Joaquin De Losada
Talk Title: Narrative Breadcrumbs: Guiding the player's journey through story-driven events.
Effective talk: Guide the player through a story (Candy Crush) Year of Talk: 2021 Video Link: Narrative Breadcrumbs: Guiding the Player...
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Joaquin De Losada
Jun 218 min read
Talk Title: Bringing Star Wars Cantina to Life
Effective talk: How to have good hub spaces Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: Bringing a Star Wars Cantina to Life in 'Jedi: Survivor'...
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Joaquin De Losada
Jun 145 min read
Talk Title: Dealing with Scope Change in Heat Signature and Gunpoint
Effective talk: Dealing with scope creep Year of Talk: 2018 Video Link: Dealing with Scope Change in Heat Signature and Gunpoint The...
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Joaquin De Losada
Jun 75 min read
Talk Title: “Soft” skills are hard! Acing the non-technical interview questions
Effective talk: Soft skills for interviews Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: "Soft" Skills Are Hard! Acing the Non-Technical Interview...
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Joaquin De Losada
May 313 min read
Talk Title: The future of game communities, and how we avoid it.
Effective talk: How gaming communities work, Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: The Future of Game Communities, and How We Avoid It Part 1:...
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Joaquin De Losada
May 248 min read
Talk Title: Benefits of Missing Out: What ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ taught us about Non-Linear Level Design
Effective talk: Non-Linear level design in ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: Benefits of Missing Out: What 'Cyberpunk 2077'...
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Joaquin De Losada
May 175 min read
Talk Title: Getting hired with a personal touch.
Effective talk: Getting hired. Lets hope. Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: Getting Hired with a Personal Touch Overview: 4 phases of...
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Joaquin De Losada
May 103 min read
Talk Title: Define your audience now, not later
Effective talk: Determining your game audience Year of Talk: 2023 Video Link: Define Your Audience Now, Not Later Takeaways: Analyze...
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Joaquin De Losada
May 24 min read
Talk Title: Lore, Dont Tell: A guide for Telling Culturally Rooted Stories Like ‘Venba’
Effective talk: How to implement culture and their stories into games Year of Talk: 2024 Video Link: Lore, Don't Tell: A Guide for...
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Joaquin De Losada
Apr 268 min read
Talk Title: Simulating Tropical Weather in ‘Far Cry 6’ Pt.2
Effective talk: Weather simulation in games Part 2 Year of Talk: 2022 Video Link: Simulating Tropical Weather in 'Far Cry 6' This second...
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Joaquin De Losada
Apr 193 min read
Talk Title: One type of lighting system in Far Cry 6
Effective talk: Simulating light in the sky and how it is reflected. Year of Talk: - This isn't a specific talk from GDC but is based on...
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Joaquin De Losada
Apr 124 min read
Talk Title: Simulating Tropical Weather in ‘Far Cry 6’ Pt.1
Effective talk: Weather simulation in games Year of Talk: 2022 Video Link: Simulating Tropical Weather in 'Far Cry 6' Note: There were...
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Joaquin De Losada
Apr 48 min read
Talk Title: Procedural Grass in ‘Ghost of Tsushima’
Effective Title: Procedural grass Year Of Talk: 2021 Video Link: Procedural Grass in 'Ghost of Tsushima' Originally attempted using...
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Joaquin De Losada
Mar 2811 min read
Title Talk: 'God of War Ragnarök': Building the UI for a AAA Sequel
Effective Title: UI in AAA with God Of War GDC Year: 2023 Video Talk: 'God of War Ragnarök': Building the UI for a AAA Sequel 3 main...
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Joaquin De Losada
Mar 274 min read
Talk Title: Google Developer Summit: Grow Your Community of Loyal Gamers with Google Play (Presented by Google)
Effective Title: Bringing more players users using the Google Play app. GDC Year: 2024 Valuable players: Spend Ready players: These are...
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Joaquin De Losada
Mar 272 min read
Talk Title: Community Clubhouse Developer Summit: Good Game: Fostering Communities of belonging in Minecraft (Presented by Community Clubhouse)
Effective Title: How to foster good communities. GDC Year: 2024 Why having a good community around your game is important? Having a safe...
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Joaquin De Losada
Mar 263 min read
Talk Title: How not to F**k your Studio: Forecasting Done Right (Presented by Kohort)
Effective Title: How to run a studio (Financial section) GDC Year: 2024 Make sure to know the lifetime value of the users (LTV) Make...
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Joaquin De Losada
Mar 266 min read
Talk Title: The Power of Community Feedback to Create Better Games (Presented by Amazon Games)
Effective Title: Community Management/feedback with the New World Devs. GDC Year: 2024 Do: Have two-way conversations between the...
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Joaquin De Losada
Mar 261 min read
Talk Title: Xsolla Developer Summit: Don't Just Build a Game, Build a Business (Presented by Xsolla)
Effective Title: Dont only make games but also businesses. GDC Year: 2024 Xsolla's backend allows the dev team to set up a management...
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Joaquin De Losada
Mar 262 min read
Welcome to GDC Talks in Text.
What is "GDC talks to Text"? The idea for this blog is to give more people easy access to information that is presented during different...
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