GDC Festival of Gaming

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GDC Festival of Gaming returns this March 1-5, 2027! For more information, be sure to visit our website and subscribe to the GDC mailing list! Join the GDC mailing list: https://reg.gdconf.com/Subscribe/ Follow GDC on X: https://x.com/Official_GDC Follow GDC on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/officialgdc.bsky.social GDC Festival of Gaming talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.

1:02:33

The State and Future of Board Games 2023

GDC Festival of Gaming · 18K views · 3 years ago

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GDC 2025: For Developers, By Developers

GDC Festival of Gaming · 32K views · 1 year ago

1:01:35

Solo Development: Myths, Reality and Survival Strategies

GDC Festival of Gaming · 180K views · 4 years ago

29:58

How to Make and Self-Publish a Game in 12 Months

GDC Festival of Gaming · 764K views · 9 years ago

1:05:17

Rules of the Game 2025: Uncommon Techniques from Insightful Designers

GDC Festival of Gaming · 40K views · 1 year ago

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Steam Platform 2026: How Valve is Helping Game Developers Succeed on PC Gaming

GDC Festival of Gaming · 30K views · 3 weeks ago

32:57

The Marketing Money Talk: How to Budget Your Indie Game's Promotion Campaign

GDC Festival of Gaming · 34K views · 1 year ago

52:12

How to Survive in Gamedev for Eleven Years Without a Hit

GDC Festival of Gaming · 1.2M views · 9 years ago

1:00:13

Rules of the Game: Five Tricks of Highly Effective Designers

GDC Festival of Gaming · 60K views · 1 year ago

1:01:50

No-Budget DIY Marketing for Indie Games

GDC Festival of Gaming · 104K views · 3 years ago

58:21

So You're Ready to Pitch to a Publisher? You're Not

GDC Festival of Gaming · 71K views · 7 years ago

32:46

How to Teach 5 Semesters of Game Design in 1 Class

GDC Festival of Gaming · 68K views · 4 years ago

25:45

This is a Talk About Tutorials, Press A to Skip

GDC Festival of Gaming · 58K views · 7 years ago

49:38

An Approach to Holistic Level Design

GDC Festival of Gaming · 114K views · 9 years ago

1:47:30

2026 Independent Games Festival Awards

GDC Festival of Gaming · 10K views · Streamed 6 months ago

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