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Take part in GDC’s network of game dev knowledge with the Monthly Newsletter Having trouble viewing this email? [View Web Version]( [GDC Monthly Newsletter]( [GDC News]( [GDC YouTube]( [GDC Vault]( The July 2024 edition of the GDC Monthly Newsletter includes: - [GDC Event News |](#News)[GDC Showcase: Crafting Your Future in Games registration now open!](#News) - [GDC TikTok Highlights](#TikTok) - [GameDeveloper.com Editor's Picks](#EditorialPicks) - [GDC Vault Highlight](#Vault) - [GDC YouTube Highlights](#YouTube) [] [GDC Event News] GDC 2025 Core Concepts Call for Submissions open through August 8. [Learn More >>]( [GDC Showcase: Crafting Your Future in Games]( GDC Showcase 2024 registration now open! [Learn More >>]( [Editor's Picks] [Did you know: Astarion wasn't always an elf!]( @larianstudios CEO Swen Lincke shares the original look for Faerûn's favorite vampire in an exclusive video from his GDC 2024 talk on 'Baldur's Gate 3.' [Watch Now >>]( [It's video games like you've never heard before—composer Austin Wintory opened up this year's GDC 2024 concert with a medley paying tribute to some of history's greatest video game scores.]( in its entirety. [Watch Now >>]( [From the archives: Remember the OG ships from 'Dragon Age: Origins'?]( Journey back with this GDC 2012 talk about the original "polarized relationship system," how they changed it for 'Dragon Age II,' and lessons learned along the way. [Watch Now >>]( [] [Editor's Picks] [How Little Kitty, Big City was designed to steal hearts (and fish) ]( [How Little Kitty, Big City was designed to steal hearts (and fish)]( John Harris You’re a small black cat who’s fallen from their apartment window onto the streets, and it’s a long way back up. But fortunately, it’s a pretty chill neighborhood, there’s no traffic, the animals are friendly, and there’s lots of interesting places to explore. Getting back home can wait for a while, can’t it? It’s the setting of Double Dagger’s wonderful exploratory 3D platformer Little Kitty, Big City. [Read More at GameDeveloper.com >>]( [] [GDC Vault Highlights] [Audio Summit: Developing Strong Musical Identity in Video Games]( [Audio Summit: Developing Strong Musical Identity in Video Games]( In this lecture, Ariel explores the essential role of music in shaping a game's identity and the impact it has on player engagement and immersion. Ariel delves into the elements that contribute to a compelling music identity, including original compositions, thematic motifs, choice of instruments, and adaptive music systems. [Watch Now for Free >>]( [] [GDC YouTube Highlights] [3D Toon Rendering in 'Hi-Fi RUSH']( [3D Toon Rendering in 'Hi-Fi RUSH']( 'Hi-Fi RUSH' is a 60fps rhythm action game rendered in a stylish 3D toon art style using a customized Unreal Engine 4. In 'Hi-Fi RUSH', the developers at Tango Gameworks used toon shading for the entire world, both character and environment, while providing modern 3D graphics features, all at 60fps at native resolution. In this GDC 2024 talk, learn about the development of a deferred toon renderer developed for toon shading a 3D world in a 2D way. Various customized UE4 render passes along with added render passes of their own are stylized and combined inside deferred rendered post process volumes. [Watch Now >>]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [Facebook]( [TikTok](official_gdc?sp_aid=124686&elq_cid=22018255&sp_eh=558b5bca28770e5056e8cfadd2bf9a5dda06ed0e24183b37db416422421c3bbf&utm_source=eloqua&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13_NL_GDCNL24_Batch7_A_NLPR_SUBS_356451_20240725&sp_cid=54429&utm_content=13_NL_GDCNL24_Batch7_A_NLPR_SUBS_356451_20240725&sp_eh=558b5bca28770e5056e8cfadd2bf9a5dda06ed0e24183b37db416422421c3bbf) [Game Developers Conference®]( c/o Informa Tech Informa Tech Holdings LLC | Registered in the United States with number 7418737 | 605 Third Ave., 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10158, USA This email was sent to {EMAIL}. To understand how we use your personal information, please see our [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( Copyright © 2024 Informa Tech Holdings LLC. All Rights Reserved. [Informa Tech](