{"id":9373,"date":"2023-03-22T13:38:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/pushing-buttons-the-event-game-designers-cant-afford-to-attend-but-cant-afford-to-miss\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:38:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:38:19","slug":"pushing-buttons-the-event-game-designers-cant-afford-to-attend-but-cant-afford-to-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/pushing-buttons-the-event-game-designers-cant-afford-to-attend-but-cant-afford-to-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: The event game designers can\u2019t afford to attend \u2013 but can\u2019t afford to miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Game Developers Conference in San Francisco has been a career-making event for decades. But with costs to visit rising and the ability to meet online growing, does it need to change?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/nov\/24\/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming\">Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s Game Developers Conference week, which means one of two things for those working in the industry: either they\u2019re jetlagged in some hotel bar in San Francisco spending $10 a beer; or they\u2019re at home, avoiding Twitter to lessen the Fomo. GDC has long been the nexus of the games industry, a place where indie developers get their games signed and funded, coders and artists and sound designers share the techniques of their craft, and juicy development stories are overheard in the convention centre\u2019s corridors.<\/p>\n<p>But GDC has long been regarded by some as increasingly elitist. To its credit, it partners with plenty of different organisations to offer <a href=\"https:\/\/gdconf.com\/diversity-inclusion\">scholarships and sponsorships<\/a> to underrepresented devs, but a regular ticket costs $1,521, and an all-access pass is $2,204. Then there\u2019s the cost of attending, which is even more prohibitive thanks to San Francisco\u2019s ever-rising prices. Some developers who previously attended GDC every year now say they can\u2019t justify the expense.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/mar\/22\/the-one-event-game-designers-cant-afford-to-attend-but-cant-afford-to-miss\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6d25637c2dbb06adfff4a73d6de8325d6b5e7f5d\/0_177_4000_2400\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8bf80ffeb7aedad6df634a688ac14e22\" title=\"Pushing Buttons: The event game designers can\u2019t afford to attend \u2013 but can\u2019t afford to miss\" \/>The Game Developers Conference in San Francisco has been a career-making event for decades. But with costs to visit rising and the ability to meet online growing, does it need to change?<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nIt\u2019s Game Developers Conference week, which means one of two things for those working in the industry: either they\u2019re jetlagged in some hotel bar in San Francisco spending $10 a beer; or they\u2019re at home, avoiding Twitter to lessen the Fomo. GDC has long been the nexus of the games industry, a place where indie developers get their games signed and funded, coders and artists and sound designers share the techniques of their craft, and juicy development stories are overheard in the convention centre\u2019s corridors.<br \/>\nBut GDC has long been regarded by some as increasingly elitist. To its credit, it partners with plenty of different organisations to offer scholarships and sponsorships to underrepresented devs, but a regular ticket costs $1,521, and an all-access pass is $2,204. Then there\u2019s the cost of attending, which is even more prohibitive thanks to San Francisco\u2019s ever-rising prices. Some developers who previously attended GDC every year now say they can\u2019t justify the expense. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Game Developers Conference in San Francisco has been a career-making event for decades. But with costs to visit rising and the ability to meet online growing, does it need to change? Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? 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