Game Developers Conference 2026
Mastering Steam: Why Discovery is Hard and How to Break Through the Noise
by Ichiro Lambe (Totally Human Media Corp)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Mastering Steam: Why Discovery is Hard and How to Break Through the Noise
by Ichiro Lambe (Totally Human Media Corp)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Steam Annual Update: The Latest on Steam in 2026
by Kaci Aitchison Boyle (Valve)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
How Valve Became Valve: An Insider's Account
by Monica Harrington (Valve (retired))
Business & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2024
Game Career Seminar: Steam Best Practices: Developing an Audience While ...
by Kaci Aitchison Boyle (Valve)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2023
Open Source Game Development Summit: Simple DirectMedia Layer: Past, Pre...
by Sam Lantinga (Valve Corporation)
Open Source Game Development Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2023
Open Source Game Development Summit: Simple DirectMedia Layer: Past, Pre...
by Sam Lantinga (Valve Corporation)
Open Source Game Development Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2021
Math In Game Development Summit: Getting There in Style: Intro to Interp...
by Fletcher Dunn (Valve)
Math In Game Development Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2021
Math In Game Development Summit: Getting There in Style: Intro to Interp...
by Fletcher Dunn (Valve)
Math In Game Development Summit  

Summer 2020
Killer Portfolio or Portfolio Killer: Advice from Industry Artists
by Gwen Frey (Chump Squad)
Student Program  

2019
Audio Bootcamp XVIII: Theatrical Interactivity in Video Game Music
by John Robert Matz (Independent)
Audio  

2019
Audio Bootcamp XVIII: Theatrical Interactivity in Video Game Music
by John Robert Matz (Independent)
Audio  

2019
Brain-Computer Interfaces: One Possible Future for How We Play
by Mike Ambinder (Valve)
Vision  

2019
Interactive Story Without Challenge Mechanics: The Design of 'Firewatch'
by Chris Remo (Valve)
Design  

GDC 2018
Denial-of-Service Mitigation
by Fletcher Dunn (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2018
Robocalypse Now: Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in 'Counter-Stri...
by John McDonald (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2018
What's Next? A Game Audio Microtalk Series
by Scott Selfon (Oculus)
Audio  

VRDC Fall 2017
OpenXR News: Converging on a Widely Accepted VR API Standard
by Yuval Boger (Sensics)
Games & Entertainment  

VRDC Fall 2017
OpenXR News: Converging on a Widely Accepted VR API Standard
by Yuval Boger (Sensics)
Games & Entertainment  

GDC 2017
Refocusing on VR Innovation: Can Standards Simplify Cross-Platform Virtu...
by Devin Reimer (Owlchemy Labs)
Programming  

GDC 2016
Advanced VR Rendering Performance
by Alex Vlachos (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2016
Advanced VR Rendering Performance
by Alex Vlachos (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2016
Expand your audience with the Steam Controller (presented by Valve Softw...
by Pierre-Loup Griffais (Valve Software)
Programming  

GDC 2016
Idle Chatter: What We Can Learn From Self-Playing Games
by Anthony Pecorella (Kongregate)
Design  

GDC Europe 2015
Interaction Design in VR: The Rules Have Changed (Again)
by Yasser Malaika (Valve)
Design  

GDC 2015
Advanced VR Rendering
by Alex Vlachos (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2015
Advanced VR Rendering
by Alex Vlachos (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2015
Deep Gabe: Machine Learning from Steam Data
by Alex Champandard (AiGameDev.com)
AI Summit  

GDC 2015
glNext: The Future of High Performance Graphics (Presented by Valve)
by Dan Baker (Oxide Games)
Programming  

GDC 2014
Building the Content that Drives the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ec...
by Bronwen Grimes (Valve)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2014
Building the Content that Drives the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ec...
by Bronwen Grimes (Valve)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2014
Physics for Game Programmers: Debugging Physics
by Sergiy Migdalskiy (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2014
Physics for Game Programmers: Debugging Physics
by Sergiy Migdalskiy (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2013
Building a Great Studio Culture on a Budget
by Chris Charla (XBLA at Microsoft Game Studio)
Business, Marketing & Management  

