In this 2021 GDC talk, Naughty Dog designers Grant Hoechst and Mark Burroughs cover the design goals, challenges, and lessons from designing the interactive guitar mechanic in The Last of Us: Part II. 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.