Schools of Thought in Game Design

Steve Gaynor

2:05

Designing and Directing

Wright Bagwell

3:40

Compromising with Your Publisher

Vince Zampella

0:50

GIRLS LEVEL UP

Laila Shabir

8:37

Origin of Games Development in Sweden

Christofer Sundberg

0:57

Don't Forget about Interactivity

Noah Falstein

0:58

Creating Creative Gaming

Siobhan Reddy

2:49

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

Connecting with Gaming Platforms

Graham Smith

1:08

Working in QA

Raphael Colantonio

0:52

Negative Feedback

Yoshinori Ono

1:44

Accidental Art Style

Brendon Chung

1:51

Importance of Diversity in the Gaming Indu...

Siobhan Reddy

6:00

The Value of Re-Working a Game

Ken Wong

2:32

Customers as Guests

Bei Yang

1:32

Games are Art for Us

Marcin Iwinski

2:26

Origin of Just Cause

Christofer Sundberg

1:33

You're Not Just Making Assets

Vince Zampella

0:37

Games Industry East vs. West

Ben Judd

2:58

Graphics Get Boring

Gabriel Leydon

4:18

Good Design is about Asking the RIght Ques...

Ken Wong

1:30

The Brilliance of Passage

Ken Wong

0:39

Healthy Fragmentation in the Games Industry

John Hanke

1:20

Similarities in Processes

Siobhan Reddy

1:12

The Alt Game Space

Zoe Quinn

2:26

Crafting Experiences with Your Tools

Siobhan Reddy

1:04

Financing Independent Games

Vander Caballero

1:36

Drawing Inspiration from the World

Auriea Harvey

1:47

Encouraging Diversity through Education

Tracy Fullerton

2:60

Different Design Approaches

Tracy Fullerton

1:15

Be Careful Who You Go Into Business With

Christofer Sundberg

1:43

Origin of Independent Games

Eric Zimmerman

1:28

Separating Personal Beliefs from the Company

Brianna Wu

0:42

The Value of Understanding Multiple Discip...

Patrick Plourde

3:04

Never Compromise on Quality

Luke Muscat

1:20

Cinematic Experience

Daniel Benmergui

1:48

Popular Games Are Compelling

Martzi Campos

1:45

IP vs. Licensed

Jens Andersen

1:35

Best Games Are Both Simple and Complex

Keiji Inafune

0:47

Designers Need to Cross-pollinate

Laralyn McWilliams

1:15

I'm a Gamer

Rhianna Pratchett

1:10

Balance in Writing for Games

Josh Scherr

2:24

Games About Games

Steve Gaynor

2:38

The Ubisoft School of Thought

Patrice Désilets

3:25

Motifs of Gameplay

Siobhan Reddy

3:01

Defining the Creative Process of Games

Tracy Fullerton

2:10

Seeing Connections

Brendon Chung

1:30

The System Underlying the Experiment

Tracy Fullerton

2:8

It's Hard to be in the Game Industry

Brianna Wu

2:04

Learning Power of Games

Trip Hawkins

1:58

Importance of Vision

Vander Caballero

1:02

Attraction of Farming

Wright Bagwell

1:18

Deliberately Clunky Controls

Wright Bagwell

3:17

Dangers of a Closed Platform

Dean Takahashi

1:37

Teaching Game Design

Jesse Schell

2:12

Not About a Message

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

1:6

Macro Plan

Brian Allgeier

0:43

The Burden of Profit

N’Gai Croal

1:00

Train Yourself to Get Inspiration from Any...

Ken Wong

0:45

Compromise

Amir Rao

0:53

Being Bound to Game Development

Keiji Inafune

0:40

Designing

Wright Bagwell

2:21

Player Expectation

N’Gai Croal

2:33

Various Company Approaches

Raphael Colantonio

2:52

Knowing When a Game is Special

N’Gai Croal

3:38

Triggering Emotions Through Intentional De...

Vander Caballero

0:27

Evolving Installments

Chris Avellone

1:27

Defining AAA Games

Alex Hutchinson

1:07

Personally-inspiring Game

Richard Garriott

2:05

Medium is Message

Denis Dyack

0:30

Independent Scene

Jason Rohrer

0:59

Sports Genre

David Littman

0:19

Importance of Diversity

Kiki Wolfkill

1:00

The Relative Health of the Game Industry

David Helgason

3:11

Drawing Inspiration Outside of Games

Noah Falstein

1:18

Ingredients of User Experience

Celia Hodent

1:50

Payment Models

Jens Andersen

3:37

The First Step in Game Design

Graham Smith

1:10

Pros and Cons of Going Independent

Brian Allgeier

1:24

What an Artist Sees

John Carmack

0:27

Porting to Mobile

Graham Smith

2:19

Producer as Cheerleader

Siobhan Reddy

0:57

Exercising Your Brain with Game Jams

Kayla Kinnunen

1:58

Need More Praise

Jens Andersen

1:53

Creative Game Development

Siobhan Reddy

2:42

Limitations of New Technology

Brendon Chung

1:34

Avoidance of Heroing Game Directors

Tadhg Kelly

2:16

Role of the Art Director

Ken Wong

2:12

Games Beginning as a Bad Joke

Zoe Quinn

Finding the Fun

Leah Hoyer

2:58

Anchors in a Fantasy World

Siobhan Reddy

1:35

Advantages of Knowing Programming as a Gam...

