Game Developers Conference 2024
20 Years of Game Testing: Life in the Trenches, What We've Learned and H...
by Chris Chamberlain (TransPerfect Gaming)
Production & Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2024
Creating Accountability: 4 Simple Steps for Managers
by Ben Carcich (Valarin Inc., Building Better Games)
Production & Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2024
Designing Solutions for a New Era of Player Experience (Presented by Com...
by Anna Wright (Niantic)
Production & Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2024
Harvesting 10 Years of Success: How 'Farm Heroes Saga' has Super-Served ...
by Sabrina Carmona (King)
Production & Team Leadership  

Showcase 2023
It's Better To Be Friends: Marketing "Asks" and the Reality of Game Prod...
by Rebekah Saltsman (Finji)
Production & Team Leadership  

Showcase 2023
Production & Team Leadership Career Fireside with Veronica Peshterianu a...
by Veronica Peshterianu (System Era)
Production & Team Leadership  

Showcase 2023
The 'Lamplighters League': Music Systems and Live Recording
by Jon Everist (Everist Sound LLC)
Production & Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2023
"CODE RED!": How We Organized a Game Jam From Bomb Shelters
by Elena Lobova (GDBAY)
Production & Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2023
'Wordle': One Year Later
by Zoe Bell (New York Times)
Production & Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2023
10 Key Quest Design Lessons from 'The Witcher 3' and 'Cyberpunk 2077'
by Pawe Sasko (CD Projekt RED)
Production & Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2023
A New Era of Stereo 3D Gaming: Why and How (presented by Acer)
by Jim Chou (Acer)
Production & Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2022
'Blaseball': Game Development as Performance
by Gabe McGill (The Game Band)
Production & Team Management  

Game Developers Conference 2022
'PAYDAY 2': Leveraging Game Telemetry to Increase Engagement and Replaya...
by Irene Hjorth (Starbreeze)
Production & Team Management  

Game Developers Conference 2022
'SKYWEAVER': Learnings from Launching a Trading Card Game on Web3
by Philippe Castonguay (Horizon Blockchain Games)
Production & Team Management  

Game Developers Conference 2022
'Star Wars: Squadrons': A Blast from the Past
by Ian Frazier (EA Motive)
Production & Team Management  

Game Developers Conference 2021
'Seekers Notes': 5 Key Takeways from 5 Years Experience
by Diana Weng (MYTONA)
Production & Team Management  

Game Developers Conference 2021
Art vs. Production: The "Battle" to Ship Premium Cosmetics in 'VALORANT'
by Preeti Khanolkar (Riot Games)
Production & Team Management  

Game Developers Conference 2021
Better Live Game Releases with Persona Based Testing
by Nicholas Joebgen (Pocket Gems)
Production & Team Management  

Game Developers Conference 2021
Beyond Test Servers: How 'For Honor' Made Testing a Celebrated Player Ex...
by Laurent Chouinard (Ubisoft)
Production & Team Management  

Showcase 2021
Dealing with Scope Change in 'Heat Signature' and 'Gunpoint'
by Tom Francis (Suspicious Developments)
Production & Team Management  

Showcase 2021
Developing a UX Mindset on Fortnite
by Celia Hodent (Independent)
Production & Team Management  

Showcase 2021
Dream Daddies and Fearful Fathers: How Indies Can Cope with Being Termin...
by Leighton Gray (Game Grumps)
Production & Team Management  

Showcase 2021
GDC Podcast Live! Hosted by Gamasutra feat. Mohawk Games
by Leyla Johnson (Mohawk Games)
Production & Team Management  

Summer 2020
Ask Me Anything: Production Q&A with Rod Fergusson
by Rod Fergusson (Blizzard Entertainment)
Production & Team Management  

Summer 2020
Ask Me Anything: Working Together, Apart, In Dynamic Times. Q&A with Rob...
by Robin Hunicke (Funomena)
Production & Team Management  

Summer 2020
Changing the Game: Cultivating Female Talent in AAA Studios
by Victoria Setian (Avalanche Studios)
Production & Team Management  

