Farming Simulator is one of the most-played simulation titles today. In this GDC 2023 postmortem, see how the initial idea of two students wanting to develop their own game engine resulted in the creation of an open-world 3D simulation game about the real world of farming and its influences—all the way through the introduction of a career mode in the game.GIANTS Software's Christian Ammann and Stefan Geiger will outline why this was an important step for the time, and they cover the technological challenges of cross-platform and multiplayer development, and explain why they believe user-generated content is an important factor in the game's success. GDC returns to San Francisco in March 2025! For more information, be sure to visit our website. 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.