The Game Developers Conference (commonly known as GDC) is one of the largest annual conferences in the world where video game developers gather to discuss industry issues and present new products.
Conference History Fast Facts
- First Held: 1987
- Where: In the living room of Chris Crawford
- Twenty-seven designers attended
- Second conference was held during the same year
- Crawford developed The Journal of Computer Game Design
- The 2009 conference is slated for March 23 - 27Official Site: Game Developers Conference 2009
Features
- Expo
- Networking events
- Awards shows (Independent Games Festival and the Game Developers Choice Awards)
- Tutorials
- Lectures
- Roundtables discussions
Roundtable Topics
- Programming
- Design
- Audio
- Production
- Business and management
- Visual Arts
Speakers
- John Schappert - Microsoft Corporate's Vice President
- Ray Kurzweil - Inventor & Futurist
- John Debney - Composer at Audio Keynote
- Rob Pardo - Blizzard Entertainment's VP of game design
- Allan Alcorn - CTO, IMMI
- Ralph Baer
- Rod Humble - Head of The Sims Studio, Electronic Arts
- Dave Jones
- Raph Koster - President of Areae, Inc.
- Peter Molyneux - Head of Studio at Lionhead Studios
- Michel Guillemot- CEO and President of Gameloft
Partial Sessions List
- Crysis in the Making
- Dynamic Cinematic Gameplay: Creating Strangehold's "Tequila Bombs"
- E Pluribus Unum: Matchmaking in HALO 3
- Stories Best Played: Deconstructing the Best Interactive Storytelling
- Storytelling in Bioshock: Empowering Players to Care about Your Stupid Story
- Experimental Gameplay Sessions
- The Changing Landscape In Composer Game Music Underscore Deals
- Audio Post-Mortem: Halo 3
- Game Music and the AFM
- G.A.N.G. Demo Derby - Music
- How to Break All Rules and Yet Make a 90+ Game
- Procedural Data Generation in Far Cry 2
- Mashups, Mods & Machinima: Who Owns the Rights to Your Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Practical Light and Color
Partial Exhibitors List
- 2K Games
- Academy of Art University
- Activision
- Adobe Systems
- Akamai Technologies
- Bellevue University
- Big Fish Games
- Blue Castle Games
- Crytek
- Dell Inc
- DeVry University
- Disney Interactive Studios
- Logitech
- Microtech Systems
GDC 2008 News and Coverage
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References
Fast Facts
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Where
Moscone Center in San Francisco, California
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Primary Keynote Speakers
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Startup LaunchpadOfficial Site: Startup Launchpad was held to aid those who want to launch a game business
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Audio recordings from the conference are available for purchase for $7.95 a pieceGDC Radio: [1]
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