Summer 2020
Colorful Characters: Working with Different Personalities in Game Develo...
by Erin Reynolds (Flying Mollusk)
Production & Team Management  

GDC 2020
Beyond Mobile: Integrating Product Management into AAA Development Teams
by Devin Nambiar (Electronic Arts)
Production & Team Management  

GDC 2020
Production Essentials Summit: Don't Ship a Product, Ship Value: Start Yo...
by Janessa Olson (Kongregate)
Production Essentials Summit  

GDC 2020
Production Essentials Summit: Intrinsically Motivated Teams: The Manager...
by Alexandre Moufarek (DeepMind)
Production Essentials Summit  

GDC 2020
Stress-Free Game Development: Powering Up Your Studio With DevOps
by Seth Coster (Butterscotch Shenanigans, Inc)
Production & Team Management  

2019
(Super)Humans of New York: Managing the Many Faces in 'Marvel's Spider-Man'
by Noah Alzayer (Insomniac Games)
Production & Team Management  

2019
A Great Saga Needs Different Heroes: Unlocking Diversity's Potential
by Sabrina Carmona (King)
Production & Team Management  

2019
A QA Perspective on Live Game Production
by Michael Vork Larsen (RETO MOTO)
Production & Team Management  

2019
Balance of Power: F2P Game Design vs. Product Management
by Lucas Gonzalez (Independent)
Production & Team Management  

GDC 2018
'For Honor': From a Great Launch to a Challenging Live Period
by Damien Kieken (Ubisoft)
Production & Team Management  

GDC 2018
'Good Pizza, Great Pizza': Game Design, Iteration, and Business Lessons ...
by Anthony Lai (TapBlaze)
Production & Team Management  

GDC 2018
'Horizon Zero Dawn': A QA Open World Case Study
by Ana Barbuta (Guerrilla Games)
Production & Team Management  

GDC 2018
10 Years of Evolution of the 'Assassin's Creed' Brand
by Jean Guesdon (Ubisoft)
Production & Team Management  

GDC 2017
'ARK: Survival Evolved': Lessons from the Trenches of Early Access
by Jeremy Stieglitz (Studio Wildcard)
Production & Team Management  

GDC 2017
'Deus Ex: Breach': Experimenting Within the Boundaries of a AAA Franchise
by Fleur Marty (Eidos-Montreal)
Production & Team Management  

GDC 2017
'Watch Dogs 2': PC Version Success Story with NVIDIA (Presented by NVIDIA)
by Jaakko Haapasalo (NVIDIA)
Production & Team Management  

GDC 2017
Achieving Two Worlds, Every Year: How 'Magic the Gathering' Sustainably ...
by Jeremy Jarvis (Wizards of the Coast)
Production & Team Management  

GDC Europe 2016
'HITMAN' Season 1: From Executive Producer to Showrunner
by Hannes Seifert (Io-Interactive)
Production  

GDC Europe 2016
'Project Discovery': How Citizen Science Got into 'EVE Online'
by Attila Szantner (MMOS Srl)
Production  

GDC Europe 2016
8 Keys to a Long Career in Games
by Don Daglow (4th Ring, Inc.)
Production  

GDC Europe 2016
A Geographer's Guide to Building Game Worlds
by Kate Edwards (IGDA)
Production  

GDC 2016
'Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns'- Iterative MMO Development at Scale
by Sonya Wolfram (ArenaNet, Inc.)
Production  

GDC 2016
'World of Tanks': Disrupting the Console Space with F2P
by TJ Wagner (Wargaming)
Production  

GDC 2016
5 Mistakes by Good Teams That Produce Bad Free to Play Games
by Don Daglow (4thRing Inc.)
Production  

GDC 2016
Action Games Without Borders: Making Platinum-Quality Games For The World
by Atsushi Inaba (PlatinumGames, Inc.)
Production  

GDC Europe 2015
5 Ways to Boost Your Agility
by Nathalie Goh-Livorness (Microsoft)
Production  

