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Virtual GDC begins today in lieu of the physical conferenceTalks are streaming all week
Talks are streaming all week
GDC 2020begins today. It’s online this year after the San Francisco-based conference waspostponeddue to the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Hundreds of professional presentations and thousands of attendees are no longer getting together in person but the grand industry mindshare is attempting to spread knowledge regardless. Though not every talk has survived the jump to digital space, you can start watching many of the scheduled presentationson Twitchright now.
The biggest win, if you can call the situation a win, is that these talks are being made available free on Twitch. On a normal year, certain talks are recorded and made available free on theGDC Vaultbut others are locked behind a subscription. This year even developers (and curious players) who couldn’t afford to attend GDC in the first place will have access to even more information than they would have in past years. For indie developers who had planned to attend and are struggling with the financial cost of postponing, there’s still aGDC relief fundrunning to assist them as well.
GDC’s Twitch channel will also be hosting the Independent Games Festival, Game Developers Choice Awards, and Day Of The Devs Showcase all on Wednesday starting at 4pm PT/7pm ET/11pm GMT.
GDC aren’t the only ones going online. Microsoft are sharing their own suite of talks originally planned for GDCon Mixer(of course) on Tuesday and Wednesday. They will be covering development topics like building Sea Of Thieves with a “LiveOps mentality,” accessibility in games, and design iteration.
Even if you aren’t a developer, having access to all of these talks online is a great resource. Get out there are learn something neat!
