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Come to GDC 2017 and learn what it took to make an RTS without guns
At GDC 2017, Mohawk Games' Soren Johnson will open up about the unique challenges of creating a real-time strategy game without guns -- Offworld Trading Company.
Jan. 30, 2017
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Jordan Mechner and Mark DeLoura to receive top honors at the GDC Awards!
Veteran game developer Jordan Mechner (Karateka) and game industry advocate Mark DeLoura will be honored with the Pioneer and Ambassador awards at the 17th annual Game Developers Choice Awards!
Jan. 30, 2017
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Download your copy of the GDC 2017 State of the Industry report!
Game Developers Conference officials are happy to release the full results of the 5th annual GDC State of the Industry survey, and now you can download a copy of the full report for yourself.
Jan. 27, 2017
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Attend GDC 2017 and spend a whole day honing your level design skills
Designers who have worked on everything from Dishonored 2 to Hyper Light Drifter to Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will be speaking as part of GDC 2017's excellent day-long Level Design Workshop!
Jan. 27, 2017
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Attend GDC 2017 and learn the value of 'less is more' from a Mini Metro dev
At GDC 2017, Dinosaur Polo Club's Jamie Churchman will look at the successes and failures of visual design in the strikingly austere Mini Metro -- and what fellow game makers can learn from them.
Jan. 27, 2017
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At GDC 2017, get engineering insights from folks who used animation to bring a toy robot to life
At GDC 2017 Anki engineers will explain how, in animating the real-life robot Cozmo, Anki used real-world physics so there was no "cheating" -- and they had to adjust their process accordingly.
Jan. 25, 2017
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Here's the lineup of playable games at Day of the Devs during GDC 2017!
From Nidhogg 2 to Pyre to Knights and Bikes, here are ten great games that will be playable (often alongside their devs, who are fully chatable) in the Day of the Devs space at GDC 2017!
Jan. 25, 2017
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Don't miss the 50+ sessions on VR taking place at GDC 2017
GDC organizers want to quickly remind you about the bumper crop of sessions focused on VR games and tech that are taking place at GDC 2017 and thus still accessible to most GDC passholders.
Jan. 24, 2017
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Attend GDC 2017 and learn how HBO brought Westworld to VR!
At GDC 2017, HBO's Colin Foran will deliver a talk about creating "Westworld: A Delos Experience", a room-scale VR installation that tells stories in the same world as the popular HBO show.
Jan. 24, 2017
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Cast your votes for the 2017 IGF and Game Developers Choice Audience Awards!
Cast your votes now for both the Game Developers Choice Audience Award and the Independent Games Festival Audience Award -- you have until voting closes next Tuesday, January 31st at 11:59 PM PT!
Jan. 23, 2017
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At GDC 2017, see how Civ VI devs handled making a new game in a beloved series
At GDC 2017 the lead designer of Civilization VI, Ed Beach, is giving about the pressures of making the latest entry in a beloved franchise. Don't miss it!
Jan. 23, 2017
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GDC State of the Industry: Devs explain why their confidence in eSports is rising
Today, the folks at GDC dive even deeper into the 2017 State of the Industry survey results and surface some of the intriguing written responses respondents gave about the state of eSports in 2017.
Jan. 23, 2017