This week's highlights include an article series about gaming in prison, behind the scenes of Night Trap, & how satirical soccer game Enter The Kickmen got made. ...

"To me it helps to bridge the gap between the player and the physical world of the game," dev Nolan Richert tells Rock, Paper, Shotgun. "The physics of the mop respond to your input immediately." ...

For her game Bollywood Wannabe, Catherine Levesque needed a specific kind of music -- and in this post, she details precisely how she went about getting the right music on the cheap. ...

"Most of the concepts that made it into the game were me messing with the rules of football, sometimes being deliberately ignorant and making something that adds a gameplay layer," says Marshall. ...

"Steam told me that they will re-enable the game once the pornography has been removed," says a House Party dev. "They didn't specify anything in particular or define what they consider pornographic." ...

Mike Rose, previously of tinyBuild and Gamasutra, has cut the ribbon on a new publishing operation and detailed the first game signed to the label. ...

This year's lineup is even more diverse than past Indie Arena outings, featuring 70 games from all over the world and taking up 1000 square meters of the show floor. ...

Developer James Earl Cox has recently completed his 100 Games in 5 Years project. Now, at the end of the adventure, Cox is left to reflect on what's he gained from this undertaking. ...

"It's part of our core character progression." says Antony Christoulakis of Keen Games.  "Players won't find weapons, armor, or tools as loot in Portal Knights, but crafting materials and new recipes." "[PUT QUOTE HERE OKAY GOOD]" ...

At GDC 2017 experienced indie game PR wizard Chris Dwyer gives indie devs with limited financial, mental and time budgets a few good (and more importantly efficient) marketing & PR strategies. ...