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Talk Title: Moving Mountains: Speedy Level Creation as a Desperate Indie Dev
Effective talk: Speedy level creation for puzzle games Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: Moving Mountains: Speedy Level Creation as a...
Joaquin De Losada
Feb 173 min read
Talk Title: Make the Trailer Before the Game: A Marketing First Way to Prototype
Effective talk: Prototyping through trailers Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: Make the Trailer Before the Game: A Marketing First Way to...
Joaquin De Losada
Feb 113 min read
Talk Title: Urban Planning in Games
Effective talk: Building a believable city Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: Urban Planning in Games Why we need Urban planning: Many...
Joaquin De Losada
Feb 34 min read
Talk Title: Contract Killers: What Developers Should Eliminate From Their Publishing Agreement
Effective talk: Does and donts of publishing agreement Year of Talk: 2021 Video Link: Contract Killers: What Developers Should...
Joaquin De Losada
Jan 264 min read
Talk Title: MORTIS 101: 'FAITH's' Horror Design Toolkit
Effective talk: Design in horror games Year of Talk: 2021 Video Link: MORTIS 101: 'FAITH's' Horror Design Toolkit The initial idea for...
Joaquin De Losada
Jan 203 min read
Talk Title: System-Centric Puzzle Design in 'Patrick's Parabox'
Effective talk: System based puzzles Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: System-Centric Puzzle Design in 'Patrick's Parabox' What is...
Joaquin De Losada
Jan 133 min read
Talk Title: Finding Character Voice With Your Voice
Effective talk: Creating character voice Year of Talk: 2021 Video Link: Finding Character Voice With Your Voice Being a voice actor...
Joaquin De Losada
Dec 30, 20242 min read
Talk Title: Visual Effects Summit: Lessons in Lens Flares
Effective talk: Creating better Lens Flares Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: Visual Effects Summit: Lessons in Lens Flares Interactions...
Joaquin De Losada
Dec 22, 20243 min read
Talk Title: Starting Your Career In a Post-Pandemic World
Effective talk: Giving players valuable and unique choices Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: Starting Your Career In a Post-Pandemic World...
Joaquin De Losada
Dec 12, 20243 min read
Talk Title: Tips From the Trenches: How To Help Recruiters and Hiring Managers Get You In The Door
Effective talk: Working with Recruiters to get a job. Year of Talk: 2022 Video Link: Tips From the Trenches: How To Help Recruiters and...
Joaquin De Losada
Dec 5, 20242 min read
Talk Title: Making Player Choices Feel like They Matter in Your Narrative
Effective talk: Giving players valuable and unique choices Year of Talk: 2022 Video Link: Making Player Choices Feel like They Matter...
Joaquin De Losada
Nov 28, 20243 min read
Talk Title: Breaking Down Barriers: How Great Mentors Become Even Greater Leaders
Effective talk: How to become a great mentor Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: Breaking Down Barriers: How Great Mentors Become Even...
Joaquin De Losada
Nov 21, 20243 min read
Talk Title: Flopping Successfully: Running a Studio Without a Huge Hit
Effective talk: Making a studio last even without super successful games Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: Flopping Successfully: Running...
Joaquin De Losada
Nov 14, 20242 min read
Talk Title: The Secret Lives of NPCs: 'Wayward Strand'
Effective talk: Constant NPC narratives occurring in the background Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: The Secret Lives of NPCs: 'Wayward...
Joaquin De Losada
Nov 7, 20244 min read
Talk Title: The Marketing Money Talk: How to Budget Your Indie Game's Promotion Campaign
Effective talk: Budget the marketing for a game Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: The Marketing Money Talk: How to Budget Your Indie...
Joaquin De Losada
Oct 31, 20244 min read
Talk Title: Stop Getting Lost: Make Cognitive Maps, Not Levels
Effective talk: Making levels that are better connected Year of Talk: 2021 Video Link: Stop Getting Lost: Make Cognitive Maps, Not...
Joaquin De Losada
Oct 24, 20244 min read
Talk Title: 'Little Learning Machines' Postmortem: A Game About Training Neural Networks
Effective talk: Making neural networks in games Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: 'Little Learning Machines' Postmortem: A Game About...
Joaquin De Losada
Oct 17, 20245 min read
Talk Title: Loud and Clear: Improving Accessibility for low vision players in Cosmonious High.
Effective talk: How to make VR games for low vision players Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: Loud and Clear: Improving Accessibility for...
Joaquin De Losada
Oct 10, 20245 min read
Talk Title: Getting the Most Out of an Entry-Level Games Job
Effective talk: How to work in an entry level job. Year of Talk: 2021 Video Link: Getting the Most Out of an Entry-Level Games Job The...
Joaquin De Losada
Oct 3, 20243 min read
Talk Title: The Resilient Job Hunt: Addressing the 'Well of Doubts'
Effective talk: Making a portfolio (From an artist's perspective) Year of Talk: 2021 Video Link: The Resilient Job Hunt: Addressing the...
Joaquin De Losada
Sep 26, 20243 min read
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