Compromising with Your Publisher

Vince Zampella

0:50

Crafting New Experience

Wright Bagwell

1:6

Working in QA

Raphael Colantonio

0:52

Impoverished Critical Language

N’Gai Croal

2:16

Defining the Creative Process of Games

Tracy Fullerton

2:10

Origin of Independent Games

Eric Zimmerman

1:28

Dangers of a Closed Platform

Dean Takahashi

1:37

Don't Forget about Interactivity

Noah Falstein

0:58

The Alt Game Space

Zoe Quinn

2:26

No Game Design Document

Amir Rao

1:10

Independent Scene

Jason Rohrer

0:59

Schools of Thought in Game Design

Steve Gaynor

2:05

Origin of Games Development in Sweden

Christofer Sundberg

0:57

Be Careful Who You Go Into Business With

Christofer Sundberg

1:43

Pros and Cons of Going Independent

Brian Allgeier

1:24

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

GIRLS LEVEL UP

Laila Shabir

8:37

Innovation vs. Predictability

Michael Condrey

1:47

Creative Director's Role

Jens Andersen

1:25

IP vs. Licensed

Jens Andersen

1:35

Payment Models

Jens Andersen

3:37

Evolving Installments

Chris Avellone

1:27

Solid Prototypes

Wright Bagwell

1:49

Deliberately Clunky Controls

Wright Bagwell

3:17

Designing and Directing

Wright Bagwell

3:40

Cinematic Experience

Daniel Benmergui

1:48

Various Company Approaches

Raphael Colantonio

2:52

Challenges of a Growing Team

Michael Condrey

1:39

Attraction of Farming

Wright Bagwell

1:18

Money and Experimentation

Chris Hecker

0:48

Encouraging Diversity through Education

Tracy Fullerton

2:60

Conscious Game Ideology

Auriea Harvey

1:35

Importance of Diversity

Kiki Wolfkill

1:00

Importance of Diversity in the Gaming Indu...

Siobhan Reddy

6:00

Being Responsible for Your Failures

Vander Caballero

1:00

Financing Independent Games

Vander Caballero

1:36

Games Based on Personal Life

Vander Caballero

0:45

Importance of Vision

Vander Caballero

1:02

Accidental Art Style

Brendon Chung

1:51

Limitations of New Technology

Brendon Chung

1:34

Seeing Connections

Brendon Chung

1:30

Using Conventions in Niche Games

Brendon Chung

1:35

Value of Working on a Team

Brendon Chung

1:32

Knowing When a Game is Special

N’Gai Croal

3:38

Player Expectation

N’Gai Croal

2:33

The Burden of Profit

N’Gai Croal

1:00

Different Design Approaches

Tracy Fullerton

1:15

The System Underlying the Experiment

Tracy Fullerton

2:8

Artistic Opportunity in Game Design

Auriea Harvey

2:28

Artistic Process

Auriea Harvey

3:35

Drawing Inspiration from the World

Auriea Harvey

1:47

Defining AAA Games

Alex Hutchinson

1:07

Anchors in a Fantasy World

Siobhan Reddy

1:35

Crafting Experiences with Your Tools

Siobhan Reddy

1:04

Creating Creative Gaming

Siobhan Reddy

2:49

Creative Game Development

Siobhan Reddy

2:42

High Emotions in the Creative Process

Siobhan Reddy

0:55

Motifs of Gameplay

Siobhan Reddy

3:01

Producer as Cheerleader

Siobhan Reddy

0:57

Similarities in Processes

Siobhan Reddy

1:12

Teams Working Together

Siobhan Reddy

1:46

The Indie Mentality

Robin Hunicke

1:49

Phases of Emotion

Davey Wreden

1:17

Advantages of Knowing Programming as a Gam...

Ron Gilbert

1:1

Removing Power from Players

Jill Murray

0:43

Game Design Controls All the Verbs

Jill Murray

0:57

Scary Economics of the Growing Game Business

Dean Takahashi

1:22

Making Games for Over 40 Years

Don Daglow

1:18

Unpredictable Game Systems

Don Daglow

1:49

Power Dynamics in Game Development

David Helgason

1:07

Escalating Complexity in Next Gen Games

David Helgason

2:06

Developing Tools for Game Developers

David Helgason

3:25

The Relative Health of the Game Industry

David Helgason

3:11

The Costs of Developing Your Own Engine

David Helgason

0:57

Streamlining Workflows for Collaboration

David Helgason

2:56

The Role of the Creative Director

Patrick Plourde

3:11

The Value of Understanding Multiple Discip...

