Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has opened up a new section of its site for equity crowdfunding projects, aka projects in which backers accept a stake in the company in return for their investment. ...

"That little activity would keep kid-Mike occupied for hours," recalls indie game dev Mike Bithell. "When I was trying to think of accessible family game mechanics, I remembered that." ...

"That little activity would keep kid-Mike occupied for hours," recalls indie game dev Mike Bithell. "When I was trying to think of accessible family game mechanics, I remembered that." ...

"We see branding as one of the major challenges behind mobile game development, so going into a new genre with a brand-new IP was quite risky," says Jason Yeung, CEO of Veewo. ...

Games lawyer Chris Reid returns to the Game Developers Conference next year to deliver a talk titled, appropriately enough, "Practical Contract Law 201 for Indie Developers: Moderately Scary Edition." ...

"Even with a year left, we can already see how this marathon of game development sprints impacts the process of making games: good, bad, and in-between." ...

Owlboy's creators say there's enough cut content hidden in the game's code to fill an entire sequel, and speedrunners are searching for ways to use that to their advantage. ...

At GDC 2017, a senior Sony Santa Monica designer who has heard hundreds of game pitches will describe 30 annoying or counter-productive things you should avoid when pitching your game to a publisher. ...

"Of the many elements that helped establish what we describe as a "folktale adventure," three contributed most to our design: length, tone, and moral." - Brooke Condolora, co-founder of Brain& Brain ...

The latest Video Game Deep Cuts, picking the smartest longform video game articles and videos of the week, examines why Nintendo 'puts play first' and the decade-long odyssey to create Owlboy. ...