Continuing on his thread exploring the rules of games, game dev Stieg Hedlund I compares and contrasts similar issues in other media and shares lessons learned. ...

The team at Crypt of the NecroDancer studio Brace Yourself Games is growing a bit bigger this week with the addition of Duskers developers Tim Keenan and Jeremy Phillips. ...

The team at Crypt of the NecroDancer studio Brace Yourself Games is growing a bit bigger this week with the addition of Duskers developers Tim Keenan and Jeremy Phillips. ...

Echoes of the Fey is a visual novel, so why spend time to add Steam Achievements? One dev explains the potential benefits of putting achievements in narrative-centered games. ...

In this blog post, game designer Sande Chen explores the ways film directors are masters of audience manipulation -- and what that means for game design. ...

Dead By Daylight is indebted to a classic asymmetric multiplayer game. "The initial prototypes focused on the simplicity of hide and seek," says Behaviour Interactive creative director Ashley Pannell. ...

Earlier this year Temple University awarded an academic fellowship to assistant professor Adrienne Shaw that will support her efforts to build out and maintain her LGBTQ Video Game Archive project. ...

This week, our partnership with games blogging curation site Critical Distance brings us picks from their Senior Curator Zoyander Street on the vast emptiness of space. ...

A dev returns from a successful GenCon 2016 with pre-order sales exceeding expectations. Here is what worked, what didn't, why, and lessons learned! ...

Good communication among team members can make or break the development of a game. Here, composer Winifred Phillips shares some lessons and links to help colleagues communicate more effectively. ...