Can two MMO veterans save the genre from itself? That's the question that drives Crowfall, the title from Gordon Walton and J. Todd Coleman that seeks to "upset the applecart" of the genre. ...
People are bored, so why not? Here's how one dev did it: "If you're part of a small team and working on a mobile game (or app), playtesting at the DMV can be very productive." ...
"After playing Rust, H1Z1, and DayZ, I found some constant issues with the genre," writes Alex Nichiporchik. And in this post, he lays out the problems -- and the solutions. ...
We talk to Chris Bourassa and Tyler Sigman of Red Hook Studios about the difficulty of Darkest Dungeon, and why they want their narrator to compound defeat by insulting the player. ...
Red Hook Studios co-founder Tyler Sigman reports that scammed copies of the studio's recently-released Darkest Dungeon are being sold through the Windows app store. ...
If you're familiar with the team at Polish studio The Astronauts, the Independent Games Festival-nominated The Vanishing of Ethan Carter may seem like a departure. ...
At GDC 2014, veteran designer Koji Igarashi examines the evolution of the Metroidvania genre through the lens of his own experience working on some of its most iconic games. ...
"It's easy to panic if you only see the world from your very narrow window. We need more games released. We need to understand that playing, having fun is not a niche preference." ...
Simon Carless details and explains all of the super-neat interactive exhibits dotted around Game Developers Conference 2015, from Indie MEGABOOTH through iam8bit and far beyond. ...
"If you are ever in indecision about whether or not you should showcase multiple games at your booth (especially if you're a small indie with not too much of a budget), please take our story to heart." ...