"We're requiring players to unlearn something...taught by almost every other strategy game," says dev Justin Ma. "That losing your mechs or main characters is the worst thing that can happen." ...

"We're requiring players to unlearn something...taught by almost every other strategy game," says dev Justin Ma. "That losing your mechs or main characters is the worst thing that can happen." ...

In this 2017 GDC session, lead developer of Celeste Matt Thorson goes into detail about designing numerous hardcore platforming stages that make up the game.  ...

Learn about this year's tasty roster of IGF Award nominees by catching up on our series of in-depth developer interviews. ...

All in all, the nominees will vie for six different awards, though games are not restricted to a certain category at the time of their nomination. ...

Don't Make Love puts the players in the role of mantis lovers on the verge of a life-changing decision, having them use their own words to talk through this difficult decision. ...

These dev day sessions take place during the first two days of GDC March 19th and 20th) and offer you an opportunity to engage with and learn from some of the top players in the industry. ...

"I said at one point, 'look, we're not going to reasonably be able to balance this many cards, we don't have a team of people to do this,'" Mega Crit Games' Anthony Giovannetti tells Gamasutra. ...

Vaccination is a cooperative game where one player scans a body for bacteria, relaying that information to the player with the injector who must use the right vaccine to cure it. ...

Double Fine's Greg Rice chats about how the studio's indie publishing venture, Double Fine Presents, has grown from an experiment to a significant, profitable business -- and how devs can get involved. ...