David Lightbown

User Experience Director at Ubisoft Montreal. Author of Designing the UX of Game Development Tools. Opinions are my own.

[David Lightbown @davidlightbown]

If it's sold out / backordered, you can always find my book "Designing the UX of Game Development Tools" here: https://t.co/oaDAepa0N8

[David Lightbown @davidlightbown]

Me too!

[Game Developer @gamedevdotcom]

Join us at 11am PT/2pm ET TODAY for this free virtual talk and Q&A with Ubisoft's @davidlightbown!

"How Ubisoft Builds Tools that Are More 'Intuitive'"

Learn about the psychology of effective tools UX!

Details:

https://t.co/FvLnYk77V4

[Game Developer @gamedevdotcom]

We've got a fantastic virtual talk on making game dev tools coming up!

"How Ubisoft builds tools that are more intuitive: A free talk and Q&A with David Lightbown" @davidlightbown

Find out more and register for free!

https://t.co/nitD4H2Un1

[Game Developer @gamedevdotcom]

🚨 Virtual event alert! 🚨

Join David Lightbown (@davidlightbown) for a free talk and audience Q&A to learn about the psychology behind intuitive tool design!

Register for free here to attend "How Ubisoft Builds Tools that Are More Intuitive":

https://t.co/ik5xnINhgZ

[Game Developer @gamedevdotcom]

Gamasutra is becoming Game Developer

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[David Lightbown @davidlightbown]

@RYStorm @joewintergreen Thank you @joewintergreen and @RYStorm :D Every interview I have done has had some great insights on tools development. The next one I'm working on right now is about DromEd / Shocked... stay tuned!

[GDC Festival of Gaming @Official_GDC]

Longtime GDC speaker @davidlightbown will discuss how @Ubisoft builds intuitive game tools in his #GDC21 talk: https://t.co/ClfB9ee61Y

[GDC Festival of Gaming @Official_GDC]

Come On Down For The Tools Summit Live Game Show At GDC 2021!

https://t.co/PWriDEour8

[David Lightbown @davidlightbown]

"Veteran GDC speaker David Lightbown will explain how Ubisoft builds better tools for game developers."

https://t.co/iSctbhZAWe

[The Toolsmiths @thetoolsmiths]

We are starting another discussion in our Vault Club! We will watch and discuss @davidlightbown's "What I Learned About Tools Development From Games Industry Legends"
https://t.co/3Z2s07ewIX

Join the discussion in our Discord! (invite link here: https://t.co/4fvSje6tYl)

[PlaytestCloud @PlaytestCloud]

Ubisoft's David Lightbown (@davidlightbown) shares lessons from over 5 years of interviewing classic game tool creators, in order to help developers working on new game tools today — https://t.co/tAjbqG7QI9 • #gamedev #developer #gamesdesign #UX

[GDC Festival of Gaming @Official_GDC]

New on YouTube: What I Learned About Tools Development From Games Industry Legends, from @davidlightbown https://t.co/5hiC8DIyCb

[Geoff Evans @gorlak]

Just wrapping up migrating @thetoolsmiths Slack to Discord, and I have to say that Discord is such a wonderful community tool. I think I very much like it more than Slack. I couldn’t have imagined in 2016 that Slack could feel “Corporate,” but here we are.

[The Toolsmiths @thetoolsmiths]

GameDev Tools weekly - Issue 6

Episode 6: where ImGUI gets pushed into HTML, darn robots steal playtesting jobs and floating points get their bits hacked! Stay tuned!

[PlaytestCloud @PlaytestCloud]

Three key lessons from the history of tools programming from @davidlightbown — https://t.co/DmN4AykPlV • #gamedev #gamedesign #UX #videogames

[Arun Michael Dsouza @amdsouza92]

Quite an insightful talk by @davidlightbown titled "Tools Live Longer Than Games Do" presented at the GDC showcase, in which David shared his learnings from the industry's most renowned game tools developers. Here are my key takeaways from the talk -

PS: It's a long thread

[GDC Festival of Gaming @Official_GDC]

It's finally Friday! Celebrate with us at #GDCShowcase, and join @davidlightbown for a look back at the tools that brought the video game industry to life! https://t.co/gQuCX5LdHX

[@piedaddy.bsky.social @Pie_Daddy]

In this issue @quelsolaar takes the front page, AI assisted tooling starts to creep in and we mention a video with @davidlightbown that you shouldn't miss no matter what! Stay tuned :)