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GDC Festival of Gaming • April 28, 2020

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In this 2020 GDC Virtual Talk, Playdead's Brett Taylor explains how to work smarter, not harder, using custom tools in your game development process. Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.

Custom Tool Time: Make More in Less Time

GDC Festival of Gaming

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GDC Festival of Gaming

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Latest Posts

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