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Apr 16, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Kris Graft
On GDC Podcast episode 25 we have Justin Keenan, writer and narrative designer on ZA/UM's groundbreaking RPG Disco Elysium. Here are some highlights... This episode brought to you by XsollaOn GDC Podcast episode 25 we have Justin Keenan, writer and narrative designer on ZA/UM's groundbreaking RPG Disco Elysium. We talk about world-building, writing on a team, and his approach to creating characters. Music by Mike Meehan.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Kris Graft
This podcast brought to you by XsollaOn GDC Podcast episode 27 we welcome Bryan Collinsworth, game designer at The Last of Us Part II developer Naughty Dog, who joined us to chat about his philosophies on game design, and how he helped bring outstanding performances to NPC allies in TLOUII. In this episode highlight, with the help of our live GDC 2021 virtual audience, we asked how he would go about designing a velociraptor NPC companion (erm, a non-player...dinosaur?).
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Justin Carter |Kris Graft
As quarantine measures were taking place to lessen the spread of the coronavirus, people began turning to stay at home-friendly entertainment. More specifically, a whole lot of people started playing Jackbox Party Packs on Zoom with friends and family. Listen now on iTunes, Google Play Music, and Spotify"Right around the time everything started shutting down, kind of mid-March, traffic started increasing on our servers," Jackbox Games CEO Mike Bilder said on the latest episode of the GDC Podcast.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Soren Johnson |Kris Graft |Leyla Johnson
This episode brought to you by TelstraIn this episode of GDC Podcast, recorded earlier this year live at GDC Showcase, Kris Graft and Alissa McAloon talk to Leyla and Soren Johnson, CEO and design director at Offworld Trading Company and Old World developer Mohawk Games.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Emily Greer |Kris Graft
Game industry veteran Emily Greer, co-founder of Kongregate and more recently founder of mobile studio Double Loop Games, joined Gamasutra on the GDC Podcast to offer a leadership view of toxicity in the workplace and how to better understand it--as to prevent it from happening. It's an interview that spins off of her talk from GDC Summer, "R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Practical Tips to Prevent Abuse & Build Team Trust" (you can also get the slides here).
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Kris Graft
In the second edition of our newly-minted Gamasutra Editorial Forum series, we welcome expert producer Grant Shonkwiler, formerly producer on triple-A shooters at id Software and Epic Games and now consultant at Shonkventures to talk about leadership in game development and answer your questions live. Shonkwiler's talk is titled "Intentional Leadership" and will cover what that means for you and your team.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Kris Graft
Grant Shonkwiler is a rising star of video game production, having worked on games including Doom, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Fortnite. He joined Gamasutra editor-in-chief Kris Graft and news editor Alissa McAloon on the newly-minted GDC Podcast. Listen now on iTunes, , and SpotifyShonkwiler, who recently joined GDC's advisory board and runs his own consultancy, Shonkventures, allowed us to pick his large brain about being an effective leader and producer.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Sean Krankel |Adam Hines |Kris Graft
+1Sean Krankel, Adam Hinesand 1 moreOn GDC Podcast episode 19 we welcomed Adam Hines and Sean Krankel, cofounders of Night School Studio, developers of games such as Afterparty and the iconic indie game Oxenfree. We covered topics such as narrative design, working in a triple-A studio versus a small indie studio, what it was like making Oxenfree, and injected a bit of sage advice for indie developers.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Matt Burns |Kris Graft
After years of working on Halo, Call of Duty, and other triple-A franchises, Matthew Burns went the independent route and has now, with Zachtronics, released the arresting visual novel Eliza, a story about the ethical conflicts surrounding an AI therapy program. Listen now on iTunes,, and SpotifyMatthew joins Gamasutra's Kris Graft and Alissa McAloon on the newly-minted GDC Podcast to chat about how a game with so little room for choice was brilliantly designed to say so much about player agency.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Kris Graft
Gabby DaRienzo is sr. artist at Guacamelee developer Drinkbox Studios, was art director on the Independent Games Festival finalist A Mortician's Tale, and worked on games including Super Crush KO, Parkitect, and Celeste. On the latest episode of the GDC Podcast, this fabulous goth-adjacent Forbes 30 under 30 game developer talked about art, creativity, burnout, and of course, death.
