How to Broadcast Talks at This Week’s Game Developers Conference
The Annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) was scheduled to take place this week in San Francisco. Although the conference itself is not being held due to measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, a number of talks that were supposed to take place at the conference are available exclusively via online broadcast.
Even if you are not a game developer, these conversations will be quite interesting to watch. If you are a developer or even a beginner, then even better.
The full schedule can be found on the conference website .
Streams will be available on the official GDC Twitch channel here .
The Independent Games Festival (IGF) and Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) virtual awards will air on Wednesday 18 March. In addition, right before the awards ceremony, Double Fine and iam8bit will present a virtualized version of their Developer Showcase Day.
Here are a few highlights. Hourly time – PT.
Tuesday
11-11: 30: Baked in Accessibility: Approaching Features in Borderlands 3
βIn this showdown, we’ll look at how accessibility was built into the design of Borderlands 3 from the start. Talking about features like closed captioning and closed captioning, loot beams and sound effects, this talk will go over some of the things that worked well. He will also talk about what was not included in the project and tell the stories behind some of the failed features. “
Wednesday
14β14: 30: Creation of a Tiny Open World: The Short Walk Showdown
“Adam Robinson-U talks about how he decided to sideline a major project in favor of a new prototype that eventually became A Short Hike.”
Thursday
11β11: 30 pm: Preparing to Work with an In-Game Influencer: Marketing Wishlist for Developers
“This talk will teach you new and existing methods of preparing your game for content creation.”
10-10: 30: Kill the hero, save the (narrative) world
“Hannah Nicklin, Lead Writer and Storytelling Designer at MUTAZIONE, discusses key writing techniques, challenges, and writing potential for ensemble cast versus’ Hero Tales.”