At GDC 2025, you'll be able to explore more than 730 sessions, tutorials, and events. Since 340 of them mention "tool" or related terms, narrowing down the right ones can feel daunting.
The GDC 2024 agenda spans more than 650 sessions, tutorials, and events. Of these, 350 highlight "tool" or similar concepts, which can make finding the ones that match your expertise a demanding task.
With more than 700 sessions, tutorials, and events at GDC 2023 and 386 centered on "tool" or related topics it's easy to feel adrift while searching for the right ones.
Originally published on The Toolsmiths. GameDev Tools weekly made by Alexander Pirogov and Victor Stepanov.
Notes from the 2018 GDC guide season.
Today in Game Development there are several roles that take part in creating new Game Tools and developing the existing ones.
There are around 650+ sessions at this year's GDC, and it isn't easy to find sessions that you as a tools developer might enjoy. I have tried to find and collect most of the talks that a tools developer would be interested in attending or watching after the fact.