"This is everything people love and everything people hate about procedural generation, and it defines a trench that the field has been stuck in for a very, very long time. I think it's time to get out." ...

'SOMA wasn't initially meant to be a horror game. It simply came to be horrifying due to the subject matter it was exploring.' ...

Vlambeer cofounder Rami Ismail is one of many game developers who spoke at the 2015 Control Conference in the Netherlands last month, and now the organizers have published a recording of his talk that you should see. ...

What do the classic RTS Homeworld and the modern mobile game 80 Days have in common? Fascinating female characters who develop a unique relationship with their means of transportation. ...

Game devs, don't miss the IGF deadline! Submissions for the 2016 Independent Games Festival Main Competition entries are due next Monday, October 26th. ...

"One good and well-marketed innovation can be a very worthwhile investment. But ignoring the costs would be foolish. We tried to do more innovation than we could pay for." ...

"Overall, our experience showing at the con was a success, and we got the most eyes on the game than we ever had before. The con-goers at SSC were full of energy." ...

" So you may not heard of a mobile game called LavaCat, but it was one of the first games I'd worked on. Despite all of its shortcomings, rushed testing, unfinished art, it remains success in one thing: illustrating failure." ...

"Because there is only one narrative voice, the player can trust that it represents the words of a story being written around their actions. We build on this start by adding more interactions." ...

Super Mario Maker was predictably enticing to the game development community. And since this site is developer-oriented, I thought I'd showcase some of my favorite Mario Maker levels created by devs. ...