Game Developers Conference 2025
#1ReasonToBe
by Laia Bee (Pincer Games)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
'Balatro': Turning Low Resolution into High Praise
by Wout van Halderen (Playstack)
Business & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2025
2025 GDC State of the Game Industry Panel
by Bryant Francis (Game Developer)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
A Code of Ethics for the Game Industry
by Celia Hodent (Independent)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Accessibility for Everyone in Gaming: When Games Are Accessible, Everyon...
by Se Jin Kim (Smilegate)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
AI Executive Panel: Exploring What's Next in AI for Gaming(Presented by ...
by Haiyan Zhang (Xbox)
Production & Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2025
All In: Paving the Way for Female and Non-Binary Game Entrepreneurs
by Vania Castagnino Ugolotti (Science Park Skovde/ Sweden Game Arena)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Audio Summit: Beyond the Booth: Creative Voice Recording and Performance...
by Mathieu Lavoie (Side Global)
Audio Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Babygirls, Daddies, and Himbos: Updating Archetypes for Compelling Chara...
by Alexa Ray Corriea (Independent)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Capturing Game History Bits by Bits
by Audun Sorlie (Limited Run Games)
Visual Arts  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Career Microtalks: External Game Development as a Career Path
by Anna Nguyen (Blind Squirrel Games)
Career Development  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Case Study: Managing a #MeToo Moment in the (Post-)Nuclear Age
by Brooke Branch (Arrowhead Game Studios)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Charting the Future: Layoffs, Recovery, Job Trends and Community Impact
by Dean Takahashi (VentureBeat)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Community Management Summit: 'Aggro' Your Community Manager
by Paige Wilson (AGGRO CRAB)
Community Management Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Community Management Summit: Oh No! Your Post Reached the Wrong Audience
by Bryce Riley (Electronic Arts)
Community Management Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Cosplay as a Game Artist
by Hannah Mackintosh (Black Salt Games/Disc 2 Games)
Visual Arts  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Crafting Black Narratives
by Jarory de Jesus (Coquito Games)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Crafting Worlds, Building Teams: The Power of Culture in Game Development
by Kate Edwards (Geogrify/SetJetters)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Creative Sobriety: On Originality in Game Development
by Fawzi Mesmar (Ubisoft)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Developing 'Metaphor: ReFantazio' and the Potential of RPG Command Battl...
by Kenichi Goto (Atlus)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Embracing Neurodiversity and Leadership in the Game Industry
by Nathalie Mathe (Northeastern University)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Experimental Games Showcase
by Liz Ryerson (ella guro)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Funding Futures Series: Chasing Unicorns: How Venture Funding Really Works
by Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs)
Business & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Funding Futures Series: Inception Publishing: The Shift to Indie Self-Pu...
by Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs)
Business & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Funding Futures Series: The Evolving Role of Publishers
by John Buckley (Pocketpair)
Business & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game AI Summit: The Human Cost of Generative AI
by Rez Graham (Independent)
Game AI Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: Becoming a Juggler: A Framework for Sustainably Han...
by Alonso Canales-Echeverria (Smarto Club)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: Career Trees: Growing Your Career Towards Your Goals
by Jarryd Huntley (Owlchemy Labs)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: How to Apply for an Indie Game Job
by Brandon Sheffield (Necrosoft Games)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: Industry at a Crossroads: Union Experiences in Vide...
by Samuel Cooper (Blizzard Entertainment)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: Introduction to Performance Optimization
by Rez Graham (Independent)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: Killer Portfolio or Portfolio Killer Part 1: Advice...
by Greg Foertsch (Bit Reactor)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: Multiclass Your Career in Games
by Fawzi Mesmar (Ubisoft)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: Paint Me a Picture, Sell Me a Story
by David Ventura (Ichigoichie)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: Pave Your Path and You Can Eat Ramen Every Day
by Tyler Coleman (Retora Games)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: Personal North Star
by Ted DiNola (Stella Maris Games Corporation)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: STR, DEX and INT: A Genre-Spanning Way to Think Abo...
by Joseph Shely (Blizzard Entertainment)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: The Japanese Game Industry: Getting Your Foot in th...
by Taichiro Miyazaki (CyberConnect2 Co.,Ltd.)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Career Seminar: You Belong Here: Breaking In and Thriving in a Chal...
by Dr. Jenn Killham (TVETM Institute)
Game Career Seminar  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Game Studio Principles: A Case Study
by Jesse Schell (Schell Games LLC)
Production & Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Games Industry Mentoring 101 for Mentors and Mentees
by Alexa Ray Corriea (Independent)
Career Development  

Game Developers Conference 2025
GDC Main Stage: Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice Aw...
by Alexa Ray Corriea (Independent)
Special Event  

Game Developers Conference 2025
GDC Pitch: Day 1
by Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs)
Special Event  

Game Developers Conference 2025
GDC Pitch: Day 2
by Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs)
Special Event  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Get Into Game Dev: Crafting a Bespoke Resume and Portfolio
by Matthew Ventures (Ventures Ventures LLC)
Career Development  

Game Developers Conference 2025
How Tabletop Design Helped Shape 'UFO 50'
by Jon Perry (Quibble Media, LLC)
Design  

