Tomorrow morning I’m once again flying to San Francisco for another week-long, life-changing experience that will be called the “Game Developers Conference”. It will be my fifth GDC, yet in some ways I feel very strongly that it will be another “first GDC” for me in the sense that I feel I’ve started a radically new era in my life. I actually do the things I talk about, even the stuff I consider to be crazy-awesome like community building and making games on a regular basis with with friends new and old.
In Boston Game Jams I have a strong focal point for my personal work. It gives me a central fire around which all my other passions can burn. This in turn gives me a hook for showing my passion in what I talk about and helps me explain who I am to new people whom I meet at GDC.
I hope this will make it easeir to form and develop meaningful connections with people at GDC this year. The main reason I go to GDC (and I’m sure I speak for many others in saying this) is to meet really creative, open-minded, and motivated people who will inspire me to stay in the driver’s seat on my journey through life and with whom I can share my own inspiration.
In a way, this is the first GDC where I feel confident that I can give back to others as much as they can give to me (at least individually). I’m really looking forward to a finding out how that affects my GDC experience. I suspect this may be an important part of this new era in my life, and I approach San Francisco with open arms and the intent to embrance the unknown wonders that GDC has in store for me (and vice versa) this year.
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This is like your first time because you are not the same person that you were last year. You are a completely new bunch of grapes because a few new ones have been added which gives you new perspective!
Networking is the best!
Airin