In this GDC 2018 talk, Infinite Monkeys Entertainment's Erik Johnson analyzes trends in the Steam marketplace and explores how his game, Life Goes On, failed to match the market. ...
Paratopic devs Doc Bufford, Jess Harvey, and Chris Brown dig into how they designed the horror game's camera cuts and aesthetic touches to confuse and disturb the player in different ways. ...
Dan Adelman reveals how he and the Chasm devs found success in developing and carefully marketing the Kickstarted side-scrolling RPG, which after six years launched into a sea of competition. ...
For a medium that revels in depicting heroes, games really aren†t so hot on depicting myths. Designer David Dunham explains how he's tried to change that with King of Dragon Pass and now, Six Ages. ...
Emily Morganti, who handles PR for adventure games, speaks to Kotaku about key scammers and the negative impact they have on indie devs and freelance reviewers. ...
"There†s a big problem in indie games where everybody is just trying to remake their favorite games," says YIIK dev Andrew Allanson in this look at modern indie JRPGs. "We try to fight against that." ...
Kickstarter darling Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been delayed into 2019 and is no longer coming to Sony†s neglected handheld system. ...
Kickstarter darling Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been delayed into 2019 and is no longer coming to Sony†s neglected handheld system. ...
Lost in the Garden cofounder Julia Murczek digs into the challenges the team had to overcome when designing the race tracks for their omnidirectional racing game, in which players can drive on walls. ...
This week's highlights include articles about new Walking Dead narrative & AR games, a talk on PICO-8's playfulness, and lots more besides. ...