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Talk Title: How Parameters Drive the Particle Effects of 'Forza Horizon 5'
Effective talk: Particle effects Year of Talk: 2022 Video Link: How Parameters Drive the Particle Effects of 'Forza Horizon 5' What will...
Joaquin De Losada
Jul 28, 20252 min read
Talk Title: 1,500 Slot Machines Walk into a Bar: Adventures in Quantity Over Quality
Effective talk: Tricks for design Year of Talk: 2019 Video Link: 1,500 Slot Machines Walk into a Bar: Adventures in Quantity Over...
Joaquin De Losada
Jul 14, 20253 min read
Talk Title: Indie Starter Kit: The Basics of Founding a Successful Games Company
Effective talk: Tricks for design Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: Indie Starter Kit: The Basics of Founding a Successful Games Company 5...
Joaquin De Losada
Jul 7, 20252 min read
Talk Title: Rules of the Game: Five Tricks of Highly Effective Designers
Effective talk: Tricks for design Year of Talk: 2015 Video Link: Rules of the Game: Five Tricks of Highly Effective Designers It's...
Joaquin De Losada
Jun 30, 20252 min read
Talk Title: How to make things POP
Effective talk: Using Audio to improve games Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: How to Make Things "POP" with Audio and Color Why should you...
Joaquin De Losada
Jun 16, 20252 min read
Talk Title: Being a Unicorn: Multiclassing in an Industry That Wants Specialization
Effective talk: How to be a unicorn in game dev Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: Being a Unicorn: Multiclassing in an Industry That Wants...
Joaquin De Losada
Jun 10, 20253 min read
Talk Title: How We Almost Wrecked Our Second Game, 'The Wreck'
Effective talk: Postmortem of ‘The Wreck’ Year of Talk: 2018 Video Link: How We Almost Wrecked Our Second Game, 'The Wreck' Making the...
Joaquin De Losada
Jun 2, 20252 min read
Talk Title: Lessons from Duolingo: From Startup to IPO
Effective talk: Some information on running a startup Year of Talk: 2022 Video Link: Lessons from Duolingo: From Startup to IPO ...
Joaquin De Losada
May 26, 20257 min read
Talk Title: All Game Trailers Are Not Created Equal
Effective talk: Combat Accessibility in God Of War Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: All Game Trailers Are Not Created Equal Difference...
Joaquin De Losada
May 19, 20253 min read
Talk Title: Breaking Barriers: Combat Accessibility in 'God of War Ragnarök'
Effective talk: Combat Accessibility in God Of War Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: Breaking Barriers: Combat Accessibility in 'God of...
Joaquin De Losada
May 13, 20254 min read
Talk Title: Surviving your first steps into management journey
Effective talk: Becoming a manager Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: Surviving Your First Steps into the Management Journey Common...
Joaquin De Losada
May 5, 20252 min read
Talk Title: Level and Quest Design Collaboration from 'Skyrim' to 'Starfield'
Effective talk: How to collaborate for level and quest design. Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: Level and Quest Design Collaboration from...
Joaquin De Losada
Apr 28, 20252 min read
Talk Title: Blowing from the West: Simulating Wind in 'Ghost of Tsushima'
Effective talk: How the render pipelines are set up for large simulations. Year of Talk: 2021 Video Link: Blowing from the West:...
Joaquin De Losada
Apr 21, 20253 min read
Talk Title: Using Lean Analytics to Make Better Games
Effective talk: Market with a lower budget Year of Talk: 2019 Video Link: Using Lean Analytics to Make Better Games Lean Analytics:...
Joaquin De Losada
Apr 14, 20253 min read
Talk Title: No-Budget DIY Marketing for Indie Games
Effective talk: Market with little budget Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: No-Budget DIY Marketing for Indie Games The game's message:...
Joaquin De Losada
Apr 7, 20255 min read
Talk Title: How Interactive Should My Game Story Be?
Effective talk: Player interaction with the story and world Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: How Interactive Should My Game Story Be?...
Joaquin De Losada
Mar 24, 20253 min read
Talk Title: GDC Q&A: How to Submit a Talk, Session or Panel to GDC 2024
Effective talk: Make a Talk, Panel or Session for GDC Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: GDC Q&A: How to Submit a Talk, Session or Panel...
Joaquin De Losada
Mar 17, 20255 min read
Talk Title: Case to make your own engine.
Effective talk: Why make a game engine Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: Independent Games Summit: A Case for Making Your Own Engine What...
Joaquin De Losada
Mar 10, 20252 min read
Talk Title: Squad Coordination in 'Days Gone'
Effective talk: Squad AI system Year of Talk: 2022 Video Link: Squad Coordination in 'Days Gone' Problems the AI needs to solve: • Group...
Joaquin De Losada
Mar 3, 202510 min read
Talk Title: The Design of Time: Understanding Human Attention and Economies of Engagement
Effective talk: Creating better mobile games through engagement Year of Talk: 2017 Video Link: The Design of Time: Understanding Human...
Joaquin De Losada
Feb 24, 20255 min read
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