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Games Design, Game Programming and Game Art: Game industry resources

Resources for students on Games programmes (art, design and programming)

The Game Developers Conference

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The Game Developers Conference (GDC) brings the game development community together to share practice, innovation and exchange. It is the key conference for the video games industry, Attendees include programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals,

A range of recorded talks are available from the GDC YouTube site.at https://www.youtube.com/@Gdconf

Themes include:

  • Animation talks
  • Art and graphic design talks
  • Business / industry sessions
  • Design talks
  • Programming Seminars

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Research conferences and publications

These are annual events with research papers. Any papers delivered at the conference are normally published in Proceedings. Examples include:

Statista - industry reports

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Mintel Marketing Reports

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Financial Databases (company and industry content)

Associations and organisations

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TIGA is the association for UK game developers and digital publishers representing the video game industry. It contains news, events, industry information and links to job opportunities.