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The September 2023 GDC Monthly Newsletter includes:

• GDC Event News | Look out for GDC 2024 registration opening soon!
• GDC TikTok Highlights | Was Fortnite more "discovered" than designed?
• GameDeveloper.com Editor's Picks and more..

GDC Event News

Look out for GDC 2024 registration opening soon! ????View More >>

GDC 2024 Summits & GCS Call for Submissions close today!????Submit Now >>

GDC TikTok

Was Fortnite more "discovered" than designed?: Mohawk Games' Soren Johnson explores the "happy accidents" of inherited game design.?View Now >>

What do Toby Fox's Undertale, 2Pac, and improv have in common—and what do they have to do with narrative design?: Housemarque's Jarory de Jesus discusses the "Verse-Chorus" structure in hip hop and other music genres, and how it can influence great storytelling.?View Now >>

In real life, people don't wait for you—so why do NPCs do this in video games??This GDC talk dives into how Wayward Strand created a world where you have to find the story, not the other way around.?View Now >>

Editor's Pick

Unity introducing new fee attached to game installs (Bryant Francis)

The cost of using Unity as a game engine is once again about to increase. Starting in January 2024, the?company will begin charging?what it's calling a "Unity Runtime Fee" that is based on the number of users installing games built on the widely-used engine.

The Runtime Fee will kick in after developers cross specific revenue and install thresholds that scale with different subscription plans. For those on?Unity Personal or Unity Plus licenses, the fee will kick in after a project?crosses both $200,000 in revenue over 12 months and?200,000 total installs. Read More at GameDeveloper.com >>

GDC Vault Highlights

Equity and Project Investment for Indies to AAA and Everything In Between: Leveraging New Models of Funding in Games

More than ever, equity investment is becoming a viable option for all different size studios from indie to AAA and everything in between. In this talk, Ed Fries and Kelly Wallick will talk about what this means for the industry and individual studios, and will share their perspective on the funding options available from their experience as two industry veterans. Watch Now for Free >>

Animation Summit: Animation in 'God of War: Ragnarok'

Join Santa Monica Studio's Animation Leads and Directors for four quickfire presentations intended to highlight the studio's diverse approach to animation.?Watch Now with Subscription >>

GDC YouTube Highlight

Moving Mountains: Speedy Level Creation as a Desperate Indie Dev

Creating a game as a solo indie developer requires a great deal of cunning tricks to do the work of an entire team as one person—especially when it comes to building levels. In this 2023 Level Design Summit talk, DinoBoss CEO Edward Kay dives deep into the development of the mountain swinging game Hang Line to explain how to extract the maximum amount of gameplay variety from a single core mechanic, and how to build levels as efficiently as possible through clever use of tools. Watch Now >>

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