
Breakthrough and Rebirth The Road to Create Characters for Own Competit...
by Molko Wu (Electronic Soul Network)
Design  

GDC China 2014
Capturing Brain Waves that Make Players Can't Stop Playing to Create the...
by Roy Tang (Brain Intelligence)
Design - Chinese

GDC China 2014
Characterization, Purpose, and Action: Creating Strong Characters in Vid...
by Jeremy Bernstein (Independent)
Design - Chinese

GDC Europe 2014
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag Multiplayer: Crafting Good Monetization o...
by Quentin De Beukelaer (Ubisoft)
Design  

GDC Europe 2014
Biometrics, Beyond the Hype
by Ben Lewis Evans (Player Research)
Design  

GDC Europe 2014
Cinematic, Story-Driven Games and What They Mean to Remedy
by Kyle Rowley (Remedy Entertainment)
Design  

GDC Europe 2014
Conquering New Frontiers: Angry Birds and Their EPIC Adventure
by Miika Tams (Rovio)
Design  

GDC 2014
'Nuff Said: Comics as Design Documentation
by Matthew Derby (Harmonix)
Design  

GDC 2014
Believable Make-Believe: Putting the Player at the Heart of Tearaway
by Rex Crowle (Media Molecule)
Design  

GDC 2014
Crimewatch 2.0: Redesigning EVE Online's Policing System
by Matthew Woodward (CCP Games)
Design  

GDC 2014
Designers Are from Saturn, Programmers Are from Uranus
by Brian Schwab (Formerly of Blizzard Entertainment)
Design  

GDC Europe 2013
Designing Assassin's Creed III
by Steven Masters (Ubisoft Montreal)
Design  

GDC Europe 2013
Designing Games with Procedural Content and Mechanics
by Joris Dormans (Ludomotion)
Design  

GDC Europe 2013
Getting Past Pay to Win
by Teut Weidemann (Ubisoft Blue Byte)
Design  

GDC Europe 2013
ibb & obb - Ten Talking Points
by Roland IJzermans (Sparpweed)
Design  

GDC 2013
100 Million Friends You Can Never Know: Adding COPPA Compliant Social Ne...
by Christopher Barney (Pearson)
Design  

GDC 2013
100% Fun: Keeping Players Engaged
by Kazuki Morishita (GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.)
Design  

GDC 2013
AAA Level Design in a Day Bootcamp
by Coray Seifert (Slingo)
Design  

GDC 2013
Assassin's Creed III Homestead: Code, Data, and Tools
by Marc-Andre Jutras (Ubisoft Quebec)
Design  

GDC Online 2012
A Theory of Fun 10 Years Later
by Raph Koster (Playdom, San Diego)
Design  

GDC Online 2012
Behind the Curtain: Using MMO Game Systems to Tell Bioware Stories
by Damion Schubert (Bioware Austin)
Design  

GDC Online 2012
Castleville Postmortem: What Went Right and Wrong
by William Lemons (Zynga)
Design  

GDC Online 2012
Classic Game Postmortem: Meridian 59
by Damion Schubert (Bioware Austin)
Design  

GDC Europe 2012
AAA goes F2P: Same Skills, Different Mindset
by Jan van der Crabben (Travian Games)
Game Design  

GDC Europe 2012
Animal Days Post-Mortem: Developing a City-Building Game That's Ready fo...
by Hiroyuki Haga (GREE)
Game Design  

GDC Europe 2012
Surviving the Jungle of MMO Eco-Systems
by Craig Morrison (Funcom)
Game Design  

GDC Europe 2012
The Self, Presence and Storytelling
by Thomas Grip (Frictional Games)
Game Design  

GDC 2012
Animation methodology for Battlefield 3
by Tobias Dahl (DICE/EA)
Game Design  

GDC 2012
Art History for Game Devs: In Praise of Abstraction
by John Sharp (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Game Design  

GDC 2012
Attention, Not Immersion: Making Your Games Better with Psychology and P...
by Richard Lemarchand (Naughty Dog)
Game Design  

