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GDC announces a re-imagined three day GDC Summer for AugustWill five months be enough?
Will five months be enough?
Despite cancelling its physical footprint due to the Covid-19 virus,GDC 2020is carrying on in a fashion with a subset of planned talks now being delivered asGDC Virtual Talksthat are wrapping up today. The physical conference, which should have been happening in San Francisco this week, has rescheduled for August. Organisers announced yesterday that they are now planning a three-day event called GDC Summer from August 4-6.
Although GDC is an industry event, the professional presentations about the design and development of games both big and small are always a welcome learning experience for those of us who can watch and read about the talks each year.
“GDC Summer will be a unique Game Developers Conference experience but will retain the same high level of expert-led talks as the traditional GDC, along with a freestyle two-day expo show floor August 5th and 6th,” GDC say about the new format.
Although a handful of the planned 2020 talks have been recorded and livestreamed this week onGDC’s Twitch channel, developers who were planning to attend are missing out on one of the biggest opportunities to network with other professionals. It seems that GDC Summer is specifically looking to supplement that lost chance for in-person meetings, especially for smaller developers for whom GDC’s cancellation represents a huge missed opportunity to personally get their game in the hands of potential publishers or partners.
“GDC Summer 2020 will roll out a new community partnership program,” organisers say. “Organisations will have the opportunity to apply for space onsite to host meetings and gatherings alongside the main event.”
GDC 2020 is just one of manygaming coronavirus cancellationsin the past month.
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