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

Game Developers Conference 2025
Inclusive Gaming AI: Red Teaming for Accessibility and Disability
by Brannon Zahand (Microsoft)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: 'Bird': Developing a Game from Both Sides of a...
by Spencer Bambrick (Entanglement Interactive)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Careful Leadership Through Crises
by Trent Kusters (League of Geeks)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Creating a Handcrafted Game: 'Harold Halibut' ...
by Onat Hekimoglu (Slow Bros. GmbH)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Developing at 5mb per Year: The Making of 'Ani...
by Billy Basso (Shared Memory)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Funding a Sustainable Cooperative Indie Studio...
by Ty Underwood (Lake Washington Institute of Technology)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Fundraising Bootcamp: Legal and Business Consi...
by Jon Loiterman (Foundation Law Group LLP)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Hitting the Bullseye: Crafting a Winning Strat...
by Dana Trebella (Spoke & Wheel Strategy)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: How to Plan for Audio as a Developer
by Em Halberstadt (A Shell in the Pit)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Indie Soapbox
by Lisy Kane (CULT Games)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Making Room
by Damien Crawford (Cannibal Interactive)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Meetings Make Games! Fostering Empathy and Foc...
by Michelle Olson (Banana Bird Studios/Lightspeed LA)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Microtalks: Solving Production Problems
by Jen Costa (Uken Games)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Sex Sells! Or Does It? Making Top Quality Adul...
by Hot Pink (HotPink Games)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: Teabag in First: How 'Thank Goodness You're He...
by James Carbutt (Coal Supper)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: The Intricate Web of Relationships: Indigenous...
by Jennifer Estaris (ustwo games)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: What Even is 1.0?: Indefinite Early Access and...
by Tarn Adams (Bay 12 Games)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Independent Games Summit: You Are Not Alone
by Renee Gittins (Stumbling Cat)
Independent Games Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Is Diversity a Dirty Word in 2025? Supercell's 4-Pillar Approach to DEI
by Deborah Mensah-Bonsu (Supercell)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
KWS: Scaling Parental Consent and Verification in Fortnite and Beyond (P...
by Kevin Hodges (Epic Games)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Level Design Summit: The Unusual Level Design of 'Tactical Breach Wizards'
by Steve Lee (Half Mermaid)
Level Design Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Leveling Up Impact: How to Improve KPIs Through Purposeful Play
by Mathias Gredal Norvig (SYBO)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Leveling Up Player Experience Through Bias-Aware Design
by Tanjulia Akter (Electronic Arts)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Power of the Press: A Guide for Whistleblowing to Investigative Journalists
by Bryant Francis (Game Developer)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Preserving Game History: It's Just Us
by Frank Cifaldi (Video Game History Foundation)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Preserving the Past for the Future: A PlayStation Case Study
by Garrett Fredley (PlayStation)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Prismatic People: Queer Narratives Beyond Romance
by Adanna Nedd (Independent)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Reimagining High Fantasy: The Score to 'Eternal Strands'
by Austin Wintory (Independent)
Audio  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Rewriting Your Game Career Love Story (Taylor's Version)
by Patricia Pizer (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Career Development  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Skins in the Game: Indigenous Storytelling in Cyberspace
by Nancy Townsend (Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Teaching First-Time Level Designers for 'Infinity Nikki'
by Kentaro Tominaga (Infold Games)
Career Development  

Game Developers Conference 2025
The Black Designer's Dilemma
by Carl Varnado (Rancho Solano)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
The Challenges in Developing an Innovative Battle System for 'Final Fant...
by Teruki Endo (Square Enix)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2025
The Four One-Page Design Docs You Need (And How to Use Them)
by Ian Schreiber (Independent)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2025
The Secret to Narrative-Driven and Short-Term Development in 'Like a Dra...
by Ryosuke Horii (SEGA)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Thriving Players Summit: Avoiding Toxic Positivity in Games for Emotiona...
by Hannah Gunderman (Lumi Interactive)
Thriving Players Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Thriving Players Summit: Bringing the "Outside" In
by Bria Davis (Young Horses)
Thriving Players Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Thriving Players Summit: Designing for Presence Without Intrusion
by Lucas Johnson (Silverstring Media Inc.)
Thriving Players Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Thriving Players Summit: Expanding Player Impact in Social Spaces
by Andreia Goncalves (EA)
Thriving Players Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Thriving Players Summit: It's Okay to Slow Down
by Tim Nixon (thatgamecompany)
Thriving Players Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Thriving Players Summit: Navigating Cross-Industry Player Safety Partner...
by Jonathan Cheng (Riot Games)
Thriving Players Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Thriving Players Summit: Prosocial Design Workshop
by Natasha Miller (Blizzard Entertainment)
Thriving Players Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
TIGG Developer Summit: Designing for Digital Thriving: TIGG and the Digi...
by Matthew Soeth (Thriving in Games Group (TIGG))
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Tools Summit: A Series of Microtalks About Spreadsheets
by Guillaume Pierre (Magic Fuel Games/Playstack)
Tools Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Unions in Gaming: The Past, Present, and Future
by Jason Schreier (Bloomberg News)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
UX Summit: Making the World Playful: The Importance of Accessible Mobile...
by Emilio Jeldrez (King)
UX Summit  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Video Games and Crowdfunding: Best Practices from Successful Campaigns
by Thomas Bidaux (ICO)
Business & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2025
What's New in Game History: 2025
by Laine Nooney (New York University)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
What's New in Games Research
by Reed Devany (Reed Devany Writing Associates)
Advocacy  

Game Developers Conference 2025
Working Abroad in Game Dev, Is It for You?
by Joseph Knox (Free Range Games)
Career Development