"Empathize, acknowledge, and build a relationship," says Emma Siu, community engagement manager on the non-combat MMO Wander. ...

"The concept of locomotion IN Lucid Trips has similarities with the movement of astronauts in outer space who have jetpacks attached to their wrists." ...

Yacht Club Games offers insight into the process of creating alternatively gendered bodies for the main characters in Shovel Knight without falling victim to pink-bow-and-skirt tropes. ...

"I wanted to do something that mattered -- not something just to make money. It forced the question: what would I do if I was gong to be dead in a year," shared Crashlands dev Samuel Coster. ...

"I wanted to do something that mattered -- not something just to make money. It forced the question: what would I do if I was gong to be dead in a year," shared Crashlands dev Samuel Coster. ...

"The first thing you need to do is end 'white cis-gender able-bodied men' as the default," said dev Shawn Alexander Allen today in his GDC talk on breaking stereotypes to write better game characters. ...

Nintendo has released a video detailing many of the indie games coming to the Switch while also showing some of the console's quirks in action. ...

Every year, a group of GDC attendees travel to the show via train, and hold a 60-hour game jam while they ride the rails. A reporter who was on the Amtrak California Zephyr describes what went down. ...

Every year, a group of GDC attendees travel to the show via train, and hold a 60-hour game jam while they ride the rails. A reporter who was on the Amtrak California Zephyr describes what went down. ...

At GDC today, Finji CEO and cofounder Rebekah Saltsman shared some advice on cultivating "good" conflict during game dev and avoiding toxic conflict, based on years of experience running Finji. ...