ABSTRACT
At the same time, the competition out there is fierce and the discussion fast and often heated. LinkedIn maintains a steady stream of threads from social game developers looking for work or inquiring about partnerships, tools, designs, and potential new hires. Game development conferences such as Austin's GDC in the fall and the San Francisco's GDC in the spring are crowded with insightful lectures and panel discussions on the last year's design trends, while the lobby bars of the posh W Hotels in both cities create a watering hole where deal-makers can gather and discuss the wars and rumors of war that constitute industry scuttlebutt.
