Naughty Dog @ GDC10
Naughty Dog is at the Game Developers Conference 2010—we’re participating in ten GDC sessions this week and we’re nominated in seven categories at the Game Developer Choice Awards. It’s going to be a busy week!
Hit the jump for a full list of sessions and how to keep track with all our activities this week.
By arne | Twitter @arnemeyer | Tuesday March 09 2010
Many of us at Naughty Dog are up in San Francisco to attend GDC10 this week. The Dogs are participating in ten sessions this week, covering just about every aspect of the development of UNCHARTED 2, along with some hiring advice and the continuing run of the GDC Microtalks session.
We’re also attending this year’s Game Developer Choice Awards on Thursday, March 11, as we hope to win some awards from the seven categories we’ve been nominated in
Naughty Dog is also going have its own booth at the Career Pavilion—more on that and why you would want to swing by tomorrow.
We’ve got the full list of sessions we’re participating in, along with links to descriptions below. Visit our Facebook events page or the GDC Schedule builder if you want to add these sessions to your calendar, export them or print them out.
Keep checking back via the GDC10 tag to stay up to date on GDC and what the Dogs are up to throughout the week!
Thursday (March 11, 2010) 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Among Friends - An Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Post-Mortem
Richard Lemarchand (Game Designer, Naughty Dog)
Room 134, North Hall
Thursday (March 11, 2010) 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Behind the Scenes: Uncharted 2’s Unique Cinematic Production Process
Josh Scherr (Cinematics Animation Lead, Naughty Dog), Amy Hennig (Creative Director, Naughty Dog, Inc.)
Room 303, South Hall
Thursday (March 11, 2010) 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Micro or Massive: It’s Fricking Tough to Achieve a Vision
Baiyon Tomohisa Kuramitsu (Artist/Musician, PixelJunk/Q-Games), Richard Lemarchand (Game Designer, Naughty Dog)
Room 135, North Hall
Friday (March 12, 2010) 9:00am - 10:00am
GDC Microtalks 2010: Ten Speakers, 200 Slides, Limitless Ideas!
Richard Lemarchand (Game Designer, Naughty Dog), Ian Bogost (Associate Professor, The Georgia Institute of Technology), Chaim Gingold (levity lab), Gary Penn (Guru, Denki), Sam Roberts (Festival Director, indiecade.com), Margaret Robertson (Consultant and writer, Lookspring), Kellee Santiago (President and Co Founder, thatgamecompany), Suzanne Seggerman (President, Games for Change), Jesse Schell (ETC Carnegie Mellon, Schell Games), Jane Pinckard (Business Development, Foundation 9 Entertainment)
Room 134, North Hall
Friday (March 12, 2010) 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Creating the Active Cinematic Experience of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Bruce Straley (Game Director, Naughty Dog), Neil Druckmann (Co-Lead Designer, Naughty Dog)
Room 305, South Hall
Friday (March 12, 2010) 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Uncharted 2 Art Direction
Erick Pangilinan (Art Director, Naughty Dog), Robh Ruppel (Art Director, Naughty Dog)
Room 306, South Hall
Saturday (March 13, 2010) 10:30am - 11:30am
Uncharted 2 Character Pipeline: An In-depth Look at the Creation of U2’s Characters
Richard Diamant (Lead Character Artist, Naughty Dog Inc.), Judd Simantov (Lead Character Technical Director, Naughty Dog Inc)
Room 135, North Hall
Saturday (March 13, 2010) 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Animation and Player Control in Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Travis McIntosh (Lead Programmer, Naughty Dog Inc.)
Room 135, North Hall
Saturday (March 13, 2010) 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Getting Noticed: Why You Need an Online Portfolio and How to Make One
Jacob Minkoff (Game Designer, Naughty Dog Inc)
Room 306, South Hall
Saturday (March 13, 2010) 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Uncharted 2: HDR Lighting
John Hable (Programmer, Naughty Dog)
Room 305, South Hall
Posted by: xSlimjimmx on 03-09-2010
Cool, I wish you guys luck...not that you need it. 
Posted by: much119 on 03-10-2010
you don’t know what ya talking about,they don’t need to fix 1.06 or change the version back to 1.04.Because they make the game immenser and immenser every time! Good luck! ND!:)
As well as all that plz make a free for all. 
Posted by: much119 on 03-10-2010
Gl on the Gdc10 awards 
Posted by: iain13 on 03-10-2010
Hope theres no multiplayer awards.. yikes..
