The Well Played Game

Tracy Fullerton

2:21

The Value of Play

Kim McAuliffe

1:02

Character Evolution Path

Vander Caballero

0:47

Innovation vs. Predictability

Michael Condrey

1:47

The Word "Game"

Chris Hecker

0:50

Creative Director's Role

Jens Andersen

1:25

IP vs. Licensed

Jens Andersen

1:35

Payment Models

Jens Andersen

3:37

Details vs. Big Picture

Wright Bagwell

3:27

Deliberately Clunky Controls

Wright Bagwell

3:17

Crafting New Experience

Wright Bagwell

1:6

Designing

Wright Bagwell

2:21

Cinematic Experience

Daniel Benmergui

1:48

Responsibility

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

0:31

Working in QA

Raphael Colantonio

0:52

Various Company Approaches

Raphael Colantonio

2:52

Challenges of a Growing Team

Michael Condrey

1:39

Attraction of Farming

Wright Bagwell

1:18

Not Into Competition

David Cage

0:42

Encouraging Diversity through Education

Tracy Fullerton

2:60

Importance of Diversity

Kiki Wolfkill

1:00

Importance of Diversity in the Gaming Indu...

Siobhan Reddy

6:00

Financing Independent Games

Vander Caballero

1:36

Game Mechanics Communicate Values

Vander Caballero

0:25

Simulating Conflicting Relationships

Vander Caballero

1:47

Social Responsibility and the Design Commu...

Vander Caballero

1:49

Objective-based vs Undirected Games

Brendon Chung

0:58

Becoming the Monster

Brendon Chung

2:17

Happy Medium in Player Instruction

Tracy Fullerton

1:23

Making Interesting Problems

Tracy Fullerton

0:43

Replay and Mastery

Tracy Fullerton

3:12

The Good Mystery

Tracy Fullerton

1:31

Unleashing Passion in the Player

Tracy Fullerton

2:30

Enhancing Life through Games

Auriea Harvey

1:27

Playing with Expectations

Auriea Harvey

1:02

Unique Experiences

Auriea Harvey

1:28

Camera Mechanics

Richard Hilleman

2:15

Evolving Language

Clint Hocking

1:29

Less Fail Modes Today

Todd Howard

1:30

Physicality of Playing

Rod Humble

1:17

Avatars

Rod Humble

1:38

400 Hours of Gameplay

Rod Humble

1:53

Moderate Fantasy

Alex Hutchinson

2:01

Many Forms of Combat

Alex Hutchinson

1:19

Pulling from Personal Experience

Brendon Chung

1:13

Making Connections

Daniel James

1:43

Constraints in Multiplayer Level Layouts

Damien Kieken

1:40

Defining AAA Games

Alex Hutchinson

1:07

Constraint drives Innovation

Raph Koster

1:59

Sims are like Roombas

Raph Koster

1:49

Balancing Fun and Complexity

Siobhan Reddy

2:23

Crafting Experiences with Your Tools

Siobhan Reddy

1:04

Customization Creating a Bond

Siobhan Reddy

1:25

Playing is a Creative Exercise

Siobhan Reddy

1:38

Similarities in Processes

Siobhan Reddy

1:12

Inhabiting a Character

Kiki Wolfkill

1:07

Origin of Independent Games

Eric Zimmerman

1:28

Wasted Data

Robin Hunicke

2:14

Mechanics as Foundation

Robin Hunicke

1:22

Designing Backwards, from Aesthetics to Me...

Robin Hunicke

1:57

Revisiting Design from Demo Feedback

Davey Wreden

2:38

Elegant Gameplay Mechanics

Ron Gilbert

1:19

Removing Power from Players

Jill Murray

0:43

Making Games for Over 40 Years

Don Daglow

1:18

Story vs. Game Mechanic

Don Daglow

1:38

Power Dynamics in Game Development

David Helgason

1:07

The Relative Health of the Game Industry

David Helgason

3:11

Streamlining Workflows for Collaboration

David Helgason

2:56

The Value of Simplicity

Ryan Payton

0:26

Evolving Winning and Losing

Ryan Payton

1:12

The Legacy of Lucasarts

Noah Falstein

2:12

Don't Forget about Interactivity

Noah Falstein

0:58

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

No Such Thing as Player Character

Tadhg Kelly

2:11

How Users Interact with Mobile Devices

Kayla Kinnunen

1:35

Exercising Your Brain with Game Jams

Kayla Kinnunen

1:58

Challenges of Working on Big Teams

Kayla Kinnunen

1:31

Treat Writer's Block with a Game Jam

Anna Kipnis

2:44

Being Well-Rounded

Anna Kipnis

1:31

The Sin of an Unbalanced Fighting Game

Patrick Miller

0:38

Conventions of Fighting Games

Patrick Miller

1:12

Visceral Feedback in Fruit Ninja

Luke Muscat

1:16

Game Design in Australia

Luke Muscat

2:07

Using Game Mechanics to Describe Depression

Zoe Quinn

0:56

The Alt Game Space

Zoe Quinn

2:26

VR 20 Years Ago

Warren Robinett

2:10

Creating Atari Games Alone

Warren Robinett

0:54

Using Verbs to Describe Game Mechanics

Matthew Weise

2:15

Unique Experiences Don't Depend on Player ...