GDC Europe 2015
Adventures in English: The Challenges of Localizing Comedy
by Mark Estdale (OMUK)
Production  

GDC Europe 2015
Assassin's Creed Identity: Create a Benchmark Mobile Game!
by Tobias Tost (Blue Byte GmbH)
Production  

GDC Europe 2015
Delivering on Kickstarter Promises: Broken Sword 5: Serpent's Curse Post...
by Charles Cecil (Revolution)
Production  

GDC 2015
Awesome Video Game Data (2015)
by Geoffrey Zatkin (EEDAR)
Production  

GDC 2015
Best Practices for Small Studios: Outmaneuver Your Competition
by Tobiah Marks (Microsoft)
Production  

GDC 2015
Connecting Players and Franchise: A Compelling Solution to the Cross-Pla...
by Leah Shinkewski (BioWare)
Production  

GDC 2015
Deliberately Developmental Leadership
by Robin Hunicke (Funomena)
Production  

GDC Next 2014
Cross Platform MMORPGs - Syncing Web and Mobile for Seamless Gameplay
by Sudhir Krishnaswamy (JumpStart)
Production  

GDC Next 2014
Crowdsharing: Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing
by Starr Long (Portalarium)
Production  

GDC Next 2014
Game Audio - No Excuses
by Damian Kastbauer (PopCap)
Production  

GDC Next 2014
Games as a Service: Rebooting a 4-Year-Old Game to the Top of the Charts
by Ramine Darabiha (Halfbrick)
Production  

GDC China 2014
Business Model Design of Web Games
by Rety Chen (Mokylin Technology)
Production - Chinese

GDC China 2014
Darkblade: How a Small Team Making a Big Title
by Soulframe Soulframe (S-Game)
Production - Chinese

GDC China 2014
EA Sports UFC: The Fight for Believable Characters in Games
by Richard Burgess Richard Burgess Dawson (Electronic Arts Canada)
Production - Chinese

GDC China 2014
Powerful and Effective Animation for 2D/3D Games
by Mariel Cartwright (Lab Zero Games)
Production - Chinese

GDC Europe 2014
Battlefield 4: Creating a More Dynamic Battlefield
by Linnea Harrison (EA DICE)
Production  

GDC Europe 2014
Five Challenges in Bringing Might & Magic Heroes Online
by David Manuel (Ubisoft Blue Byte)
Production  

GDC Europe 2014
How Goat Simulator Really Did Become Our Next Game
by Armin Ibrisagic (Coffee Stain Studios)
Production  

GDC Europe 2014
How to Use Your Gameplay Prototype for Resource Management
by Jens Schoebel (Hochschule Darmstadt)
Production  

GDC 2014
Adaptive Music Preparation for Live Recording: A Primer
by Lennie Moore (3l33t Music)
Production  

GDC 2014
Agile Lessons from Ryse and Crysis 3
by Patrick Payne (Crytek GmbH)
Production  

GDC 2014
Art Direction is Not Just Googling Images
by Robh Ruppel (Naughty Dog)
Production  

GDC 2014
Battlefield 4: Creating a More Dynamic Battlefield
by Linnea Harrison (EA DICE)
Production  

GDC Europe 2013
10 Decisions That Took Warface to Our First 10 Million Users
by Nick Button-Brown (Crytek GmbH)
Production  

GDC Europe 2013
Changing How Games Are Made: Seven Principles for Teams Without Management
by Bernd Diemer (Yager)
Production  

GDC Europe 2013
Gamification in Software Testing and QA
by Robert Hoischen (Camshaft Software)
Production  

GDC Europe 2013
Reflections on a Distributed and Manager-Less Work Environment
by Senta Jakobsen (Scattered Entertainment, A DeNA Company)
Production  

GDC 2013
10 Questions: Am I Ready to Go Indie?
by Don Daglow (Daglow Entertainment LLC)
Production  

GDC 2013
A New (and Way Better) Model for Licensed Games
by Daniel Morris (DeNA Americas & Europe)
Production  

