Lacking funding, indie dev Joseph Azzam decided to scan an entire castle (Byblos Castle in Lebanon) with whatever equipment he could find. Surprisingly, it worked! In this GDC talk, he explains how. ...

"Whilst the first game had been asymmetric in the tools given to each soldier, Rising Storm 2's asymmetry was tactical and strategic, reflecting the differences in how each army fought the war." ...

"Whilst the first game had been asymmetric in the tools given to each soldier, Rising Storm 2's asymmetry was tactical and strategic, reflecting the differences in how each army fought the war." ...

At the Chicago Video Game Law Summit veteran games exec Adam Boyes and veteran game lawyer Patrick Sweeney spend over an hour breaking down the pros and cons of various ways you could fund your game. ...

A few devs talked about the costs/rewards of HDR (high dynamic range) support with PCGamer, and it's worth a read if you're curious about how folks at different studios approach this display tech. ...

The latest game from the developer behind Journey is coming to mobile phones this winter, but only for people that own an Apple device. ...

Like Darkest Dungeon, Torchbearer is a love-letter to the 1st Edition D& D dungeon crawl. But each goes a step further in emphasizing scarcity, and the grittier aspects of dungeon-delving. ...

Submit your talks for next year's GDC Game Narrative Summit, which addresses interactive narrative in all its forms, from AAA blockbusters to indie games to mobile/social projects. ...

"Using StarCraft as an emotional target, what we did is we took the genre, we boiled it down to its components, and we rebuilt it," dev Andy Schatz tells Gamasutra in a chat about Tooth & Tail. ...

At GDC 2016, writer and narrative designer Meg Jayanth (80 Days, Samsara) shares some best practices for writing three-dimensional, engaging NPCs that breathe life into your game narratives. ...