Unveiling the Controversies at Game Developers Conference

⏳GDC started as a wild gathering with lower costs, evolving into an exclusive event with high fees.

⏳Early GDCs were known for politically incorrect activities like the famous 'sweet crawl' party tradition.

🔄Presence of non-developers pretending to be developers at the conference.

🔄Increase in soft talks lacking informative content and innovation.

🔄Shift towards low-information fluff talks rather than core game development topics.

❓Criticism of discussing diversity in game audio panels

❓Questioning the relevance of diversity topics in game development discussions

❓Disapproval of focusing on gender and diversity over game audio content

🔍Attendance at GDC panels may be low, questioning industry engagement.

🔍Concerns raised about the actual attendance of game developers at GDC panels.

🔍Speculation that GDC panel rooms could be small or empty, prompting further investigation.