GDC 2012
Breaking the Rules of Game Design: When to Go Against Competence, Autono...
by Kaitlyn Burnell (Naughty Dog)
Game Design  

GDC China 2012
From Console to Mobile: the Best Practices to Build Multi-platform Games
by Xu Wang (Ubisoft Shanghai)
Game Design  

GDC China 2012
From Console to Mobile: the Best Practices to Build Multi-platform Games
by Xu Wang (Ubisoft Shanghai)
Game Design - Chinese

GDC China 2012
HOW GAMES THINK
by Raph Koster (Playdom)
Game Design - Chinese

GDC China 2012
HOW GAMES THINK
by Raph Koster (Playdom)
Game Design  

GDC China 2011
Designing and Implementing a Satisfying Sword Fight
by Michael Chang (Subutai Corporation)
Design - Chinese

GDC China 2011
From Eden to 4am: My journey from Games to Interactive Art and Sound
by Baiyon (Tomohisa Kuramitsu)  
Design - Chinese

GDC China 2011
From Eden to 4am: My journey from Games to Interactive Art and Sound
by Baiyon (Tomohisa Kuramitsu)  
Design  

GDC Online 2011
Designers are Human Too - Causes of Poor Design Decisions
by Tom Cadwell (Riot Games)
Design  

GDC Online 2011
Double-Coding: Making Online Games for Both the Casual and the Hardcore
by Damion Schubert (Bioware Austin)
Design  

GDC Online 2011
Game Design in a Mine Field: Creating Strategy Browser Games
by Eike Klindworth (InnoGames GmbH)
Design  

GDC Online 2011
Rapid MMO Content Iteration and Validation with Spatial Analysis in Star...
by Georg Zoeller (BioWare Austin)
Design  

GDC Europe 2011
An Old Horse Learning New Tricks - From AAA Retail to AAA Online
by Cevat Yerli (Crytek)
Game Design  

GDC Europe 2011
Animal Logic: The Deal and Development Behind National Geographic Animal...
by Clark Stacey (Smart Bomb Interactive)
Game Design  

GDC Europe 2011
Big Bucks for Bits and Bytes - A Holistic Approach to Selling Virtual Goods
by Martin Nerurkar (Gameforge Productions GmbH)
Game Design  

GDC Europe 2011
Game Content Rating Systems Must Change
by Guillaume de Fondaumiere (Quantic Dream)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
15 Games in 15 Years
by Stone Librande (EA/Maxis)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to Enhance Gaming...
by Mike Ambinder (Valve Software)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - ELITE
by David Braben (Frontier Developments)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - OUT OF THIS WORLD/ANOTHER WORLD
by Eric Chahi (Ubisoft)
Game Design  

GDC Online 2010
Economic Decision Making in Game Design
by Nikolaus Davidson (The Amazing Society)
Design  

GDC Online 2010
I'm a Special Snowflake: The Art of Participatory Story Telling in MMOs
by Tim Cain (Carbine Studios/NCsoft)
Design  

GDC Online 2010
Sporadic-Play Game Update - The Latest Developments in Games for Busy ...
by Jeremy Gibson (USC - Interactive Media Division)
Design  

GDC Europe 2010
More Buttons, Less Control
by Jon Brown (Sidhe)
Game Design  

GDC Europe 2010
Player Councils in MMOs: Useful Tools or Waste of Time?
by Ptur Jhannes skarsson (CCP Games)
Game Design  

GDC Europe 2010
The Untapped Potential of the MMO
by Andreas Ojerfors (Funcom)
Game Design  

GDC Europe 2010
Viral Mechanics Uncovered
by Aki Jarvinen (Digital Chocolate)
Game Design  

GDC Canada 2010
Reaching New Audiences: The Union of Fun & Purpose
by Mark Baxter (Fit Brains / Vivity Labs)
Game Design  

GDC 2010
Better Movement Games Using Psychology: 5 Reasons Some Wii Games Are M...
by Katherine Isbister (NYU's Polytechnic Institute)
Game Design  

GDC 2010
Broadening a Genre While Retaining Its Soul
by Tom Cadwell (Riot Games)
Game Design  