GDC 2013
Avoiding Failure 101 (Small Studio Edition)
by Eitan Glinert (Fire Hose Games)
Production  

GDC 2013
Creating the EVE Universe: Technical and Cultural Strategies
by Andie Nordgren (CCP Games)
Production  

GDC Online 2012
Building a Multi-Platform Game Business out of Facebook and onto Mobile
by Tommy Palm (King.com)
Production  

GDC Online 2012
Building the Scalable Platform for SWTOR [Available For Free Thanks To G...
by Dave Moore (BioWare)
Production  

GDC Online 2012
Devops: Bringing Development and Operations Together for Better Everything
by Bryant Durrell (Independent)
Production  

GDC Online 2012
FarmVille's Golden Goose
by Mike Perry (Zynga)
Production  

GDC Europe 2012
5 Things About American Online Gamers that Surprise European Developers
by Don Daglow (Daglow Entertainment, LLC)
Production  

GDC Europe 2012
Changing How Games Are Made - Building and Working in a Distributed Team
by Senta Jakobsen (ngmoco)
Production  

GDC Europe 2012
Dead Island: How to Create a Mega Seller on a Moderate Budget
by Guido Eickmeyer (Deep Silver)
Production  

GDC Europe 2012
Implementing an In-House Playtesting Process
by Graham McAllister (Player Research)
Production  

GDC 2012
APB Reloaded: Design and Item Monetization Challenges When AAA Games Goe...
by Bjorn Book-Larsson (GamersFirst / Reloaded Productions Inc.)
Production  

GDC 2012
Arrrgghh!!! - Blending Quantitative and Qualitative Methods to Detect Pl...
by Janus Rau Sorensen (Crystal Dynamics / IO Interactive (Square Enix))
Production  

GDC 2012
Concrete Practices to Be a Better Leader: Framing & Intention
by Brian Sharp (Bungie)
Production  

GDC 2012
Creative Panic: How Agility Turned Terror Into Triumph
by Lee Petty (Double Fine Productions)
Production  

GDC China 2012
Creative Panic: How Agility Turned Terror into Triumph
by Nathan Martz (Double Fine Productions)
Production  

GDC China 2012
Creative Panic: How Agility Turned Terror into Triumph
by Nathan Martz (Double Fine Productions)
Production - Chinese

GDC China 2012
Playtesting and Metrics: Getting the Most Out of Your Usability Testing
by Jordan Lynn (Volition)
Production  

GDC China 2012
Playtesting and Metrics: Getting the Most Out of Your Usability Testing
by Jordan Lynn (Volition)
Production - Chinese

GDC China 2011
Maximizing Risk: The Building of Bastion
by Amir Rao (Supergiant Games)
Production  

GDC China 2011
Maximizing Risk: The Building of Bastion
by Amir Rao (Supergiant Games)
Production - Chinese

GDC Online 2011
5 Things Core Designers Should Learn from Social Games
by Dan Fiden (Signia Venture)
Production  

GDC Online 2011
Career Development in a Box: Introducing a Freely Available Toolkit
by Joshua Howard (Microsoft)
Production  

GDC Online 2011
Data Driven: How Creating a Deeply Analytical Approach Drives Success
by Sheridan Hitchens (Kabam)
Production  

GDC Online 2011
Gardens of Time: Reinventing Hidden Object Games for Facebook
by Eric Todd (Playdom)
Production  

GDC Europe 2011
All Points Bulletin: Reloaded - When a $100 Million AAA Game Goes Free2Play
by Bjorn Book-Larsson (GamersFirst)
Production  

GDC Europe 2011
EGDF in GDCE 2011
by Malte Behrmann (European Games Developer Federation)
Production  

GDC Europe 2011
f2p Online Games: The Game Is Not Enough
by Teut Weidemann (Ubisoft/Bluebyte Germany)
Production  

GDC Europe 2011
From Boxes to Life! How to Prototype and Develop Creatures: Mass Effect ...
by Scylla Costa (Bioware)
Production  

