Butterscotch Shenanigans' Sam Coster speaks at GDC 2017 about the making of the studio's hit game Crashlands, which was made after he faced his mortality in the wake of a serious cancer diagnosis. ...

An early design document shared by Spry Fox co-founder Daniel Cook offers an interesting look at the initial ideas and mechanics that would eventually become the roguelike Road Not Taken. ...

In the wake of GDC's first Board Game Design Day, Gamasutra chats with Warren Spector, David Sirlin, Soren Johnson, and other devs about the enduring value of studying (and playing) tabletop games. ...

"We'll get like 300 submissions for each event, no sweat," longtime game event curator David Hayward tells Waypoint. "10 years ago, you could pick any indie game, and it'd be unusual and interesting." ...

The team at Astroneer developer System Era announced today that studio cofounder Paul Pepera passed away yesterday due to undisclosed circumstances. ...

At GDC 2017, D-Pad's Jo-Remi Madsen & Simon Stafsnes Andersen speak about how their vibrant 2016 game Owlboy was designed to look like it was 10 years' worth of work, rather than 10 years out of date. ...

All of the creatures in Rain World have their own survival needs. Outside of the player's field of view, they're still alive, hunting food, getting into territorial fights, and finding new homes. ...

All of the creatures in Rain World have their own survival needs. Outside of the player's field of view, they're still alive, hunting food, getting into territorial fights, and finding new homes. ...

At GDC 2015, game dev (and former architectural historian) Demetri Detsaridis examines why devs should think deeply about their workspace, and how they can improve it in order to improve their games. ...

This week's Video Game Deep Cuts articles/video highlights include animators on Mass Effect: Andromeda's animation complaints, Remedy's very silly Hoodiegate, and lots, lots more. ...