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The August 2023 GDC Monthly Newsletter includes:

GDC Event News | GDC 2024 Summits & GCS Call for Submissions now open!
GDC YouTube Highlights | Flopping Successfully: Running a Studio Without a Huge Hit
GameDeveloper.com Editor's Picks and more..

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Breathing Life Into 'The Last of Us': Part I and II

The sound of The Last of Us: Part I and II have been described as a harrowing, white-knuckled experience. One culprit of this sensation is the detailed Breathing System the Naughty Dog audio team developed and maintained for the last two projects.

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Game Narrative Summit: Respecting Player Fantasies in Dating Sims

The talk highlights player types, romance styles, and the importance of character design matching player expectations—incorporating experiences from time working on, and consulting on titles from Lovelink to Boyfriend Dungeon to Romancelvania.

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Why your diversity programs need to be "foundational," and not "band-aids"

Bryant Francis

The summer of 2023 looks starkly different than the summer of 2020. Three years ago, protestors across the United States turned out by the thousands to protest the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police. Their activism was a reaction to the inequities inflicted on Black people in the United States—largely by the police, but also in almost every other aspect of civil society.

That activism spurred many publishers and developers in the video game industry to voice their support. That support often went beyond words, with organizations promising donations to causes supporting Black Lives Matter or to funds that support diversity and inclusion in the world of video games.

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Flopping Successfully: Running a Studio Without a Huge Hit

In this GDC 2023 talk, Yngvill Hopen, CEO and Game Director at Henchman & Goon AS, shares her thoughts on how they have kept indie studio, Henchman & Goon, running for 10 years without any gigantic successes.

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