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Search All Sessions Speakers My Schedule Filters View Sessions As: List Grid Pass Type Select All | Clear Passes & Prices Conference Pass Discovery Pass Community Pass Student Pass Topic Select All | Clear Advocacy Audio Business & Marketing Career & Studio Development Design Production & Team Management Programming Special Event Student Program Visual Arts Format Select All | Clear Community Content Interactive Session Session Special Event Sponsored Session ALL TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY No sessions found Tuesday | 7:00 am Tuesday, August 4 | 7:00am - 7:30am // Hidden Histories Speaker: Brenda Romero (Romero Games) Pass Type: Conference Pass, Discovery Pass, Community Pass Topic: Advocacy Format: Community Content Add Tuesday, August 4 | 7:00am - 7:30am Ask Me Anything: Funding & Investment Q&A with David Gardner Speaker: David Gardner (LVP) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Business & Marketing Format: Interactive Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 7:00am - 7:30am Blockers: Analyzing Difficulty Drivers in Candy Crush Games Speaker: Lucien "Yen-Chu" Chen (King) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Design Format: Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 7:00am - 7:30am Destructible Environments in 'Control': Lessons in Procedural Destruction Speaker: Johannes Richter (Remedy) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Visual Arts, Programming Format: Session Add Tuesday | 8:00 am Tuesday, August 4 | 8:00am - 8:30am Accessibility Best Practices: In-Game Communication Speaker: Karen Stevens (EA Sports) Pass Type: Conference Pass, Discovery Pass, Community Pass Topic: Advocacy Format: Community Content Add Tuesday, August 4 | 8:00am - 8:30am Mobile Ad Creatives: Your Best Weapon Against High Acquisition Costs Speaker: Peter Fodor (AppAgent) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Business & Marketing Format: Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 8:00am - 8:30am Mobile Games: Growth Opportunities and the Impact of COVID-19 (Presented by Omdia) Sponsor Speaker: Louise Shorthouse (Omdia) Pass Type: Conference Pass, Discovery Pass Topic: Business & Marketing Format: Sponsored Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 8:00am - 8:45am Roundtable: Progression Systems Speaker: Casey Bradley (Army Game Studio) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Design Format: Interactive Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 8:00am - 8:30am Six Pillars of Impactful Onboarding Speaker: Lindsay Thacker (Riot Games) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Production & Team Management Format: Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 8:00am - 8:30am What Makes Us Tick: Inferring Players' Motivation from Gameplay Behavior to Foster Long-Term Engagement Speaker: Alessandro Canossa (Modl.ai) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Programming Format: Session Add Tuesday | 9:00 am Tuesday, August 4 | 9:00am - 9:30am David & Goliath: How a Newbie Solo Developer Landed on Xbox Game Pass Speaker: Davionne Gooden (Studio Zevere) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Business & Marketing, Career & Studio Development Format: Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 9:00am - 9:30am Designing Game Communities for Kindness Speaker: Victoria Tran (Kitfox Games) Pass Type: Conference Pass, Discovery Pass, Community Pass Topic: Advocacy Format: Community Content Add Tuesday, August 4 | 9:00am - 9:45am Freelance Roundtable: Hustling During a Pandemic Speakers: Toiya Kristen Finley (Schnoodle Media, LLC) , Fred Wan (Freelance) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Career & Studio Development Format: Interactive Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 9:00am - 9:30am From Malicious to Delicious: The Story of Designing 'Grindstone' Speakers: Kris Piotrowski (Capy Games) , Kenneth Yeung (Capy Games) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Design Format: Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 9:00am - 9:30am Hiring Learnings: Audio Career Paths and Competencies Speaker: Andrea Chang (Hi-Rez Studios) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Audio, Career & Studio Development Format: Session Add Tuesday | 10:00 am Tuesday, August 4 | 10:00am - 10:45am 'Erica': How and How Not to Score a Film-Game Hybrid Speaker: Austin Wintory (Wintory Global Engineering) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Audio Format: Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 10:00am - 10:45am Inspiring 258 Million Strangers: Art Direction for a Global Audience Speaker: Riana McKeith (King) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Visual Arts Format: Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 10:00am - 10:45am Skill-Building Series: Building the Metaverse through User Generated Content and the Cloud Speaker: Deepak Chandrasekaran (Roblox) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Programming Format: Interactive Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 10:00am - 10:45am Skill-Building Series: Emotion in Game Design (A UX Perspective) Speaker: Celia Hodent (Independent) Pass Type: Conference Pass, Discovery Pass, Community Pass Topic: Advocacy Format: Community Content Add Tuesday, August 4 | 10:00am - 10:45am Taming the Chaos: Lessons in Project Management Speaker: Clinton Keith (Cllinton Keith Consulting) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Production & Team Management Format: Session Add Tuesday | 12:30 pm Tuesday, August 4 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm GDC Pitch: Day 1 Speakers: Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs) , Cassia Curran (WINGS Interactive) , Michael Cheung (Makers Fund) Pass Type: Conference Pass, Discovery Pass, Community Pass Topic: Special Event Format: Special Event Add Tuesday | 3:00 pm Tuesday, August 4 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm Ask Me Anything: Game Programming Q&A with Squirrel Eiserloh Speaker: Squirrel Eiserloh (SMU Guildhall) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Programming Format: Interactive Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm California's New Privacy Law: Five Steps for Updating Your Privacy Practices Speaker: Will Bucher (Debevoise & Plimpton) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Business & Marketing Format: Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm Gaming for Good: Philanthropy as a Business Strategy Speakers: Derrick Morton (Flowplay) , Daniel Widner (American Cancer Society) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Advocacy, Business & Marketing Format: Community Content Add Tuesday, August 4 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm Live Your Story: Immersive Storytelling at 'Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge' Speaker: Anisha Deshmane (Walt Disney Imagineering) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Design Format: Session Add Tuesday | 4:00 pm Tuesday, August 4 | 4:00pm - 4:30pm Getting Real with Real-World Games: Adjusting Gameplay of 'Pokémon GO' in the Time of COVID-19 Speakers: Matt Slemon (Niantic) , Laura Warner (Niantic) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Design Format: Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 4:00pm - 4:30pm Imitation Learning: Building Practical Agents to Test and Explore a First-Person Shooter Speaker: Igor Borovikov (EA) Pass Type: Conference Pass Topic: Programming Format: Session Add Tuesday, August 4 | 4:00pm - 4:45pm Roundtable: Marketing &am...