Using everything from '50s wire recorders to modified stethoscopes, the sound design for Heart Machine's Hyper Light Drifter was anything but conventional. Find out how in this GDC Europe talk! ...

"Your first thought is that you cannot let the player express their decisions, because that doesn't feel autobiographical," says Alex Camilleri. "That's something I worked on for a long time." ...

From Cryptic Studios to Skydance Interactive to Demiurge Games, here are just a few of the many great job openings you'll find over on Gamasutra's industry-leading job board! ...

The Art of Moon Hunters, a book that presents artwork from the Kitfox Games release, is a great extension of the title that a respects a crucial lesson so often forgotten in gaming: function is form.  ...

With inXile aiming to build Wasteland 3, now's a good time to look back at this timeless chat with studio chief Brian Fargo about lessons learned in crowdfunding development of its predecessor. ...

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences reveals its latest scholarship winners and opens a call for applications to its brand-new "WomenIn" scholarship for women seeking careers in game dev. ...

Determined to showcase the very best of the indie world, IndieCade organizers have added a heap of new titles to this year's roster. ...

D-Pad Studios claims that their upcoming title Owlboy is "a love letter to pixel art." The team explains how they used art and animation to express character and theme in the game. ...

In Orthogonal Games' Near Death, a "game about survival" centering on a pilot who crash lands near an abandoned polar research station, the main enemy--indeed, the only enemy--is Antarctica itself. ...

Ubisoft intends to make a show of supporting Canadian indies via a series of competitions to which devs can submit games -- and potentially win prizes that include money, support & uPlay distribution. ...