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In this 2020 GDC Virtual Talk, Ubisoft's Adam Ritchie offers gain insight into the effort that goes into making NPCs talk and the pipeline and tools behind it, as well as challenges faced and overcome by the Voice Production Team on a Massive, online, open-world game. Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.

In this classic GDC 2012 session, programmer Elan Ruskin shows a simple, uniform mechanism made for the Left 4 Dead series for tracking thousands of facts and possibilities, allowing intelligent characters to remember history, cascade from special to general cases, and select the optimal dialog, script, behavior, or animation for every situation. Register for GDC: http://ubm.io/2gk5KTU Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.

In this 2021 GDC session, Supergiant Games’ Darren Korb and Greg Kasavin break down how an independent studio with fewer than 20 employees managed to release a fully voiced video game with more than 22,000 lines of dialogue—during a global pandemic. Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.

In this GDC 2021 session, Pixel Toys Ltd’s James Horn explains how developers can practically use established theater techniques to redefine their pre-production processes, create intimacy, immersion and connection through their narrative and storytelling. Head to GDC Vault (http://www.gdcvault.com) for the latest video-on-demand sessions from GDC 2022—with several GDC videos available to watch for free! Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.

Using contextual impressions and data gathering to design crowd audio in Planet Coaster. My 2017 talk at the Develop: Conference audio track. Talking about the systems that enable very large crowds to have performant audio, using systems to tackle scaling implementation and of course roller coasters. A breakdown of Planet Coaster #gameaudio using in game examples.

Join us when Adam guides us through the steps to give your game character a voice. ✨Friday Stories - a unique talk + jam series for indie game developer✨ The Great Journey and Futuregames work together with the video game industry to bring lectures and workshops to promote diversity, inclusive game design and sustainable development. Show Adam and Massive Entertainment love 👉 https://www.massive.se/ Links from the last slide: - Voice design reseource👉 https://www.voicedesignresource.com/ - NPC Voice Design in The Division 2 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXPWQFe8NYQ - Realistic Performances in Games 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q966gyPcnrc - Do You Copy? Dialog System and Tools in Firewatch 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj-2vbiyHnI - Finding Space For Sound: Environmental Acoustics in Tom Clancy's The Division 2 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN56EauPhPQ - GDC Youtube Channel 👉 https://www.youtube.com/c/Gdconf 🔴 Subscribe for more talks like this 👉 https://www.youtube.com/c/TheGreatJou... ----- 🕹️ Check out our season 1 playlist 👉https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjjXjtJlZVnxf63I0L0-4OEMPJ6QxhMjp 🕹️ Check out our season 2 playlist 👉https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjjXjtJlZVnyisc36vejFKAdRYGeivznA Here you find speakers from indie studios, AAA studios, VR studios and much more! ----- The Great Journey is a community, workspace and a place where game developers get support. The Hub is located at Karlstad Innovation Park in Karlstad. ✅ Website 👉 https://www.thegreatjourney.se/ ✅ LinkedIn 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-great-journey/ ✅ Newsletter 👉 https://www.thegreatjourney.se/newslettersignup ✅ Discord 👉 https://discord.gg/snHqvqr The Great Journey and our events are made possible with the support of the European Regional Development Fund, Region Värmland, Karlstad Innovation Park and Embracer Group. #gamedevelopment #voicedesign #massiveentertainment

In this 2015 GDC session Anna Kipnis, senior gameplay programmer at Double Fine, gives a broad overview of how dialog gets into a Double Fine game, from the moment a line is written to hearing and seeing the line in the engine, even in a foreign tongue. GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every weekday. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives. Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/Official_GDC Checkout our Facebook page for GDC exclusives https://www.facebook.com/GameDevelopersConference http://www.gdconf.com/

In this 2017 GDC session, Unity's William Armstrong and Campo Santo's Patrick Ewing discuss the logic, tools, and workflow behind the dialog system used on Firewatch. Register for GDC: https://ubm.io/2yWXW38 Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.

In this 2017 GDC session, Brightskull Entertainment Group's Michael Csurics showcases the experimental and extensive lengths that were taken to create the voiceover performances in Tacoma, the followup to indie sensation Gone Home from the team at Fullbright. Register for GDC: https://ubm.io/2yWXW38 Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.