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Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

Lets talk about critical analysis | Nathania Sum | NZGDC 2025

Nathania Sum

October 9, 2025 43 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game DesignCritical AnalysisMDA Framework

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Economics & Finance

Lessons from the Pitch | Brad Thomson | NZGDC 2025

Brad Thomson

October 9, 2025 32 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game PitchElevator PitchGame Development

Applied Sciences & Engineering Economics & Finance

Keeping Tempo: Creative Trailers for Grimguard Tactics | Bart Klepka | NZGDC 2025

Bart Klepka

October 9, 2025 33 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game TrailersVideo ProductionUnity

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

Is My Game Fun? | Nidhi Aggarwal | NZGDC 2025

Nidhi Aggarwal

October 9, 2025 27 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game DesignPlayer PsychologyFun

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Economics & Finance

Industry Insights 2 yrs into GDSR | Chantelle Cole | NZGDC 2025

Chantelle Cole

October 9, 2025 19 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

GDSRNew ZealandGame Development

Applied Sciences & Engineering Computing & Cybersecurity

How To Build Your Own Third Person Camera System | Jacob Grossman | NZGDC 2025

Jacob Grossman

October 9, 2025 29 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Third-Person CameraGame ProgrammingUnity

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

How do you playtest a story? | Maddy Clute | NZGDC 2025

Maddy Clute

October 9, 2025 53 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

PlaytestingNarrative DesignGame Development

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Arts & Architecture

Giving Your Players Goosebumps: The Game Dev's Guide to the Orchestra | Sai Natarajan | NZGDC 2025

Sai Natarajan

October 9, 2025 46 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Orchestral MusicGame AudioSoundtrack

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

Get Stuck in the Jam | Ruby Meades | NZGDC 2025

Ruby Meades and Chris

October 9, 2025 25 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game JamGame DevelopmentTeamwork

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

Games for My Future Children | Zelle Marcovicci | NZGDC 2025

Zelle Marcovicci

October 9, 2025 27 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game DesignOnline SafetyChildren

Applied Sciences & Engineering Arts & Architecture

Game Scoring for Orchestra in Aotearoa | Claire Wackrow | NZGDC 2025

Claire Wackrow

October 9, 2025 29 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game ScoringOrchestraNZSO

Applied Sciences & Engineering Computing & Cybersecurity

Game Dev On the Go: iPad tools for 3D Game Art | Érika Casab | NZGDC 2025

Érika Casab

October 9, 2025 48 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

IPad3D ArtGame Development

Applied Sciences & Engineering Computing & Cybersecurity

Game Art Pipeline Shift from Maya to Blender | Lluc Romani | NZGDC 2025

Lluc Romani

October 9, 2025 32 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

BlenderGame Art PipelineMaya to Blender

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

From Passion Projects to Player Power | David Thompson | NZGDC 2025

David Thompson

October 9, 2025 33 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

ModdingUGCCommunity

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

From Concept to Screen: Structuring for Success in Creative Industries | Kate Cruickshank | NZGDC'25

Kate Cruickshank and Lauren Archer

October 9, 2025 44 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Intellectual PropertyCorporate StructureFilm Adaptation

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Computing & Cybersecurity

From Code to Collection | Alysha Connor | NZGDC 2025

Alysha Connor

October 9, 2025 26 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Video Game PreservationMuseumsGame Developers

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Computing & Cybersecurity

From Campfires to Coding | Nick Jones | NZGDC 2025

Nick Jones

October 9, 2025 15 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Interactive StorytellingNarrative DesignOral Tradition

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Economics & Finance

Fixing the Flow: the leaky pipeline | Paris Jagger | NZGDC 2025

Paris Jagger

October 9, 2025 26 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Gender ParityLeaky PipelineGames Industry

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Law & Justice

Fair play: Understanding the Fair Trading Act | Iain Sutherland | NZGDC 2025

Iain Sutherland, Grant McIntosh

October 9, 2025 50 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Fair Trading ActGame DevelopmentConsumer Protection

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought AI & Society

Extremism and Game Development | Simon McCullum | NZGDC 2025

Simon McCullum

October 9, 2025 30 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

ExtremismGame CommunitiesModeration

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

Empowering Creators | David Thompson | NZGDC 2025

David Thompson

October 9, 2025 54 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

UGCModdingGame Design

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

Emotional Climate Change: The inner landscapes of horror | Colin Rowsell | NZGDC 2025

