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5 unusual facts about Game Developers Conference


Game Developers Conference

It was won by Jason Rohrer who designed a one-player at a time multiplayer game named Chain World contained entirely on a USB flash drive.

Moderated by Eric Zimmerman and Jason Della Roca, a selection of notable industry figures are invited to speak on industry-related subjects they are passionate about.

The goal of 2nd annual Game Design Challenge was to create a game based on Emily Dickinson.

It was won by Will Wright who designed an Emily Dickinson personality simulator contained entirely on a USB flash drive.

International Game Developers Conference

Game Developers Conference, an industry-only event started in 1987, held in northern California, with ties to the IGDA (International Game Developers Association)


Child of Light

Initially revealed at GDC Europe 2013 by Patrick Plourde, Child of Light is said to be inspired by Studio Ghibli and Yoshitaka Amano in its art style, and in presentation similar to games like Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy VIII and LIMBO.

Chris Melissinos

Melissinos is a prolific speaker, regularly speaking at conferences such as the Consumer Electronics Show, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Game Developers Conference, Harvard's Cyberposium, JavaTM Conference in Milan, Italy, and Ziff-Davis's Electronic Gaming Summit.

Dust 514

Dust 514 was announced on August 18, 2009 at the Game Developers Conference in Cologne, Germany where it was introduced with a short trailer featuring real time footage of the game.

Elite: Dangerous

At the 2008 Game Developers Conference in Germany, David Braben hinted that an announcement regarding the game's release would come in 2008.

GameZombie

GameZombie's annual gaming conference coverage includes the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the Game Developers Conference, the Penny Arcade Expo, Gen Con, Comic-Con, and the World Series of Video Games.


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Alec Holowka

In early 2008, Holowka along with a group of other independent developers during the Game Developers Conference 2008 in San Francisco, California created a project with most of the work being done at their hotel, the Holiday Inn.

Australian Game Developers Conference

On the last day of conference proceedings in December 2005, Founder of the Australian Game Developers Conference, John De Margheriti, issued a Press Release announcing that AIE Ltd would stop running the premier industry conference event to allow the industry association, the Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) to build a brand new industry conference.