"As with Slayaway Camp, we were aware of a fine line when doing comedy this dark," says Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle dev Nate Schmold. "It can easily cross over from gross-but-funny to just nasty." ...

Cultist Simulator devs Alexis Kennedy and Lottie Bevan speak to the highs and lows of designing games around cards, the value of a minimalist interface, and walking the tightrope of indie game dev. ...

From Rocket Knight Adventures to Ristar to Shantae, devs celebrate their favorite idle animations in games -- and how those little glimpses of character breathe life into virtual worlds. ...

This week's highlights include a gigantic video on the seminal The Secret Of Monkey Island, a look at Harry Potter vs. Fortnite in the mobile arena, and the future of The Binding Of Isaac, among many others. ...

Game dev Ryan Juckett offers a fascinating deep dive the online skill ranking system of Inversus Deluxe, covering everything from the low-level math up to the user presentation. ...

From QA and community management to programming and VFX work, here are just some of the jobs currently taking accepting applications on the Gamasutra Job Board ...

From Battlefield to Her Story to That Dragon, Cancer, devs and game audio experts share the games they think do the best job of providing a rich, nuanced aural experience. ...

This 2010 feature from Game Developer Magazine revisits the mighty kludges and well-meaning hacks that are sometimes required to get our games out the door on time. ...

Sometimes the things you have to kill stay with you, as we discover in talking with devs on everything from Wizardry to Prototype to Shadowrun about their most memorable cut content and features. ...

Games lawyer Chris Reid returns to the stage at GDC 2018 to try and break down everything indies should know about intellectual property law (esp. copyrights and trademarks) in the game industry. ...