Patrick Plourde

3:04

The Legacy of Lucasarts

Noah Falstein

2:12

Design Your Life like a Game Designer

Noah Falstein

2:48

Everyone Respects Elegence

Noah Falstein

1:24

Avoidance of Heroing Game Directors

Tadhg Kelly

2:16

Exercising Your Brain with Game Jams

Kayla Kinnunen

1:58

Design Based on Playtime Scales

Kayla Kinnunen

1:51

Challenges of Working on Big Teams

Kayla Kinnunen

1:31

Treat Writer's Block with a Game Jam

Anna Kipnis

2:44

Supporting Multiple Input Devices

Anna Kipnis

2:06

Being Well-Rounded

Anna Kipnis

1:31

Never Compromise on Quality

Luke Muscat

1:20

Game Design in Australia

Luke Muscat

2:07

Playtesting Depression Quest with Therapists

Zoe Quinn

Games Beginning as a Bad Joke

Zoe Quinn

VR 20 Years Ago

Warren Robinett

2:10

The First Easter Egg

Warren Robinett

1:45

Creating Atari Games Alone

Warren Robinett

0:54

The Value of Re-Working a Game

Ken Wong

2:32

Role of the Art Director

Ken Wong

2:12

Good Design is about Asking the RIght Ques...

Ken Wong

1:30

Games That Challenge Us as Humans

Ken Wong

1:50

The Value of a Public Persona

Brianna Wu

1:03

It's Hard to be in the Game Industry

Brianna Wu

2:04

Customers as Guests

Bei Yang

1:32

Free to Play Model

Gabriel Leydon

2:34

Graphics Get Boring

Gabriel Leydon

4:18

Sports Genre

David Littman

0:19

Compromise

Amir Rao

0:53

Being a Level Designer

Amir Rao

1:58

AAA vs. Indie

Amir Rao

1:24

Photorealism

Jason Rohrer

1:45

Art Games

Jason Rohrer

2:44

Looking Glass Studios

Harvey Smith

2:15

Designers Need to Cross-pollinate

Laralyn McWilliams

1:15

Three Ingredients

Trip Hawkins

3:36

Indies Partnering with Publishers

Steve Gaynor

2:20

Games About Games

Steve Gaynor

2:38

User Experience

Steve Papoutsis

0:56

Design Rules

Steve Papoutsis

2:24

Medium is Message

Denis Dyack

0:30

Creating Charismatic Characters

Keiji Inafune

0:52

Best Games Are Both Simple and Complex

Keiji Inafune

0:47

Negative Feedback

Yoshinori Ono

1:44

Overcoming the Perception of Games as a So...

Trip Hawkins

1:37

Learning Power of Games

Trip Hawkins

1:58

You're Not Just Making Assets

Vince Zampella

0:37

The Anxiety of a Big Budget

Christofer Sundberg

1:45

One-Sentence Pitch

Christofer Sundberg

1:51

Measuring Success

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Macro Plan

Brian Allgeier

0:43

What is a Game Designer?

Patrice Désilets

1:45

The Ubisoft School of Thought

Patrice Désilets

3:25

Always Building Something New

Patrice Désilets

3:06

Advantages of Episodic Distribution

Patrice Désilets

3:20

Why Sequels are Successful

Marcin Iwinski

5:17

Games are Art for Us

Marcin Iwinski

2:26

Developing Ahead of Technology

Marcin Iwinski

2:02

Working at Capcom

Ben Judd

1:57

Importance of a Publisher

Ben Judd

1:04

Games Industry East vs. West

Ben Judd

2:58

Value of a Game Design Document

Graham Smith

1:08

The First Step in Game Design

Graham Smith

1:10

Porting to Mobile

Graham Smith

2:19

Pitching Game Ideas Internally

Graham Smith

2:01

High Level Skeleton

Graham Smith

0:53

Growing Competition in Indie Development

Graham Smith

1:38

Founding DrinkBox Studios

Graham Smith

0:50

Games as Singles

Alejandro Quan-Madrid

2:23

Popular Games Are Compelling

Martzi Campos

1:45

Game Brand vs. Auteur

Rob Pardo

1:18

Healthy Fragmentation in the Games Industry

John Hanke

1:20

Balance in Writing for Games

Josh Scherr

2:24

Ingredients of User Experience

Celia Hodent

1:50