In this classic 2013 presentation, one-time Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider takes a look at how BioWare's romantic characters evolved from Baldur's Gate II to the Dragon Age series. ...
"In sum, when considering being proud, consider three keywords: Efforts from players, Outcomes by efforts, Evaluation on outcomes. Puzzles and accumulative progress enhance the feeling of being proud." ...
GDC 2016 organizers a great Advocacy track talk from 80 Days writer Meg Jayanth that promises 10 practical ways you can make more diverse games. ...
"Code generation is an immensely powerful tool that any developer can use. In its super basic form it's code that outputs text. This text can then be used for many means." ...
"In the end, our risks were worth it. This new workflow using git improved our productivity. There was always a stable branch to start something new from; everybody was confident enough that there would be no major problems." ...
The creators of Armello, Galak-Z and Crypt of the NecroDancer are among the developers taking part in the pilot program, which sees indie devs selecting work to be sold and collecting a cut of the proceeds. ...
"When I first met my team, last summer to discuss some ideas for our game, I had no marketing experience at all. In fact, none of us had." ...
"Your game hits Greenlight, the first day it gets all the views, so you better release it in a good state, make sure you're making the right game, with the right art style that will appeal to Steam core gamers." ...
"Gamifying reviews is not going to improve the quality or utility of them. It might increase the volume of them but in doing so it's near guaranteed to also increase the noise and make them even less useful." ...
'Human beings have this innate understanding of stuff that we can touch and hold and look at,' says Zach Gage. 'The dice in Tharsis are an analogue for something everyone is familiar with.' ...