In this insightful GDC 2019 postmortem Unknown Worlds Entertainment's Jonas Boetel explains how open development saved the studio's hit underwater survival game Subnautica. ...
The equity crowdfunding platform Fig has launched a new milestone based funding system for developers that choose to launch games through its service. ...
Gabe "lazyeye" Weiner, lead programmer on hit crafting and exploration game Forager, explains how he optimized a GameMaker game that could have thousands of active instances at any given moment. ...
Arvi Teikari, aka Hempuli, the creator behind the brilliant IGF Award-winning Baba is You, tells us about the process of designing a game that puts rule-making in the hands of players. ...
Using examples from development of Grace Bruxner Presents: The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game, this GDC 2019 talk from dev Grace Bruxner focuses on the process of creating comedy games. ...
Artist and designer Mateusz Piaskiewicz discuss how developers can harness positive memories and experiences by injecting the level design concept of familiarity into their design. ...
Laura Saada with mobile publisher Playdigious dives deep into the harrowing process of bringing a frenetic button-centric "roguevania" to touchscreen devices. ...
Signing with a publisher is a step that shouldn't be taken lightly. It's important to ask yourself the right questions and to set up realistic expectations. ...
Game director Peter Johansson and lead game designer Robert Olsén†deconstruct the design of Hand of Gilgamech's fun, accessible card battle system and reflect on what makes a good deckbuilding game. ...
This week's roundup includes a look at the Cart Life creator's Victorian typing follow-up, the primal rage of One Finger Death Punch 2, developer pets in video games & lots more. ...