A designer and their virtual creation onstage, together. Chances are you have one or more relationships with virtual characters in your life today, but perhaps you don't think of them that way. In this 2023 Independent Games Summit talk, the director of the OFK project, and lead singer of OFK, walks through how virtual identity has progressed since the 1960s across television, music, games, and VTubers. They also dive into the meat of how OFK was conceived and constructed: the design pillars, techniques, and social priorities of Team OFK as it operated during the creation of the We Are OFK game, and how it continues to operate as a band. GDC returns to San Francisco this March 18-22, 2024! For more information, be sure to visit our website and follow the #GDC2024 hashtag on social media. Subscribe to the GDC newsletter and get regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or RSS. Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.