GDC 2010
Design in Detail: Changing the Time Between Shots for the Sniper Rifle f...
by Jaime Griesemer (Bungie)
Game Design  

GDC 2010
Designing Assassin's Creed 2
by Patrick Plourde (Ubisoft)
Game Design  

GDC Austin/Online 2009
Challenges In Designing A Casual MMO
by Laralyn McWilliams (Sony Online Entertainment)
Design  

GDC Austin/Online 2009
Games are Math: 10 Core Mechanics That Drive Compelling Gameplay
by Raph Koster (Playdom)
Design  

GDC Austin/Online 2009
The Social Gaming Tipping Point
by Brian Reynolds (Zynga)
Design  

GDC Austin/Online 2009
Trading Card Games: Designing for a Decade with Resource Cards and a Col...
by Paul Dennen (Sony Online Entertainment-Denver)
Design  

GDC Europe 2009
Design, Constraints and Integrity
by Dino Dini (NHTV)
Game Design  

GDC 2009
(101) Learn Better Game Writing in a Day
by Evan Skolnick (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2009
(102) Creativity Boot Camp '09
by Paul Schuytema (University of Illinois)
Game Design  

GDC 2009
(102) Creativity Boot Camp '09
by Paul Schuytema (University of Illinois)
Game Design  

GDC 2009
(202) Fundamentals of Game Design Workshop (SOLD OUT)
by Ernest Adams (International Hobo)
Game Design  

GDC Austin/Online 2008
Easy is F&#@ing Hard: Game Design Fundamentals for Mass-Market Games
by Eric Zimmerman (Independent)
Online Games - Design  

GDC Austin/Online 2008
Economic Design and Management of Virtual Worlds with a Large Shard Popu...
by Eyjolfur Gudmundsson (CCP)
Online Games - Design  

GDC Austin/Online 2008
Music and Sound as Game Design Tools
by Simon Amarasingham (dSonic, Inc.)
Online Games - Design  

GDC Austin/Online 2008
Sticky from the Start
by Stieg Hedlund (Turpitude)
Online Games - Design  

GDC 2008
10 in 20: Ten Keys to Designing for IPs
by Timothy Longo (Crystal Dynamics)
Game Design  

GDC 2008
10 Tips for a Successful Wiki
by James Everett  
Game Design  

GDC 2008
A PORTAL Post-Mortem: Integrating Writing and Design
by Kim Swift (Airtight Games)
Game Design  

GDC 2008
Collaborative Writing and Vast Narratives: Principles, Processes, and Ge...
by Mark Nelson (Big Huge Games)
Game Design  

GDC 2007
(304) Independent Games Summit
by Eric Zimmerman (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2007
(304) Independent Games Summit
by Eric Zimmerman (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2007
A LocoRoco Postmortem: Making Happiness into Gameplay
by Tsutomu Kouno  
Game Design  

GDC 2007
Challenging Everyone: Dynamic Difficulty Deconstructed
by Ken Harward (TrueThought LLC)
Game Design  

GDC 2006
3ds Max Data Exchange Interface (previously known as IGame) and COLLADA
by Bernard Lefebvre  
Game Design  

GDC 2006
Crowds In A Polygon Soup: Next-Gen Path Planning
by David Miles (BabelFlux LLC)
Game Design  

GDC 2006
Deploying 3D Games and Virtual Worlds in the Web Browser
by Jules Urbach (Otoy)
Game Design  

GDC 2006
Designing to Promote Intentional Play
by Clint Hocking (LucasArts)
Game Design  

GDC 2004
Beyond Fun: Setting Aesthetic Goals and Sticking toThem
by Tim Stellmach (Harmonix)
Game Design  

GDC 2004
Cross Platform User Interface Development
by Tim Stellmach (Harmonix)
Game Design  

GDC 2004
The Civilization Series: How to Maintain a Successful Franchise
by Soren Johnson (Mohawk Games)
Game Design  

GDC 2004
The Interesting Thing About Bishops: Simulation Boundaries in Splinter Cell
by Clint Hocking  
Game Design