Official account for the book Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools by David Lightbown @davidlightbown http://t.co/B9LyRnFCnwuxofgametools.comJoined July 2014
We've got a fantastic virtual talk on making game dev tools coming up!
"How Ubisoft builds tools that are more intuitive: A free talk and Q&A with David Lightbown" @davidlightbown
Find out more and register for free!
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🚨 Virtual event alert! 🚨
Join David Lightbown (@davidlightbown) for a free talk and audience Q&A to learn about the psychology behind intuitive tool design!
Register for free here to attend "How Ubisoft Builds Tools that Are More Intuitive":
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We are starting another discussion in our Vault Club! We will watch and discuss @davidlightbown's "What I Learned About Tools Development From Games Industry Legends"
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Join the discussion in our Discord! (invite link here: thetoolsmiths.org)
Quite an insightful talk by @davidlightbown titled "Tools Live Longer Than Games Do" presented at the GDC showcase, in which David shared his learnings from the industry's most renowned game tools developers. Here are my key takeaways from the talk -
PS: It's a long thread
@mauroalex Also, I gave a longer and more detailed version of that talk at GDC 2017. It was called "Getting Productivity from Play" gdcvault.com/play/1023953/G…
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