Anyway im amazed that they posted this instead of an apology or something to the majority of thier fans :( ah well.. congrats anyway (: on the single player ovcourse i’ll play MP again when everything is fixed.. if it does but its hard to ignore whats going on in the “1.06 update blog” (:
God bless free speech :D
Posted by: videogchic on 03-10-2010
Naughty Dog, have fun!
Hey gamers! I’ve posted on a few different blog posts, but I’ll add to this one! I’m working on a video game blog, most things Uncharted 2; if you’re interested come check it out and comment if you’d like! I’m sure there’s a lot you guys would have to say in regards to my posts I just FINALLY got to my DLC pack review… I’ve been too busy writing about 1.06 :D Check it out!
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Posted by: Erebor15 on 03-10-2010
I haven’t posted anything before because I really liked 1.05, personally I think it was more about watching your surroundings and having fast reflexes than before wich is a good thing.
Instead of whining about the updates I was more annoyed by the huge number of glitchers (ahem...Fort.. ahem) and louzy respawns. It’s just unfair to have players respawn directly behind you, or seeing someone spawn right in front of you. You guys should make sure no one spwans near enemies, or in their sights.
Besides that I’m getting really frustrated about the delay in bullets, if I’m standing behind a wall taking cover, I suspect to be safe, not having the last of them killing me! (my connection is fine for those wondering) Also I don’t see the point of adjusting the range of the grenades, they were just fine!
Btw, I’m really happy about your changes to the hitboxes, sniping is a skill once more since you have to hit people just right.
So in short:
-fix the respawns, it’s pissing me off :(
-fix ALL the glitches, I know this takes time, but bringing fixes regulary shows us your working on it
-put the grenade range back to the way it was, I didn’t see anyone complaining, so why did you change it?!
-fix the delay in bullets, most of the people from my friends list are complaining about this.
-in my opinion the health is fine this way, since the adjustment the FAL has become useless as an alround weapon, so it is now a semi-sniper once more (fine by me). Also the sniper is fine this way, yes it sucks getting killed by a sniper, but that’s the way it is: sniper = one shot, one kill.
well, that’s about it. hope you do something with these issues
see you online :D
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Posted by: Matt07chs on 03-09-2010
Man, hopefully with all this you still have time to...you know...fix 1.06...and by fix, I mean, bring it back to 1.04
Hope you win some awards at the GDC10
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: LEROYJ on 03-10-2010
Dear Naughtydog/Arne,
i never post anything bad about the game because there are more then 700 poeple that are always doing the words for me. but i think its now time for every player to speak. it all started with a reall small amount of players that were crying(yeah i call it crying) that they couldnt get any kill because poeple died way to slow(im talking about months and months ago). i started to read all the poeple there stats on the website and i noticed that there kill death ratio is horrible. i notice that everything is just crappy and low with the poeple that are complaining. the 2 facts that it was a small amount of players and that they just arent that good at the game, was allready enough to just let the game the way it was. instead of that, you guys actually started to listen to them and you letted all the poeple that did not complain with nothing but a game that wasnt the way it was: special and as no other multiplayer shooter.
i wanna take an example: lets say there is a level 50 with the name frankenstein behind me with a FAL in his hands, i cannot see him and then all of a sudden he starts shooting me. The moment the first 3 bullets hit me, i turn arround and start shooting back. DONT FORGET, im the one thats alllready in a negative position because you allready hitted me. but STILL i win it from him, wile im shooting i move with my analog stick, dive away from the bullets and hes dead before he even kills me; it actually takes skills to kill a person. the fact that poeple are hard to kill isnt something to complain about, its just that the level 50 isnt good enough at killing as i do. im not saying im the best, im not saying that the level 50 sucks. im just saying, the game is special because it takes really skills to kill.
we are now months away from the way uncharted 2 was. the poeple that suck at the game can finally get a kill and camp as much as they want. the poeple that werent complaining are now nothing but a player in the game that is no different from the rest.
If you guys dont wanna change it back to the way it was, at least give us a reason why you guys dont wanna do that. because it isnt that hard, and there are more poeple that want it back then poeple that like it. instead of a small amount of players you now got a shitload of poeple complaining about the way it is. if this is the way you guys wanna work on the game then i dont see this company staying alive for a long time. you guys are losing the players that were a fan of uncharted the day it came out. you guys are changing it as a shooter that allready excists.
there is so much more to tell but i think alot of poeple dont even wanna say anything because they all got the feeling you guys wont listen.
if this doesnt change, i sell uncharted 2 and you guys are gonna loose alot of players.
i seriously loved this company, and loved supporting it. now i dont anymore. im sorry.
