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'Dreamscaper': Killer Combat on an Indie Budget
Speaker: Ian Cofino (Afterburner Studios)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Session
'Knockout City's' Parallel, Deterministic, and Rewindable Entity System
Speaker: Chris McEvoy (Velan Studios)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Production Essentials Summit: The Agile vs Waterfall Myth
Summit Speaker: Benjamin Hoyt (47 Games, Inc.)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Production & Team Management
Format: Session
Speaker: Neil Kirby (The Ohio State University)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Roundtable
AI Summit: Down with Nav Meshes: The Next Generation of Navigation Data
Summit Speaker: Ben Sunshine-Hill (Havok)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Advanced Graphics Summit: 'Cyberpunk2077': Bringing Light to Night City
Summit Speakers: Jakub Knapik (CD Projekt RED), Dave Yablonsky (CD Projekt RED), Voon Kent Poo (CD Projekt RED)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Advanced Graphics Summit: Advanced Weather System for Mobile Game: 'Dark Area'
Summit Speaker: Ka Ming Chan (Tencent Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Advanced Graphics Summit: Designing the Terrain System of 'Flight Simulator': Representing the Earth
Summit Speaker: Lionel Fuentes (Asobo Studio)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Advanced Graphics Summit: New Graphics Features for 'Forspoken'
Summit Speaker: Keiji Matsuda (Luminous Productions Co., Ltd.)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Ahistorical Accuracy: Bringing New Myths and Representation to 'Civilization'
Speaker: Anton Strenger (Firaxis Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Session
Speaker: Zixiao Kang (Netease)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Design
Format: Session
An Epic Journey through the Audio Universe that is 'Marvel's GOTG'
Speaker: Steve Szczepkowski (Eidos Montreal)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio
Format: Session
An Overview of the 'Diablo II Resurrected' Renderer
Speaker: Kevin Todisco (Blizzard Entertainment)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Animation Summit: 'FIFA' 22's Hypermotion: Full-Match Mocap Driving Machine Learning Technology
Summit Speakers: Ryan Cardinal (Electronic Arts), Luke Shier (Electronic Arts), David Wong (Electronic Arts)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session
Animation Summit: Animation and Customization in 'The Sims 4'
Summit Speaker: Yusun Chung (Electronic Arts)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session
Animation Summit: How Hollywood Cinematography Is Employed to Support Games Cinematic Visualization
Summit Speaker: Mitch Gonzalez (The Third Floor Visualization)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session
Summit Speakers: Brian Fieser (Gearbox Software), Joshua Davidson (Gearbox Software)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio
Format: Session
Audio Summit: Game Composer's Toolbox: Interactive Music Composition Tips & Tricks
Summit Speaker: Megan Carnes (Freelance)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio
Format: Session
Speaker: Andrew Fray (Roll7)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Roundtable
Building Robots for a Better Future
Speakers: Maxim Fleury (Guerrilla Games), Lennart Franken (Guerrilla Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session
Building an Equitable Future for the Games Industry in Africa
Speaker: Sithe Ncube (Humble Bundle & Prosearium.net)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Session
Career Session: Chasing the Information Horizon: Designing Information Driven Games
Summit Speaker: Jongwoo Kim (Studio Imugi)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Career Development
Format: Session
Career Session: How to Create Rapid Prototypes
Summit Speaker: Brett Taylor (Playdead)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass, Career Development Pass, GDC Masterclass Pass
Topic: Game Career Development
Format: Session
Career Session: Interview Wizardry
Summit Speaker: Dan Violet Sagmiller (Thought World)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass, Career Development Pass, GDC Masterclass Pass
Topic: Game Career Development
Format: Session
Cognitively Biased: The Planning Fallacy
Speaker: Alexandre Moufarek (DeepMind)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Management
Format: Session
Community Management Summit: How to Launch a Game With Influencers
Summit Speaker: Emilee Helm (Gamesight)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing
Format: Session
Community Perspectives in Product: Truly Knowing Your Audience
Speaker: Ian Tornay (Phoenix Labs)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Management
Format: Session
Community Validated Deployment: Why You Need to Go Earlier than Early Access
Speaker: Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Management
Format: Session
Composing for Lineage M: Modular Construction in Game Music
Speaker: Winifred Phillips (Generations Productions LLC)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio
Format: Session
Design Sandbox: Analog vs Digital Systems
Speaker: Gregory Peng (Bungie)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Session
Designing Bosses For 'Sackboy: A Big Adventure'
Speaker: Ramon Huiskamp (Roofkat)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Session