GDC 2013
Building a Great Studio Culture on a Budget
by Chris Charla (XBLA at Microsoft Game Studio)
Business, Marketing & Management  

GDC 2013
G.A.N.G. Demo Derby: Sound Design
by Brian Schmidt (GameSoundCon)
Audio  

GDC 2013
G.A.N.G. Demo Derby: Sound Design
by Brian Schmidt (GameSoundCon)
Audio  

GDC 2012
AI-driven Dynamic Dialog through Fuzzy Pattern Matching. Empower Your Wr...
by Elan Ruskin (Valve Corporation)
Programming  

GDC 2012
AI-driven Dynamic Dialog through Fuzzy Pattern Matching. Empower Your Wr...
by Elan Ruskin (Valve Corporation)
Programming  

GDC 2012
AI-driven Dynamic Dialog through Fuzzy Pattern Matching. Empower Your Wr...
by Elan Ruskin (Valve Corporation)
Programming  

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

GDC Online 2011
It's Not in the Writer's Manual: A Q&A Session for New Writers
by Mary De Marle (Eidos Montreal)
Game Narrative Summit  

GDC Online 2011
Just Go: A Roundtable Q&A with Valve's Writers
by Mary De Marle (Eidos Montreal)
Game Narrative Summit  

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

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

GDC 2011
Forensic Debugging: How to Autopsy, Repair, and Reanimate a Release-bu...
by Elan Ruskin (Valve Corporation)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Forensic Debugging: How to Autopsy, Repair, and Reanimate a Release-bu...
by Elan Ruskin (Valve Corporation)
Programming  

GDC 2010
Advanced Visual Effects with Direct3D
by Alex Vlachos (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2010
Advanced Visual Effects with Direct3D
by Alex Vlachos (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2010
Advanced Visual Effects with Direct3D
by Alex Vlachos (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2010
Advanced Visual Effects with Direct3D
by Alex Vlachos (Valve)
Programming  

GDC Austin/Online 2009
Killing the Sacred Cows of MMO Technology
by Joe Ludwig (Valve Software)
Programming  

GDC 2009
From COUNTER-STRIKE to LEFT 4 DEAD: Creating Replayable Cooperative Expe...
by Michael Booth (Valve)
Game Design  

GDC 2009
G.A.N.G Demo Derby - Sound Design
by Paul Lipson (The Game Audio Network Guild)
Audio  

GDC 2009
Helping Your Players Feel Smart: Puzzles as User Interface
by Randy Smith (Tiger Style)
Game Design  

GDC 2009
Valve's Approach to Playtesting: the Application of Empiricism
by Mike Ambinder (Valve)
Game Design  

GDC Austin/Online 2008
Pirates of the Burning Sea: A Post-Partum
by Joe Ludwig (Valve Software)
Online Games - Business & Marketing  

GDC 2008
(103) Advanced Visual Effects with Direct3D
by Alex Vlachos (Valve)
Programming  

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

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

GDC 2008
G.A.N.G. Demo Derby - SOUND DESIGN
by Tim Larkin (Valve Software)
Audio  

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
Creating More Original, Unique Music for Games
by Inon Zur  
Audio  

GDC 2007
Dragged Kicking and Screaming: Source Multicore
by Tom Leonard (Valve Software)
Programming  

GDC 2006
Audio Production: Ideas for the Next Generation
by Tim Larkin (Valve Software)
Audio  

GDC 2006
Physical Gameplay in Half-Life 2
by Jay Stelly (Valve Corp)
Programming  

GDC 2006
The Art of Munging AI
by Tom Leonard (Valve Software)
Programming  

GDC 2006
The Art of Munging AI
by Tom Leonard (Valve Software)
Programming  

GDC 2004
Deferred Shading on DX9 Class Hardware and the Xbox
by Matt Pritchard  
Audio  

GDC 2004
The Making of the Official Counter-Strike Bot
by Michael Booth (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2004
The Making of the Official Counter-Strike Bot
by Michael Booth (Valve)
Programming  

GDC 2003
Designing a Portable Shader Library for Current and Future APIs
by Alex Vlachos (Valve)
Programming