<commit_before>---
id: 20190306
title: Toolsmiths GDC 2019 Guide
date: 2019-03-06T18:11:38+00:00
author: <NAME>
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permalink: /2019/03/06/gdc-2018-toolsmiths-guide/
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There are around 760+ sessions/tutorials/events at GDC 2019, finding the sessions that a tools developer would be interested in takes time. Below you will find a list of sessions that can become the base for your tools developer GDC 2019 experience, whether you plan on attending or you will be viewing post-factum. As like [last years guide](http://thetoolsmiths.org/2018/02/26/gdc-2018-toolsmiths-guide/) some talks that are mentioned here are not 100% tool centered, but in any case, can provide inspiration and a different perspective. Understanding how the users of our tools work is paramount for the success of our tools.

[Tools Tutorial Day](https://schedule.gdconf.com/filter-type/tutorials/tools-tutorial-day) is back for the second year! [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/gorlak) and [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/davidlightbown) have organized and selected the best Tool Centered Talks from experts around the industry. The Tools Tutorial Day is a day-long collection of sessions that are made by Tools Developers for Tools Developers. The sessions will all be recorded so don't worry if you can't attend.

There will be tools centered roundtables hosted by <NAME> and <NAME>. These sessions are not recorded, but we have some community members that are planning to take notes during the roundtables. So if you can't attend we will have the notes ready in the Toolsmiths Codex in the [GDC roundtables section](http://thetoolsmiths.org/codex/gdc/).

- Tools Design Roundtable (hosted by <strong><NAME></strong>)
- Technical Issues in Tools Development Roundtable (hosted by <strong><NAME></strong>)

#### Key Words & Key Roles 
This year the list of topics of interest has grown, and I have tried to make navigating this list easier by providing helper labels that will hint what Tool Developer roles might be interested in this session.
Just use the find feature of your web browser and type one of the following key terms.

Here is the list of roles that you can use to search:
{% include toolsmiths/tags_without_link_gray.html tags="DCC Tool Dev, Tool UX/UI Designer, Pipeline Dev, Infrastructure & Reliability Dev, Tool Lead" %}

Furthermore, you can  search the list by using the following keywords:
{% include toolsmiths/tags_without_link.html tags="Programming, UX, Workflows, QA, Pipeline, VFX, Art, Production" %}
{% include toolsmiths/tags_without_link.html tags="Design, AI, Procedural, Machine Learning, Visual Arts" %}

#### How to use this list
- If you are going to GDC, you can follow the links in the list below to create a schedule for yourself. Alternatively, if you already have a plan, you can check and make sure you don’t miss out on anything you would enjoy.
- If you are not going, you can still look forward to watching sessions that you want to see in the GDC Vault.<commit_msg>fix typo in the URL<commit_after>---
id: 20190306
title: Toolsmiths GDC 2019 Guide
date: 2019-03-06T18:11:38+00:00
author: <NAME>
layout: post
future: true
permalink: /2019/03/06/gdc-2019-toolsmiths-guide/
categories:
  - GDC
---

There are around 760+ sessions/tutorials/events at GDC 2019, finding the sessions that a tools developer would be interested in takes time. Below you will find a list of sessions that can become the base for your tools developer GDC 2019 experience, whether you plan on attending or you will be viewing post-factum. As like [last years guide](http://thetoolsmiths.org/2018/02/26/gdc-2018-toolsmiths-guide/) some talks that are mentioned here are not 100% tool centered, but in any case, can provide inspiration and a different perspective. Understanding how the users of our tools work is paramount for the success of our tools.

[Tools Tutorial Day](https://schedule.gdconf.com/filter-type/tutorials/tools-tutorial-day) is back for the second year! [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/gorlak) and [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/davidlightbown) have organized and selected the best Tool Centered Talks from experts around the industry. The Tools Tutorial Day is a day-long collection of sessions that are made by Tools Developers for Tools Developers. The sessions will all be recorded so don't worry if you can't attend.

There will be tools centered roundtables hosted by <NAME> and <NAME>. These sessions are not recorded, but we have some community members that are planning to take notes during the roundtables. So if you can't attend we will have the notes ready in the Toolsmiths Codex in the [GDC roundtables section](http://thetoolsmiths.org/codex/gdc/).

- Tools Design Roundtable (hosted by <strong><NAME></strong>)
- Technical Issues in Tools Development Roundtable (hosted by <strong><NAME></strong>)

#### Key Words & Key Roles 
This year the list of topics of interest has grown, and I have tried to make navigating this list easier by providing helper labels that will hint what Tool Developer roles might be interested in this session.
Just use the find feature of your web browser and type one of the following key terms.

Here is the list of roles that you can use to search:
{% include toolsmiths/tags_without_link_gray.html tags="DCC Tool Dev, Tool UX/UI Designer, Pipeline Dev, Infrastructure & Reliability Dev, Tool Lead" %}

Furthermore, you can  search the list by using the following keywords:
{% include toolsmiths/tags_without_link.html tags="Programming, UX, Workflows, QA, Pipeline, VFX, Art, Production" %}
{% include toolsmiths/tags_without_link.html tags="Design, AI, Procedural, Machine Learning, Visual Arts" %}

#### How to use this list
- If you are going to GDC, you can follow the links in the list below to create a schedule for yourself. Alternatively, if you already have a plan, you can check and make sure you don’t miss out on anything you would enjoy.
- If you are not going, you can still look forward to watching sessions that you want to see in the GDC Vault.
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