Papers and Reports

This page lists the various reports and papers produced by the IGDA's various committees, SIGs, etc. These papers and reports are indexed on this page for "easy access".

Advocacy

Quality of Life

• Quality of Life Summit Report and Proceedings (253kb - pdf)
• Open Letter: Quality of Life Issues are Holding Back the Game Industry
• Quality of Life White Paper
• "Quality of Life: The Next Step" GDC roundtable report (28kb - pdf)

Credit Standards

• IGDA Game Crediting Guide Draft 8.5 (pdf - 121kb)
• Game Industry Crediting: A Snapshot of the Present (pdf - 130kb)

Business & Legal Issues

• Governmental Support Listing
• Developer Business Summit Report and Proceedings (210kb - pdf)
• Contract Walk-Through V-3
• Contract Walk-Through V-2
• Contract Walk-Through V-1
• Intellectual Property Rights White Paper
• Game Submission Guide
• Best Practice Reports
  • Finance Best Practices (140kb pdf)
  • HR Best Practices (17kb pdf)
  • Marketing and Promotion Best Practices (175kb pdf)
  • Quality Assurance and Testing Best Practices (165kb pdf)
  • Resource Management and Scheduling Best Practices (150kb pdf)

Anti-Censorship

• IGDA Amicus Brief - IDSA vs. St. Louis County (85kb - pdf)
• IGDA Reply to Washington's Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction (3mb - pdf)
• IGDA opposition letter to Leland Yee (pdf)

Diversity

• Roundtable Report: Diversity: The Invisible Hurdle (pdf - 16kb)

Student/Academic Relations

• Curriculum Framework
• GDC Student Scholarship Reports
• Academic Event Reports and Materials

Community

Chapters

• Chapter Reference Manual 

Events

• Event/trip reports
• IGDA @ GDC 2010

Special Interest Groups

• Artificial Intelligence
  • 2005 Report of the Artificial Intelligence Interface Standards Committee
  • 2004 Report of the Artificial Intelligence Interface Standards Committee
  • 2003 Report of the Artificial Intelligence Interface Standards Committee
  • AI Interface Standards: Open Beta GDC04 Report
  • AI Interface Standards: The Road Ahead GDC03 Report
  • Toward Standardization of AI Interfaces GDC02 Report
• Casual Games
  • Casual Games Quarterly
  • 2008 Casual Games White Paper (pdf)
  • 2006 Casual Games White Paper (2.2mb - pdf)
  • 2005 Casual Games White Paper (2.1mb - pdf)
• Game Accessibility
  • "Accessibility in Games: Motivations and Approaches" White Paper (310kb - pdf)
• Human Resources
  • Human Resource Forum: Trends & Directions Proceedings Report (180kb - pdf)
  • HR Benchmarking Report (212kb - pdf)
  • HR Best Practices Report (170kb - pdf)
• Mobile Games
  • 2005 Mobile Games White Paper (844kb - pdf)
• Online Games
  • 2004 Web & Downloadable Games White Paper (2mb - pdf)
  • 2003 Online Games White Paper (950kb - pdf)
  • 2002 Online Games White Paper (330kb - pdf)
• Quality Assurance
  • QA Best Practices Report (166kb - pdf)
• Writing
  • Guide to Game Writing

  
  

• SIG Reference Manual (151kb - pdf)
• Flash
  • Flash SIG holds first elections

IGDA Annual Reports

• IGDA 2008 Annual Report
• IGDA 2007 Annual Report
• IGDA 2006 Annual Report
• IGDA 2005 Annual Report
• IGDA 2004 Annual Report (432kb pdf)
• IGDA 2003 Annual Report (~1mb - pdf)
• IGDA 2002 Annual Report (~2mb - pdf)
• IGDA 2001 Annual Report (~7mb - pdf)