With GDC Europe 2016 kicking off next week in Cologne, Germany, organizers would like to briefly highlight some of the things you should know about before you get to the show! ...

At GDC 2015 Anna Kipnis gave a broad overview of how dialog gets into a Double Fine game, from the moment a line is written to hearing and seeing the line in the engine, even in a foreign tongue. ...

Flying Saucer Media published a brief video documenting, in its members' own words, how Spry Fox has managed to survive -- and thrive -- in the six years since it was founded. ...

"We live in the real world where money keeps the rent paid and food on the table. If you get nothing else from this article: indie developers stress over money very often; not out of greed, but need." ...

"We've been spending a lot of time thinking about mechanics & systems as an industry," the Funomena cofounder tells Eurogamer, adding that real-world troubles need "the counterbalance of playfulness." ...

GDC Europe 2016  is kicking off next week in Cologne, Germany, and today organizers would like to quickly highlight more of the great expert sessions that will be taking place at the show. ...

The folks behind Humble Bundle are beta-testing a new Partner program that allows select streamers to promote (and take a cut of) Humble game bundles using a special referral link. ...

Nvidia is making a show of support for indies this week by launching its Indie Spotlight program, a marketing initiative that will see select developers' games hyped via Nvidia's various promo tools. ...

Indie game dev and artist Dominique Ferland has published a quartet of one-panel comics that illustrate (with disarmingly cute characters) some of the weird idiosyncracies of life as a game developer. ...

Anyone looking to draw up a loan agreement for indie game dev can now freely study & repurpose Indie Fund's latest contract template, which the longtime indie investment group published this week. ...