One-Sentence Pitch

Christofer Sundberg

1:51

Macro Plan

Brian Allgeier

0:43

The First Step in Game Design

Graham Smith

1:10

The Blink Moment

Jens Andersen

1:31

The Whomp Document

Jens Andersen

1:10

Need More Praise

Jens Andersen

1:53

Solid Prototypes

Wright Bagwell

1:49

Designing and Directing

Wright Bagwell

3:40

Crafting New Experience

Wright Bagwell

1:6

Working in QA

Raphael Colantonio

0:52

Importance of Vision

Vander Caballero

1:02

Triggering Emotions Through Intentional De...

Vander Caballero

0:27

Accidental Art Style

Brendon Chung

1:51

Limitations of New Technology

Brendon Chung

1:34

Seeing Connections

Brendon Chung

1:30

Impoverished Critical Language

N’Gai Croal

2:16

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

Defining the Creative Process of Games

Tracy Fullerton

2:10

Different Design Approaches

Tracy Fullerton

1:15

The System Underlying the Experiment

Tracy Fullerton

2:8

Artistic Process

Auriea Harvey

3:35

Drawing Inspiration from the World

Auriea Harvey

1:47

Beware of a Long Design Doc

Todd Howard

1:02

Longevity

David Jones

1:07

Start with Player Experience

Ken Levine

1:14

Unified Tone

Rhianna Pratchett

2:55

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

Talking up to People

Davey Wreden

0:55

Phases of Emotion

Davey Wreden

1:17

Advantages of Knowing Programming as a Gam...

Ron Gilbert

1:1

Game Design Controls All the Verbs

Jill Murray

0:57

Dangers of a Closed Platform

Dean Takahashi

1:37

Unpredictable Game Systems

Don Daglow

1:49

Escalating Complexity in Next Gen Games

David Helgason

2:06

Developing Tools for Game Developers

David Helgason

3:25

The Costs of Developing Your Own Engine

David Helgason

0:57

The Role of the Creative Director

Patrick Plourde

3:11

The Value of Understanding Multiple Discip...

Patrick Plourde

3:04

Don't Forget about Interactivity

Noah Falstein

0:58

Everyone Respects Elegence

Noah Falstein

1:24

Design Based on Playtime Scales

Kayla Kinnunen

1:51

Supporting Multiple Input Devices

Anna Kipnis

2:06

Never Compromise on Quality

Luke Muscat

1:20

Playtesting Depression Quest with Therapists

Zoe Quinn

Harmony in Core Design

Zoe Quinn

0:59

Games Beginning as a Bad Joke

Zoe Quinn

The First Easter Egg

Warren Robinett

1:45

The Value of Re-Working a Game

Ken Wong

2:32

Good Design is about Asking the RIght Ques...

Ken Wong

1:30

Four F Method

Jesse Schell

1:41

Questioning Best Practices

Laralyn McWilliams

2:26

Schools of Thought in Game Design

Steve Gaynor

2:05

User Experience

Steve Papoutsis

0:56

Design Rules

Steve Papoutsis

2:24

Staying True to Your Concept

Keiji Inafune

0:33

Creating Charismatic Characters

Keiji Inafune

0:52

Best Games Are Both Simple and Complex

Keiji Inafune

0:47

Negative Feedback

Yoshinori Ono

1:44

Compromising with Your Publisher

Vince Zampella

0:50

You're Not Just Making Assets

Vince Zampella

0:37

The Anxiety of a Big Budget

Christofer Sundberg

1:45

Origin of Games Development in Sweden

Christofer Sundberg

0:57

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

What is Fun?

Patrice Désilets

1:30

What is a Game Designer?

Patrice Désilets

1:45

My Ideas are Big

Patrice Désilets

1:40

Always Building Something New

Patrice Désilets

3:06

Advantages of Episodic Distribution

Patrice Désilets

3:20

GIRLS LEVEL UP

Laila Shabir

8:37

Why Sequels are Successful

Marcin Iwinski

5:17

Developing Ahead of Technology

Marcin Iwinski

2:02

Value of a Game Design Document

Graham Smith

1:08

Porting to Mobile

Graham Smith

2:19

Pitching Game Ideas Internally

Graham Smith

2:01

Connecting with Gaming Platforms

Graham Smith

1:08

Games as Singles

Alejandro Quan-Madrid

2:23

Balance in Writing for Games

Josh Scherr

2:24

Ingredients of User Experience

Celia Hodent

1:50