GDC 2026 Special (Part 1)

About this episode

The episode covers various discussions and presentations from GDC 2026, focusing on game design, funding, and industry networking.

This year's GDC Special is a big one. So big that this episode is over 2 hours long... and it's only part 1 (but your nice hosts don't know that yet)! 0:15:49 GDC 2026 - Monday GDC Encounters: Speed Networking Day 1 Game Developer Conference The Tension: Designing for Discomfort in 'Wanderstop' Steven Margolin Game Developer Conference The Black Designers' Dilemma "Carl Varnado, Jabari Ali, Jarory DeJesus, Evan Narcisse" Game Developer Conference The Games Industry Social (aka: GIG IRL) Media Indie Exchange (aka: The MIX) Dogpile Toot Games Game Funding: Lessons from Outersloth "Victoria Tran, Forest Willard" Game Developer Conference Outersloth reveals its game funding agreement with developers Alex Forbes-Calvin GamesIndustry.biz From Beautiful to Playable: Texture Compression Secrets Every Game Artist Shoul… Jad Deeb Game Developer Conference Four Artists Use Substance 3D to Texture 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' "Alan Reynaud, Mathieu Costat" Game Developer Conference GDC 101 "Sam Warnke, Natalie Sam" Game Developer Conference From Reliable to Respected: Breaking Free of the Good Job Trap Cecile Hemery Game Developer Conference Establishing the Standards and Practices of Game…

People in this episode

Hosts: Lydia, Stephen, Mark

Guests: Steven Margolin, Victoria Tran, Forest Willard, Jad Deeb, Sam Warnke, Natalie Sam, Cecile Hemery, Xianzi Feng

Topics covered

• Game Developer Conference
• Networking
• Game Design
• Game Funding
• Game Preservation
• Art Direction

Keywords

• GDC 2026
• Game Design
• Networking
• Game Funding
• Game Preservation
• Art Direction
• Indie Games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Outersloth, GamesIndustry.biz, Media Indie Exchange, Dogpile Toot Games

Books & works: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Places: Love and Deepspace

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