Adam Riches

I last attended in 2019, and yeah it didn't have the same energy this year for a number of reasons. The destruction of jobs across media and game development is definitely part of that.

To be fair to the IGF they are generous to the finalists - we were provided free GDC passes, a travel stipend, and the booths are provided at no cost.

We wouldnt have attended otherwise, but we're still talking a few thousand dollars for flights, hotel and existing in an expensive city for a week.

Fair! On our side it was the same time as the Steam coffee morning that we wanted to attend - but felt the press hour would be more important. So we kinda missed out on two things there!

I was going to share my IGF and GDC thoughts but Meredith really nailed it, so just read this.

And yes, it was disappointing to be told press would come speak to IGF finalists, only for not one person in media to show up.

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I'll share some more thoughts on GDC and IGF once the dust has settled, but overall I'm feeling very positive that we got the opportunity to meet devs in person and make those connections.

I'd like to think an IGF nomination would open some new doors for us in future, but we'll see what happens?

Let's goooo

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I'd like to see that graph take into account the five years of high inflation and purchasing power erosion.

Listen, we may not have won the IGF award in our category tonight but we had an amazing evening. We were also pumped to see new dev friends walk away with awards tonight, including Poco and Perfect Tides: Station to Station!

Congratulations to the well deserved winners, and all the nominees! 👏

Meet me in the GDC augmented reality boxing ring, you cowards 🥊

I am neither engaged, nor monetized. This lounge could change everything!

Happy to provide a service. Pretty much every booth on the show floor is shilling AI, if that helps you get a sense of the vibes

It's like The Mask but instead of wacky cartoon violence you just start correcting everyone

I didn't hang around long enough to find out, lest I be engaged with.

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I entered the swing arena a cynic, but I quickly gave in to the whimsy.

The swing set was there to draw you into their booth - where they were demoing AI videogames, of course!

POV you're riding the Google Cloud swing set

Meet me at the Google Cloud Swing Set

GDC Fedora.

Encased in glass to protect the public from its arcane aura.

Meet me at the [Player Engagement] MONETIZATION LOUNGE

All set up for the IGF Pavilion at GDC tomorrow! If you're around the moscone area and spot us in the wild, come say hello! 👋

Thanks to Unity for the IGF nod shout-out!

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Yep. A lot of my peers who I remember stressing about not getting these 30u30 accolades in their twenties are now thriving in their 30s and doing all kinds of cool shit within the games industry.

Okay I'm actually gonna be at GDC. If any mutuals are going please let me know.

As IGF finalists we will mainly be there for the IGF Pavilion and the awards Ceremony but we'd also like to hang out / talk business and / or attend cool parties so please invite me thank you.

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