Designing for Gen Z and Beyond: New Platforms, New Designs, and New Opportunities in Connected Play
Speaker: Robin Hunicke (Funomena)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Advocacy, Design
Format: Session
Early Stage Game Evaluation: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
Speakers: Jiasheng Hu (NetEase), Yongcheng Liu (NetEase)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Management
Format: Session
Educators Summit: Changing Industry for the Better
Summit Speakers: Bo Ruberg (University of California, Irvine), Leena van Deventer (Team Fanclub), Richard Lemarchand (University of Southern California)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Educators
Format: Session
Effective Feedback and Critique
Speaker: Jeff Hesser (Harmonix)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Management, Visual Arts
Format: Roundtable
Everything I Learned About Community Management I Learned From Neopets
Speaker: Catherine Litvaitis (Armor Games Studios)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Business & Marketing
Format: Session
External Development (Outsourcing) Roundtable
Speaker: Carl Schmidt (Zynga)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Management, Visual Arts
Format: Roundtable
Fair Play Summit: Disrupting the Disruptors: How To Prevent Cheating By Addressing Player Motivation
Summit Speakers: Clint Sereday (Byfron Technologies), Nemanja Mulasmajic (Byfron Technologies)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass, Career Development Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Session
Summit Speakers: Alexander Gee (Oterlu), Jane Skullman (Star Stable), Paulina Olsson (Peppy agency)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Session
Fair Play Summit: How to Talk About Positive Behavior
Summit Speaker: Weszt Hart (Riot Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Session
Fair Play Summit: Mission Driven Games: Developing a Better World
Summit Speakers: Karla Reyes (Niantic & Code Coven), Deborah Mensah-Bonsu (DMB Crew), Jennifer Estaris (Ustwo Games), Lual Mayen (Junub Games, Lual Mayen Foundation), Susanna Pollock (Games for Change)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Session
Fair Play Summit: Safe and Responsible Gaming: Three Dimensions of Ambition and Change
Summit Speaker: Niina Ojala (Rovio Entertainment Corporation)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Session
Figuring Out How Things Work in an Unfamiliar Codebase
Speaker: Molly Jameson (Spry Fox)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Freelancers and Independent Contractors Roundtable
Speakers: Toiya Kristen Finley (Schnoodle Media, LLC), Fred Wan (Freelance)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass, Career Development Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Roundtable
GDC Masterclass: Certified Agile Leadership for Game Development: Essentials
Speaker: Clinton Keith (Clinton Keith Consulting)
Pass Type: GDC Masterclass Pass
Topic: Production & Team Management
Format: Workshop
GDC Masterclass: Certified Agile Leadership for Game Development: Organizations
Speaker: Clinton Keith (Clinton Keith Consulting)
Pass Type: GDC Masterclass Pass
Topic: Production & Team Management
Format: Workshop
GDC Masterclass: Creating and Designing with Your Own Pattern Language
Speaker: Christopher Barney (Northeastern University)
Pass Type: GDC Masterclass Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Workshop
GDC Masterclass: Microservice Architecture in Game Design
Speaker: Jeffrey Lent (Emeritus, Inc.)
Pass Type: GDC Masterclass Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Workshop
Game Audio Programming Roundtable
Speakers: Guy Somberg (Echtra Games, Inc.), Tomas Neumann (Blizzard Entertainment)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Topic: Audio, Programming
Format: Roundtable
Speaker: Richard Dansky (Red Storm/Ubisoft)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Roundtable
Summit Speaker: James Coltrain (Historiated Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Session
Game Narrative Summit: How to Run (and Survive) a Writers' Room
Summit Speaker: Antony Johnston (Freelance)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Session
Summit Speaker: Evan Hill (Singularity 6 (Prev Naughty Dog))
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Game Narrative
Format: Session
Gearing up millions of armor combinations in Dauntless
Speaker: Jean-Marc Belloncik (Phoenix Labs)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming, Visual Arts
Format: Session
Speaker: Tim Cullings (Global Game Jam)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass, Career Development Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Roundtable
Hot Desks to Sweatpants: Hybrid Work Roundtable
Speaker: Jessica Damerst (Unknown Worlds Entertainment)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Production & Team Management
Format: Roundtable
How Rigid Limitations Can Be Liberating, Developing Art Without Textures for 'The Falconeer'
Speaker: Tomas sala (T.L Sala Holding Amsterdam)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design, Visual Arts
Format: Session
Improving Design on Dauntless through Community Engagement
Speaker: Kristen Schanche (Phoenix Labs)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Advocacy, Design
Format: Session
Independent Games Summit: Contract Killers Episode 2: What's Wrong with your Publishing Contract?