Greets, [Mr.] LEROYJ
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Hi-Tech-Hate on 03-10-2010
Beyond any personal differences I have with LEROYJ I whole-heartedly agree with his statement. We deserve to know why our game has disappeared after so many months. ---- Another thing...Why does the lag get worse with every awful update? I can’t even find a batch of US players anymore so I get stuck with a couple of people outside the US on a garbage connection who rollerblade around the board firing 8 ak bullets at a time. Way to take care of the home team guys...I thought you guys were from CA, you’d think the americans would be the last to get the shit end of the stick, not the first. ----- And last of all...cuz I know it’s coming...I got my level 60 without a double cash weekend,glitching, or camping, so unless you have more “Get off my lawn” medals than me(7,350) just keep your comments to yourself cause they don’t mean a thing if you don’t have the room to talk.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Jekahog on 03-10-2010
hello, Hi-Tech-Hate you probably don’t recognize me but i play against you sometimes and i even sent you a friend request but u didn’t add me.. :-(
Log in to reply to this commentanyway what do you personally think about the grenades explosions now because of title update 1.06??
sometimes it really doesn’t look like an explosion
at all, all you hear is that POOF sound and now we need to be really close for a grenade to damage us…
once i was reading something that some1 posted in here and they say something about how they’re trying to make the game real, if it is so then why
aren’t the grenades killing us when we’re like 2 inches away from it....
again no one was complaining about grenades explosion, then WHY DID THEY CHANGE IT WITHOUT ANY KIND OF POLL VOTE...... MAN!!!!!!!
what’s next, decreasing the explosion range of the RPG too, or the Hammer..
FROM NOW ON WE CAN EXPECT ANYTHING (ANYTHING!!!!!!) FROM Naughty Dog, because they try to please a portion of their fans and the other half can go eat DIRT...(CRAP)
anything that happens now i won’t be surprised!!
i’ll still play Uncharted 2 because i love it, it’s not that 1 man can rise against 300 anyway..
on my own i can’t fight.
do whatever you guys feel like!!!!!
:-(
Posted by: Hi-Tech-Hate on 03-10-2010
grenades are worthless...the whole game is, people claim they now have realism need to be shot, they obviously dont have a clue what a bullet does to a body. Jekahog,send another, i’ll clear a space for ya. ND does not know how to accurately use polling information, don’t forget what they do for a living....they’re not politicians or pollsters so they probably don’t have a clue about how to conduct a poll or how to interperet the information. They changed the game due to a couple of whimpering dogs that shouldve been put down to begin with so it would reason that if we keep yelling at them they’ll change it back...I MISS UC2!!! CHANGE IT BACK TO THE GAME I BOUGHT AND LOVED ND.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: attilio1204 on 03-10-2010
no u do glitch my friend played you and said u glitched at the temple
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: attilio1204 on 03-10-2010
just to add i played u and u glitched i was level 35
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Blueforce7 on 03-10-2010
I shouldn’t be talking. I have 0 ‘’Get Off My Lawn’’ medals. However I will point out that while I agree with what LEROYJ says to a certain extent, there is one false part to your reply to him. As great a player as I know you are, I’ve seen you glitching with my own 2 eyes. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to invalidate your statements completly, I’m only saying that I think it’s wrong to claim you hit Lv 60 without glitching when everyone knows you do.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Hi-Tech-Hate on 03-10-2010
you guys are idiots....i have the equivalent of multiple level 60s....if you actually read my statement you’ll see that I don’t deny I do, just that I didn’t do it till around my 2nd lvl 60....i ranked up the old fashioned way.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Vrals597 on 03-10-2010
The problem with the old fashioned way is that if someone is glitching against you then you have a hard time doing anything because you cannot hit them and they can hit you, I played with a 60 today and he was glitching which makes no sense to me because there were not many high lvls in the game but whatever and as for the stuff about 1.06 the only good thing about it is the damage to the legs and the reduced glitching on the Fort I mean I have never heard anybody complain about the sniper rifle or the FAL so why did ND nerf them? makes no sense to me
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Blueforce7 on 03-12-2010
‘’...I got my level 60 without a double cash weekend,glitching, or camping,’’ Yes. You didn’t deny glitching. And I made up this quote. lmao
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Sgt_JordanWhite on 03-10-2010
just curious, if you could easily get a kill before whats so hard about it now? And dont get me wrong I loved the way U2 was before, but I think the experimental health weekend was some of the most fun ive had in a while.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Hi-Tech-Hate on 03-10-2010
it’s easy to get a kill now, even easier if you’re lagging...that’s now how the game used to be. It’s a game of who sees who first and who has a worse connection. at least the origional version gave you a chance to live if a camper saw you spawn right in front of him. read leroy’s post again.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Jekahog on 03-10-2010
that’s another problem right there, SPAWNING.
