Social Mechanics: The Engines Behind Everything Multiplayer
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This talk was delivered twice: once at GDC Online, and then again at the main GDC as part of the Social Games Summit. The second time around, I added social-game-specific extra content, so there’s two versions of the slide deck below.
Original talk
Social Games Summit version
Video
Here is a free video of the Social Games Summit version.
The video of the original version is available behind a GDCVault paywall.
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