Colin Rowsell

October 9, 2025 35 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

HorrorGame DesignNarrative

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

Emotion Engines: A Framework for Powerful Interactive Storytelling | Miranda Verswijvelen | NZGDC'25

Miranda Verswijvelen

October 9, 2025 50 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Interactive StorytellingNarrative DesignGame Design

Applied Sciences & Engineering AI & Society

Don’t Feed the Algorithm | Melanie Langlotz | NZGDC 2025

Melanie Langlotz and Tyrone Mills

October 9, 2025 30 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

VR SecurityData PrivacyBiometric Data

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

Divinity in the Dirt | Nick Jones | NZGDC 2025

Nick Jones

October 9, 2025 36 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

WorldbuildingAnthropologyNarrative Design

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought AI & Society

Did you Know? Humans Exist in Game Dev | Chesna Gomes | NZGDC 2025

Chesna Gomes

October 9, 2025 26 min

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 3/5

Game DevelopmentTeam CultureEmpathy

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Computing & Cybersecurity

Desiring to Dare: Developing a Reproductive Game | Ragnar Anderson | NZGDC 2025

Ragnar Anderson, Paris (Cerebral Fix)

October 9, 2025 56 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Serious GamesSubject Matter ExpertsReproductive Health

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Psychology

Dealing well with difficult feedback | Anna Barham and Sam Barham | NZGDC 2025

Anna Barham and Sam Barham

October 9, 2025 52 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game DevelopmentFeedbackTeam Management

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Economics & Finance

DE&I Doesn't Work Let me tell you why | Alayna Cole | NZGDC 2025

Alayna Cole

October 9, 2025 49 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

DEIDiversityInclusion

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Economics & Finance

Crossing the Entry Level Canyon | Jacob Jopson | NZGDC 2025

Jacob Jopson & Jonno (Low Hanging Fruit)

October 9, 2025 31 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game DevelopmentCareer AdviceEntry-Level

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Economics & Finance

Creative Trust Across Timezones | Kia Abhari | NZGDC 2025

Kia Abhari

October 9, 2025 30 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Cross-Cultural ManagementRemote WorkCreative Teams

Applied Sciences & Engineering Computing & Cybersecurity

Creating games with weird engines | Jevon Wright | NZGDC 2025

Jevon Wright

October 9, 2025 49 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game EngineLibGDXIndie Development

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Law & Justice

Contracts for Studios: Avoiding Legal Traps | Wade Pearson

Wade Pearson, Monica

October 9, 2025 26 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

ContractsLegalGame Development

Applied Sciences & Engineering Video Games

Charting the Course of 'Starship Home' | Mark Schramm | NZGDC 2025

Mark Schramm

October 9, 2025 51 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Mixed RealityGame DesignXR

Applied Sciences & Engineering Computing & Cybersecurity

BRUTAL Game Development: Without an Engine | Dean Hall & Stephen Knightly | NZGDC 2025

Dean Hall & Stephen Knightly

October 9, 2025 51 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game EngineBRUTALRocketWerkz

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Computing & Cybersecurity

Bringing Stability to Rival Stars Horse Racing | Jaques Smit | NZGDC 2025

Jaques Smit

October 9, 2025 56 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game ProductionStabilityTeam Leadership

Applied Sciences & Engineering Computing & Cybersecurity

Breaking and Fixing Unreal | Hayden Simpson | NZGDC 2025

Hayden Simpson

October 9, 2025 43 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Unreal EngineDebuggingProfiling

Applied Sciences & Engineering AI — News & Applications

Brainssssss: Zombie Behaviour Tech | Sarah Dobie | NZGDC 2025

Sarah Dobie

October 9, 2025 40 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game AINPC BehaviorUnity

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

Bloons Card Storm: How we Translated BTD6 into a Card Game | Aimee Cairns | NZGDC 2025

Aimee Cairns

October 9, 2025 27 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game DevelopmentUI/UX DesignArt Direction

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Video Games

Beyond the Numbers | Laura White | NZGDC 2025

Laura White

October 9, 2025 31 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Game AnalyticsPlayer BehaviorData-Driven Design