"It's all about the natural interaction with the slopes," saysChristian Whitehead. "You have a build-up of tension...then you have the release of the player running up high-speed slopes & loops." ...
At GDC 2017 Robert Zubek and Matthew Viglione tackled the question through the lens of their time running their own indie studio: Project Highrise and 1849 developer SomaSim. ...
There was grumbling from some quarters about the lack of big AAA game announcements AT Gamescom 2017. But there was more than enough on display from the independent developer community to make the show worthwhile. ...
Submit your talk pitches for next year's GDC Community Management Summit, which presents sessions and panels aimed at giving community management pros room to share knowledge and hone their craft. ...
Submit your talk pitches for next year's GDC AI Summit, which presents panels and lectures from top game AI programmers, designers, researchers, and AI enthusiasts in the industry. ...
Five years ago today, Klei Entertainment released their well-received stealth title Mark of the Ninja on Xbox 360. In honor of the anniversary, we present an in-depth postmortem on the game's design. ...
At GDC 2017 game dev Mark Barrett lays out the value of rapid prototyping, showcasing how devs with limited coding, design, or artistic skills can create testable game prototypes in 30 days or less. ...
This year, 36 games representing a number of different genres, themes, and platforms have been nominated for recognition. ...
In a game peopled by rich characters whose failings and struggles were central to the story, Sareh Hasmadi stood out as exceptionally nuanced and human. ...
An examination of two tabletop RPGs (Green Ronin's Blue Rose and the 2nd edition of Apocalypse World) that stand out for emphasizing the theme of relationship-building and making it central to gameplay. ...