GDC - How to Survive in Gamedev for Eleven Years Without a Hit
In this 2016 GDC Talk, Grey Alien Games' Jake Birkett explains how to survive as an independent game developer without having a single hit game.
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In this 2016 GDC talk, Minor Key Games' Kyle Pittman shows how to construct natural-feeling jump trajectories from designer-friendly input like desired height and distance, modeled programmatically using one of a few available integration methods.
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The creation of FTL: Faster Than Light began with the desire to experience what it would feel like to be the captain of a starship. Many games have focused on space battles, but few games have focused on what happens in the ship itself. By focusing on a high-level goal of experiencing a singular feeling, and developing it with minimal preconceptions about FTL's gameplay, Subset Games was allowed to frequently alter or abandon aspects of its design, which eventually led to the game we know today. In this 2013 talkMatthew Davis and Justin Ma share their creative process as they take you step by step, from concept to crowdfunding to release.
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In this 2018 GDC session, No More Robots' Mike Rose helps developers get realistic about how well PC games are truly selling by using deep sales data and an understanding of the Steam Marketplace.
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In this 2019 GDC talk, David Wehle explains the tactics he used to finish his successful indie project The First Tree even while working over forty hours a week at The VOID and taking care of his family.
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In this 2019 GDC session, Riot Games' Alex Jaffe presents a theory of cursed game design problems and explores the four design paradigms that have helped developers face these problems and survive.
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The legal side of games isn't sexy, but it doesn't have to be scary. In this GDC 2016 talk, indie game lawyer Chris Reid offers a practical roadmap to the common legal issues that most developers will actually encounter.
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In this GDC 2018 talk, Spiderweb Software's Jeff Vogel presents a retrospective on his company's history and how they've managed to stay in the game-making business since 1994.
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In this 2008 GDC talk, Valve's Kim Swift and Erik Wolpaw expound upon the topic of integrating narrative into the game design of 2007's smash hit Portal.
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In this 2017 GDC talk, game lawyer Chris Reid explains 5 contracts you're likely to run into as an indie developer, and explains what you need to know about them.
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