GDC 2026 Special (Part 2)

About this episode

The episode covers the second part of GDC 2026, featuring discussions on various talks and experiences from the conference.

WARNING: This episode is even longer than last week's ! Settle into the back half of GDC 2026 with tales from your nice hosts about interesting talks, the "new" Festival Hall, what it feels like to be up for multiple major industry awards, running into people you know for the first time, and flying home to a impending snowstorm. In this Patreon-exclusive video, Lydia thought to mark her first GDC by capturing her first impressions of the conference's Festival Hall . Sign up at any level for instant access or, if you're not ready to enter a financial relationship with the program, you can purchase it à la carte! 0:02:44 GDC 2026 - (Dale's) Monday/Tuesday Weaponized Play: How Extremist Networks are Targeting Children in Online Games Katia Potapov, Rita Fabi, Jang Kim, Jessa Mellea Game Developer Conference Page to Booth: Table-Reading and Performance Recording Live Demo Alexa Ray Corriea, Sam Maggs, Ben Starr, Jennifer Hale, Khris Brown, Amanda Rose Smith Game Developer Conference 0:09:34 GDC 2026 - Wednesday Rules of the Game 2026: Revealing Techniques from Resourceful Designers Game Developer Conference Improv Games for Game Developers Rez Graham Game Developer Conference…

People in this episode

Hosts: Lydia, Stephen, Mark

Topics covered

• GDC 2026
• game development
• industry awards
• Festival Hall
• online games
• African game development
• serious games

Keywords

• GDC 2026
• game development
• Festival Hall
• industry awards
• online games
• African game development
• serious games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Game Developer Conference

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