At GDC 2016, ClutchPlay Games' Amy Dallas tackles the practical realities of balancing work-for-hire projects vs. developing original IP, and what she & her team have learned from doing it for years. ...

Night Witches is an RPG about an all-woman WWII-era Soviet night bomber regiment. Despite subpar equipment and no small amount of sexism, they terrorized the Nazis all across the Eastern Front. ...

The deadline to pitch talks for the Board Game Design Day closes Wednesday, November 1, while the deadline for the Level Design Workshop the Tools Workshop, or eSports day close Friday, November 3.   ...

The political fire around Thunder Strike is a good example of the pushback devs should be prepared for when making games with themes & messages that might run counter to the interests of major powers. ...

The political fire around Thunder Strike is a good example of the pushback devs should be prepared for when making games with themes & messages that might run counter to the interests of major powers. ...

Outlast 2 comes alive when players are being chased through the dark game world. "It has to feel chaotic, yet intuitive. When you make it too obvious, some players start to feel they're on a track." ...

Some of this week's article/video highlights include a tech breakdown of Super Mario Odyssey, a very solo Steam dev who's sold half a million copies, and the culture of 'daily runs' for games. ...

Notably, this should streamline the work of providing games, game dev tools, or other creations to Patreon supporters, and give devs who use Patreon a more centralized way to track that distribution. ...

Game developer Lars Doucet shares the results (replete with oodles of useful charts and graphs) of a recent survey of 200+ registered Steam devs about their thoughts on the platform. ...

At GDC 2017, game industry vet Jason Della Rocca offers advice on everything from leading a team to securing funding to marketing your game and keeping your head straight throughout the whole process. ...