Summit Speaker: Tim Repa-Davies (Sheridans)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Independent Games
Format: Session
Summit Speakers: Derek Lieu (Derek Lieu Creative, LLC), Dana Trebella (Spoke & Wheel Strategy)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Independent Games
Format: Session
Independent Games Summit: What [Blank] Taught Me About Game Dev
Summit Speakers: Kinsey Erickson (Code Coven), Joseph Ruotolo (Freelance), Cam Perry (Schell Games), Brieyh'leai Simmons (Wallride Games), Ave Kaye (Mundane Magic), Derek Kwan (NorQuest College & Unannounced Studio & Caldera Interactive Ltd. (former)), Jada Thomas (CodeCrew)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Independent Games
Format: Session
Landscape of extremist behavior in games
Speakers: Rachel Kowert (Take This), Alex Newhouse (Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass, Career Development Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Session
Levelling up for Climate: 3 ways gaming companies can take action for the planet.
Speaker: Sam Barratt (Playing for the Planet Alliance/UNEP)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass, Career Development Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Session
Local Game Community Organizers Roundtable
Speakers: Tim Cullings (Seattle Indies), Marlena Abraham (Bit Bridge Indies)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass, Career Development Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Roundtable
Machine Learning Summit: 4 Years of Bringing Characters to Life with Computer Brains
Summit Speaker: Sebastian Starke (Electronic Arts, The University of Edinburgh)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Machine Learning Summit: AI Animator : A Real Time Motion Completion System
Summit Speaker: Yinglin Duan (NetEase Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Machine Learning Summit: Aegis Engine: Building Multi-modal Moderation System in NetEase Games
Summit Speaker: Yunbo Peng (NetEase Games AI Lab)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Summit Speaker: Romain Trachel (Eidos Sherbrooke)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Summit Speaker: Edgar Handy (SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Making Temtem Gender-Inclusive Across Languages - Case Study
Speaker: Diana Monton (Native Prime)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass, Career Development Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Session
Math In Game Development Summit: Deep Dive: Quaternion Springs
Summit Speaker: John Austin (Pontoco)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Speaker: Daniele Giannetti (343 Industries - Microsoft)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Online Game Technology Summit: 10 Ways To Crash Your Server on Launch Day
Summit Speaker: Chris Cobb (Pragma Platform, Inc.)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Summit Speaker: Nicholas Herring (CCP Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Open Source Game Development Summit: Being Successful with Open Source in Game Development
Summit Speakers: Mark Mandel (Google Cloud), April Kyle Nassi (Google Cloud)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Production Essentials Summit: Anti-Crunch: Patterns and Practices
Summit Speaker: Chris Cobb (Pragma Platform, Inc.)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Production & Team Management
Format: Session
Production Essentials Summit: No Mavericks, No Martyrs: Sustainable, Collaborative Production
Summit Speaker: Carrie Patel (Obsidian Entertainment)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Production & Team Management
Format: Session
Production Essentials Summit: Production in Media Res
Summit Speaker: Sarah Spiers (PUBG Corporation)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Production & Team Management
Format: Session
Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Cars and Tracks Design in Racing Games
Speaker: Minggao Wei (NetEase Games AI Lab)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Remastering a Classic: 'Diablo II Resurrected'
Speaker: Robert Gallerani (Blizzard (Vicarious Visions))
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Session
Speaker: Jeff Hanna (Volition)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Roundtable
Technical Artist Summit: Bringing the World to Your Shaders
Summit Speaker: Matt Oztalay (Epic Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session
Technical Artist Summit: Building 'Zeta Halo': Scaling Content Creation for the Largest 'Halo' Ever
Summit Speakers: Kurt Diegert (343 Industries), Steve Heijster (343 Industries), Mikael Nellfors (343 Industries)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session
Technical Artist Summit: Character Outfit Pipeline with Substance 3D Suite
Summit Speaker: Kedong Ma (Harmonix Music Systems)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session
Technical Artist Summit: Finding Harmony of Anime Style and Physics Based Rendering
Summit Speaker: Chen Zhou (NetEase Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session
Technical Artist Summit: Freelancing Tech Art Part-Time: A Few Dos and Don'ts
Summit Speaker: Taylor Wright (Stray Kite Studio)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session
Technical Artist Summit: Human Perception of Motion and Animation
Summit Speaker: Sergei Savchenko (Bethesda Game Studios)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session
Speaker: Geoff Evans (Epic Games)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Roundtable
Tools Summit: Efficiently Shuffling Loads of Data from Place to Place
Summit Speaker: Adrian Astley (Activision)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Session
Use Your Game Developer Super Powers to Fight the Climate Crisis Workshop
Summit Speakers: Grant Shonkwiler (Shonkventures), Chance Glasco (Good Dog Studios), Trevin York (Mind Blown Labs), Arnaud Fayolle (Ubisoft, Positive Play), Paula Angela Escuadra (Google)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Plus Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Advocacy
Format: Workshop