Log in to reply to this commentit is wayyyyy out of control with the two new maps..
every time you kill someone not only u spawn fast but right in th middle of all the craziness,
especially for The Facility…
you kill guy and 1 or two seconds after it spawns right behind your back… what is the meaning of this??
Posted by: KJP831 on 03-10-2010
you guys desirve to win lots of awards!!!
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: LEROYJ on 03-10-2010
hi-tech-hate is glitching, OMG CALL 911… dude whatever. THAT IS NOT THE STATEMENT WE GOTTA MAKE RIGHT NOW. the fact that hi tech hate is on the top leaderboard and he is destroying his reputation as a top leaderboard player, is his own dumb mistake. let poeple glitch. all we can do is keep complaining to naughtydog about this bullshit. maybe it will someday help and make the game glitch free..
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: LEROYJ on 03-10-2010
oo and hi-tech-hate what are you meaning with: “Beyond any personal differences I have with LEROYJ”
i dont even know who the * you are and never played against you. so what are you talking about?
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Hi-Tech-Hate on 03-10-2010
you’ve played against me many times with your lagging uk teammates and the rapid hands/half laoded fal camping.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: LEROYJ on 03-11-2010
i never ever used that crap: rapid hands so what are you talking about. and if im standing on the train, shoot me of you dumbass, its not that hard to do. and i have uk friends because the timezone is better for my country, that they are lagging is not my or there problem, its naughtydog there problem, they gotta fix that crap, its annoying. so if you cry about that bullshit, serious your the worst 60 there is.
And if you have more then 7000 get of my lawn medals, that doesnt mean shit. for every kill you take you get killed with your 1.0 k/d? omg dude, level 60 and talking shit with that k/d? you can get 5 million of those get of my lawn medals and still be the most shittie player there is. so unless you have something there is that prooves your a beast at this game unstead of a no life player that plays only for the money everybody can say whatever they want of you, you are in no position to say: “ so unless you have more “Get off my lawn” medals than me(7,350) just keep your comments to yourself cause they don’t mean a thing if you don’t have the room to talk. “
hi-tech-hate there are so much players that would own you in this game, 60% of my friends would rape your ass with every gun in every map with every lagg, with every glith there is haha.
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: Hi-Tech-Hate on 03-11-2010
haha....whatever, this is the last time i’m even gonna comment on your worthless opinion. You have failed to miss the whole point of the medals....If you use them then you learn how to play better...but I guess you don’t know anything about that. Another...what does a K/D even matter if you don’t play deathmatch all the time? that just shows you can’t be trusted as a teammate for any other type of match unless you need someone to camp away from the action. That’s just another symptom of someone whos afraid of a real gunfight. You wont hear from me on this subject again so just drop it, go sit in your campinng spot with your situational awareness and feel good about being a pussy. And that was in the old version so I’m sure you havent changed one bit....
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: LEROYJ on 03-11-2010
The way you are trying to put things together is so funny. i feel sorry for you. butttt, its all good. Sometimes you just suck at who you are, dont feel bad about it =)
and btw if the medals help you play better, then your k/d should go up right? i see nothing changing. i never get a 1.00 k/d ratio with invalid, thats just sad. and i dont camp? you problably got me mistaking with someone else. dont talk lies, talk real shit. and know your players you idiot.
serious, a guy like you should really stop loving himself because hes number 2 with money. your not worth it, your not worth all the players that are sucking your ass because your so high on the money leadrboard. idiot.
your good if your standing on top of the wins leaderboard because you always win. your good if you stand on top of the kill leaderboard with a master k/d ratio. just like legend, hes number 1 with 100.000 kills, but hell no hes not having a good k/d ratio. it just prooves that he plays alot but not that he is good. his k/d is a shame compared to the kills he hase.
i said enough. peace
Log in to reply to this commentPosted by: nillacoke on 03-12-2010
its just a k/d, maybe he used the shitty invalid booster. my k/d went down by .3 when i used it.
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