Matthew Weise

2:07

An Experience of Interpretation

Matthew Weise

1:09

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

Emotional Mechanics of Gameplay

Brianna Wu

1:35

Japanese Concept; To Please

Hideo Kojima

2:04

Ghost Behavior

Toru Iwatani

1:01

Free to Play Model

Gabriel Leydon

2:34

Graphics Get Boring

Gabriel Leydon

4:18

Sports Genre

David Littman

0:19

The Play Remains the Same

Sid Meier

1:02

Is it Work or Fun?

Sid Meier

0:51

We Create Variables

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

1:12

Player Generates Narrative

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

2:07

Types of Fans

Frank O'Connor

1:28

The Feel of an FPS

Randy Pitchford

2:30

Compromise

Amir Rao

0:53

Being a Level Designer

Amir Rao

1:58

No Game Design Document

Amir Rao

1:10

Art Games

Jason Rohrer

2:44

Independent Scene

Jason Rohrer

0:59

Feeling Pride

Tim Schafer

0:32

Verbs transform players

Tim Schafer

1:17

Looking Glass Studios

Harvey Smith

2:15

Think Beyond "Fun"

Warren Spector

0:36

Player Empowerment

Warren Spector

1:12

Connecting to Real World

Will Wright

2:27

Opacity of Game Model

Will Wright

0:51

Failure-Success Loop

Will Wright

1:30

Reverse-Engineering Models

Will Wright

1:52

Input and Output

Will Wright

2:09

The Player’s Bill of Rights

Laralyn McWilliams

2:24

Games as Creative Outlets

Laralyn McWilliams

1:30

Designers Need to Cross-pollinate

Laralyn McWilliams

1:15

Three Ingredients

Trip Hawkins

3:36

How Do You Value Your Time?

Josef Fares

0:54

Schools of Thought in Game Design

Steve Gaynor

2:05

Games About Games

Steve Gaynor

2:38

Creating Fear

Steve Papoutsis

2:14

User Experience

Steve Papoutsis

0:56

Medium is Message

Denis Dyack

0:30

Pac-Man's Motivation

Toru Iwatani

1:08

It's for the Players

Toru Iwatani

0:46

Overcoming the Perception of Games as a So...

Trip Hawkins

1:37

Learning Power of Games

Trip Hawkins

1:58

Mechanics of Pac-Man

Toru Iwatani

1:39

Compromising with Your Publisher

Vince Zampella

0:50

Soldiers of the Future

N’Gai Croal

2:29

Origin of Games Development in Sweden

Christofer Sundberg

0:57

Modders Creating New Features

Christofer Sundberg

1:59

Beautiful Worlds to Blow Up

Christofer Sundberg

0:38

Be Careful Who You Go Into Business With

Christofer Sundberg

1:43

Other Disciplines Affect Narractive

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Melting Pot of Games Writers

Leah Hoyer

1:54

Measuring Success

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Pros and Cons of Going Independent

Brian Allgeier

1:24

Just Playing

Brian Allgeier

0:43

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

Consistency is Key

Brian Allgeier

0:34

The Ubisoft School of Thought

Patrice Désilets

3:25

Putting Yourself in the Player's Head

Patrice Désilets

1:36

International Language of Fun

Patrice Désilets

0:58

Genre vs. Mechanics

Patrice Désilets

2:01

GIRLS LEVEL UP

Laila Shabir

8:37

Games are Art for Us

Marcin Iwinski

2:26

Developing Ahead of Technology

Marcin Iwinski

2:02

Working at Capcom

Ben Judd

1:57

Games Industry East vs. West

Ben Judd

2:58

Pushing the Mechanics

Graham Smith

2:02

Playtesting Informs Tutorializing

Graham Smith

0:53

Mechanics as Tutorial

Graham Smith

1:25

Connecting with Gaming Platforms

Graham Smith

1:08

Beyond Structure

Graham Smith

0:53

Popular Games Are Compelling

Martzi Campos

1:45

Game Brand vs. Auteur

Rob Pardo

1:18

Technology Enhancing Real-Life Games

John Hanke

1:00

Healthy Fragmentation in the Games Industry

John Hanke

1:20

Intercuts, Dialogue, and Interactivity, Oh My

Josh Scherr

2:19