Ron Gilbert

1:1

The Value of a Public Persona

Brianna Wu

1:03

Developing Tools for Game Developers

David Helgason

3:25

Design Your Life like a Game Designer

Noah Falstein

2:48

Trading Sticker-Covered Guitars for Sticke...

Zoe Quinn

1:39

Developing Ahead of Technology

Marcin Iwinski

2:02

Games Based on Personal Life

Vander Caballero

0:45

The First Easter Egg

Warren Robinett

1:45

No Game Design Document

Amir Rao

1:10

Supporting Multiple Input Devices

Anna Kipnis

2:06

Phases of Emotion

Davey Wreden

1:17

Challenges of Working on Big Teams

Kayla Kinnunen

1:31

Creating Atari Games Alone

Warren Robinett

0:54

What is a Game Designer?

Patrice Désilets

1:45

Advantages of Episodic Distribution

Patrice Désilets

3:20

Creating Charismatic Characters

Keiji Inafune

0:52

Creative Director's Role

Jens Andersen

1:25

The Blink Moment

Jens Andersen

1:31

Games as Singles

Alejandro Quan-Madrid

2:23

Foreign Influences

Hideo Kojima

2:18

Games That Challenge Us as Humans

Ken Wong

1:50

Longevity

David Jones

1:07

Games Reflect Their Maker

Kiki Wolfkill

1:29

The Anxiety of a Big Budget

Christofer Sundberg

1:45

Solid Prototypes

Wright Bagwell

1:49

Power Dynamics in Game Development

David Helgason

1:07

Inspiration from Real Life

Toby Gard

0:38

Always Building Something New

Patrice Désilets

3:06

Working at Capcom

Ben Judd

1:57

Design Based on Playtime Scales

Kayla Kinnunen

1:51

Being Well-Rounded

Anna Kipnis

1:31

Being a Level Designer

Amir Rao

1:58

Three Ingredients

Trip Hawkins

3:36

Unpredictable Game Systems

Don Daglow

1:49

One-Sentence Pitch

Christofer Sundberg

1:51

The Legacy of Lucasarts

Noah Falstein

2:12

VR 20 Years Ago

Warren Robinett

2:10

Value of a Game Design Document

Graham Smith

1:08

Cultural Divisions

Alex Hutchinson

1:12

What Makes a Game Worth Creating

Ken Wong

0:35

Playtesting Depression Quest with Therapists

Zoe Quinn

Innovation vs. Predictability

Michael Condrey

1:47

Making Games for Over 40 Years

Don Daglow

1:18

Aspiring goal

Denis Dyack

0:43

Impoverished Critical Language

N’Gai Croal

2:16

Unified Tone

Rhianna Pratchett

2:55

User Experience

Steve Papoutsis

0:56

Breaking the Rules

Glen Schofield

0:51

Pitching Game Ideas Internally

Graham Smith

2:01

Exploring Limits of Love

David Cage

1:14

Stories are Coincidence

Frank O'Connor

1:34

The Role of the Creative Director

Patrick Plourde

3:11

Why Instead of How

Alex Hutchinson

2:14

Escalating Complexity in Next Gen Games

David Helgason

2:06

Game Brand vs. Auteur

Rob Pardo

1:18

Measuring Success

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Challenges of a Growing Team

Michael Condrey

1:39

Treat Writer's Block with a Game Jam

Anna Kipnis

2:44

Streamlining Workflows for Collaboration

David Helgason

2:56

Free to Play Model

Gabriel Leydon

2:34

Looking Glass Studios

Harvey Smith

2:15

Game Design in Australia

Luke Muscat

2:07

Design Rules

Steve Papoutsis

2:24

The Costs of Developing Your Own Engine

David Helgason

0:57

Removing Power from Players

Jill Murray

0:43

Artistic Process

Auriea Harvey

3:35

Cultural POV Preferences

Frank O'Connor

3:31

Why Sequels are Successful

Marcin Iwinski

5:17

Everyone Respects Elegence

Noah Falstein

1:24

High Level Skeleton

Graham Smith

0:53

Game Design Controls All the Verbs

Jill Murray

0:57

Overcoming the Perception of Games as a So...

Trip Hawkins

1:37

Teams Working Together

Siobhan Reddy

1:46

High Emotions in the Creative Process

Siobhan Reddy

0:55