GDC 2011
Audio Essentials for Producers
by Brian Schmidt (Brian Schmidt Studios, LLC)
Production  

GDC 2011
Experimenting Your Way to Learning and Success: Applying Lean Startup Pr...
by James Birchler (IMVU, Inc.)
Production  

GDC 2011
Faulty Thinking: Becoming a Better Producer by Understanding Faults in...
by Chuck Hoover (Schell Games)
Production  

GDC 2011
Getting the Best Out of Your Talent: Achieving Quality Performances in G...
by Keith Arem (PCB Productions)
Production  

GDC Online 2010
AAA to Social Games -- Making the Leap
by Raph Koster (Playdom)
Production  

GDC Online 2010
Battle.net: A Postmortem
by Matthew Versluys (Blizzard Entertainment)
Production  

GDC Online 2010
Can Your Infrastructure Handle Success? How to Use Cloud Computing to Su...
by Josh Fraser (RightScale, Inc.)
Production  

GDC Online 2010
From SHADOWBANE to WIZARD101: A Tale of Two Cities
by Josef Hall (KingsIsle Entertainment)
Production  

GDC Europe 2010
A Challenging Production: Heavy Rain
by Charles Coutier (QUANTIC DREAM)
Production  

GDC Europe 2010
Critical Success Factors in Game Production: In Search of the Silver Bullet
by Christopher Schmitz (Ubisoft Entertainment)
Production  

GDC Europe 2010
Distributed Development: Keys to Success!
by Alexander Fernandez (Streamline Studios)
Production  

GDC Europe 2010
Extreme Producing: Order & Chaos in The Game Development Process
by Robin Hunicke (thatgamecompany)
Production  

GDC 2010
Achievements Considered Harmful?
by Chris Hecker (definition six, inc.)
Production  

GDC 2010
Among Friends - An Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Post-Mortem
by Richard Lemarchand (Naughty Dog)
Production  

GDC 2010
Battlefield 1943 - My First Arcade Game
by Patrick Liu (DICE, EA)
Production  

GDC 2010
Behind the Scenes: Uncharted 2's Unique Cinematic Production Process
by Amy Hennig (Naughty Dog, Inc.)
Production  

GDC Austin/Online 2009
Browser MMOGs - the Experts Talk
by Jesse Schell (Schell Games)
Production  

GDC Austin/Online 2009
Come and See the Elephant - Challenges Encountered Growing an MMO
by Bill Dalton (BioWare Austin)
Production  

GDC Austin/Online 2009
Developing in the Cloud
by Ben Garney (PushButton Labs)
Production  

GDC Austin/Online 2009
Flash Multiplayer-Action Case Study: The BATTLE Series
by Corey Bridges (Multiverse)
Production  

GDC 2009
10 Perspectives on Staying Passionate about Games
by Don Daglow (Don Daglow Interactive Entertainment)
Production  

GDC 2009
An American engine in Tokyo: The collaboration of Epic Games and Square ...
by Mark Cerny (Cerny Games)
Production  

GDC 2009
Building Your Airplane While Flying: Production at Bungie
by Allen Murray (Bungie LLC)
Production  

GDC 2009
From Script to Implementation
by Jacquelyn Shriver (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
Production  

GDC 2004
Production Through Collaboration: Escalating Demands on the Producer
by Dave Perry  
Production  

GDC 2000
2000 GDC Keynote: Dr. Daniel Hillis
by Dave Perry  
Production  

GDC 2000
Excerpt: Peter Molyneux introduces Black & White
by Peter Molyneux (Lionhead Studios)
Production  

GDC 2000
GamExecutive Conference: Addressing the Mass Market Effectively
by Thom Maslow  
Production  

GDC 2000
GamExecutive Conference: Broadband Market
by Thom Maslow  
Production  

GDC 1999
Changing for the Better: Redefining Game and Hardware Development throug...
by Bernie Stolar (Sega of America)
Production  

GDC 1998
Herding Cats: How to Build, Manage and Sustain Successful Teams
by Richard Honeywood (Independent)
Production