The new book Blood, Sweat, and Pixels digs into the making of 10 high profile AAA and indie releases. We selected 5 insightful quotes you'll find in the book that every developer can benefit from. ...
"The 4-player aspect changes the mechanics quite a bit. It's fun to see last minute reversals and stuff in matches that seemed more predictable before." ...
This week's highlights include a piece on what happens when The Tomorrow Children goes away, a silly Everybody's Golf video, & a host of other neat articles/videos. ...
At GDC 2017 Transformice co-creator Melanie Christin walks attendees through the 6-year journey of scaling an indie game prototype (done in 3 weeks) into a 70M-player MMO game. ...
Nintendo consoles haven't always been the most indie-friendly platforms on the market, but the company is hard at work to make the Nintendo Switch a strong home for indie games and developers alike. ...
"The writing kept me floating from one section of the station to the next. If Fullbright excels at anything, it's at setting. Mood, character, expression, tricks of the light, are all there in spades." ...
The team behind the now Switch-bound game Owlboy explains how they used art and animation to express character and theme in the game. ...
This week's highlights include the story depths of Subsurface Circular, teaching players in Kingdoms & Castles, and the motivations behind Destiny 2's creation. ...
Acid Wizard Studio would rather see players pick its survival-horror game Darkwood up for free than see them support key resellers. ...
"You can't wait for inspiration; you have to go after it with a club," said Wright, reciting a famous quote from author Jack London in his lost to the Internet (until now!) 2001 GDC design keynote. ...