This week's longform article/video highlights include the making of Fullbright's Tacoma and Supergiant's Pyre, as well as a guide to the essential twin-stick shooters & more. ...
Hollow Knight developers Ari Gibson and William Pellen recently talked through the process of building Hollow Knight's map with PCGamer, replete with a progression of sketches. ...
Longtime developer Ryan Clark talks DLC attach rate numbers in a recent episode of his "Shark Tank" livestream series, drawing out other devs from SomaSim and Red Hook Studios to talk DLC sales. ...
"I had the worst school experience. I hated every minute of it," says designer Connor Boyle. "I guess I took some of my dark, abrasive cynicism and channeled that into the game." ...
Gamasutra contributor Joel Couture's eBook, Fallen Down: Heartache and Compassion in Undertale, is part of the August Video Game Storybundle. This excerpt explores the game's character design. ...
The Liverpool-based studio says the undisclosed sum will help fuel both its current and future development projects. ...
"Gone Home on a space station is not...that's not necessarily bad, but it's not what we're trying to do," Fullbright's Steve Gaynor tells Gamasutra in a recent chat about Tacoma's delay and revamp. ...
At GDC 2016, five accomplished game designers (Liz England, George Fan, Michael de Plater, Lee Perry, and Emily Short) share a favorite rule of thumb they use when designing their own games. ...
"The purpose of [the Sahrian language] is to provide texture and personality to all the various characters you meet, seeing as we knew we this game wasn't going to be fully voiced." ...
Monomi Park's Slime Rancher is bright, bubbly, and requires players to collect the byproduct of cute slime creatures. Studio cofounder Nick Popovich chats to us about the game's resource and currency system. ...