"I come from traditional publishing. The transition from solitary keyboard hermit to part of a games team has been fun, sometimes painful, and taught me a great deal." ...

"I chose to base my implementation of the level system on the stage metaphor -- everything that comes into the scene (images, enemies, audio, cutscenes, etc) is an actor. Each actor is brought onto the stage via a cue." ...

Shiny Shoe has worked on games like Day of the Tentacle Remastered and The Banner Saga, and now the San Francisco, CA studio is looking for a gameplay and engine programmer to join the team. ...

In her DICE talk, writer Rhianna Pratchett delivered a paean to writing in games and offered advice on how to better integrate writers into teams -- and explained its benefits. ...

Quick reminder to use the multi-faceted GDC 2016 Session Scheduler to plan out which talks you'd like to attend and ensure you don't miss anything the upcoming March conference has to offer. ...

"A lot of games add co-op by having both players play an essentially single player game at the same time, but we wanted to try and really take advantage of the multiplayer component." ...

Emily Short: "The game ends on an upbeat, almost evangelistic note that startled me. Joel has died, but the narrator still waits in hope for clarity about what God intends." ...

Want to make a game that looks like an Impressionist painting? This blog post proposes a visual rendering style that will let you achieve that look. ...

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's former head of strategic content, Shahid Ahmad, has joined the advisory board of "indie-friendly" developer and publisher, Double Eleven.  ...

"Recently I asked indies on Twitter for their sustainability tips and got quite a lot of answers from a wide variety of devs. I thought they were worth summarizing and sharing." ...