Crafting Experiences with Your Tools

Siobhan Reddy

1:04

Good Design is about Asking the RIght Ques...

Ken Wong

1:30

User Experience

Steve Papoutsis

0:56

Developing Ahead of Technology

Marcin Iwinski

2:02

Character Evolution Path

Vander Caballero

0:47

The Word "Game"

Chris Hecker

0:50

Evolving Installments

Chris Avellone

1:27

Details vs. Big Picture

Wright Bagwell

3:27

Solid Prototypes

Wright Bagwell

1:49

Designing and Directing

Wright Bagwell

3:40

Crafting New Experience

Wright Bagwell

1:6

Designing

Wright Bagwell

2:21

Responsibility

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

0:31

Working in QA

Raphael Colantonio

0:52

Importance of Vision

Vander Caballero

1:02

Simulating Conflicting Relationships

Vander Caballero

1:47

Accidental Art Style

Brendon Chung

1:51

Limitations of New Technology

Brendon Chung

1:34

Objective-based vs Undirected Games

Brendon Chung

0:58

Seeing Connections

Brendon Chung

1:30

Becoming the Monster

Brendon Chung

2:17

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

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

The System Underlying the Experiment

Tracy Fullerton

2:8

The Well Played Game

Tracy Fullerton

2:21

Unleashing Passion in the Player

Tracy Fullerton

2:30

Artistic Process

Auriea Harvey

3:35

Drawing Inspiration from the World

Auriea Harvey

1:47

Enhancing Life through Games

Auriea Harvey

1:27

Playing with Expectations

Auriea Harvey

1:02

Unique Experiences

Auriea Harvey

1:28

Physicality of Playing

Rod Humble

1:17

Avatars

Rod Humble

1:38

Pulling from Personal Experience

Brendon Chung

1:13

Making Connections

Daniel James

1:43

Constraints in Multiplayer Level Layouts

Damien Kieken

1:40

Constraint drives Innovation

Raph Koster

1:59

Balancing Fun and Complexity

Siobhan Reddy

2:23

Anchors in a Fantasy World

Siobhan Reddy

1:35

Creating Creative Gaming

Siobhan Reddy

2:49

Creative Game Development

Siobhan Reddy

2:42

High Emotions in the Creative Process

Siobhan Reddy

0:55

Customization Creating a Bond

Siobhan Reddy

1:25

Motifs of Gameplay

Siobhan Reddy

3:01

Playing is a Creative Exercise

Siobhan Reddy

1:38

Producer as Cheerleader

Siobhan Reddy

0:57

Teams Working Together

Siobhan Reddy

1:46

Inhabiting a Character

Kiki Wolfkill

1:07

Revisiting Design from Demo Feedback

Davey Wreden

2:38

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

No Such Thing as Player Character

Tadhg Kelly

2:11

How Users Interact with Mobile Devices

Kayla Kinnunen

1:35

Design Based on Playtime Scales

Kayla Kinnunen

1:51

Supporting Multiple Input Devices

Anna Kipnis

2:06

The Value of Play

Kim McAuliffe

1:02

The Sin of an Unbalanced Fighting Game

Patrick Miller

0:38

Visceral Feedback in Fruit Ninja

Luke Muscat

1:16

Never Compromise on Quality

Luke Muscat

1:20

Playtesting Depression Quest with Therapists

Zoe Quinn

Games Beginning as a Bad Joke

Zoe Quinn

The First Easter Egg

Warren Robinett

1:45

Unique Experiences Don't Depend on Player ...

Matthew Weise

2:07

An Experience of Interpretation

Matthew Weise

1:09

The Value of Re-Working a Game

Ken Wong

2:32

Japanese Concept; To Please

Hideo Kojima

2:04

Is it Work or Fun?

Sid Meier

0:51

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

Think Beyond "Fun"

Warren Spector

0:36

The Player’s Bill of Rights

Laralyn McWilliams

2:24

Games as Creative Outlets

Laralyn McWilliams

1:30

How Do You Value Your Time?

Josef Fares

0:54

Schools of Thought in Game Design

Steve Gaynor

2:05

Creating Fear

Steve Papoutsis

2:14

Design Rules

Steve Papoutsis

2:24

Creating Charismatic Characters

Keiji Inafune

0:52

Best Games Are Both Simple and Complex

Keiji Inafune

0:47

Negative Feedback

Yoshinori Ono

1:44

It's for the Players

Toru Iwatani

0:46

Compromising with Your Publisher

Vince Zampella

0:50

You're Not Just Making Assets

Vince Zampella

0:37

Soldiers of the Future

N’Gai Croal

2:29

The Anxiety of a Big Budget

Christofer Sundberg

1:45

Origin of Games Development in Sweden

Christofer Sundberg

0:57

One-Sentence Pitch

Christofer Sundberg

1:51

Beautiful Worlds to Blow Up

Christofer Sundberg

0:38

Other Disciplines Affect Narractive

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Melting Pot of Games Writers

Leah Hoyer

1:54

Macro Plan

Brian Allgeier

0:43

Just Playing

Brian Allgeier

0:43

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

Consistency is Key

Brian Allgeier

0:34

What is a Game Designer?

Patrice Désilets

1:45

Putting Yourself in the Player's Head

Patrice Désilets

1:36

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

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

Playtesting Informs Tutorializing

Graham Smith

0:53

Pitching Game Ideas Internally

Graham Smith

2:01

High Level Skeleton

Graham Smith

0:53

Connecting with Gaming Platforms

Graham Smith

1:08

Games as Singles

Alejandro Quan-Madrid

2:23

Technology Enhancing Real-Life Games

John Hanke

1:00

Intercuts, Dialogue, and Interactivity, Oh My

Josh Scherr

2:19

Balance in Writing for Games

Josh Scherr

2:24

Ingredients of User Experience

Celia Hodent

1:50