Hey devs, submissions are now open for the 2019 Independent Games Festival, the signature competition for indie games, to be held for its 21st year during GDC 2019 in San Francisco next March. ...

Designer and writer Eron Rauch compiles a wide-ranging list of articles, essays, and other useful resources that game devs can use and share with each other to improve their game design discussions. ...

This week's highlights include juicy math(s) in Slay The Spire, the creation of Totally Accurate Battlegrounds, and loads more. ...

Hey game makers, GDC officials seek great submissions of intriguing, cutting-edge Visual Arts talks for the GDC 2018 Main Conference, from now through August 16th! ...

"In VFX, maybe I'll be developing the blood," says The Coalition dev Stu Maxwell. "In Shape of the World, I've had to do everything...it's been really educational having that breadth of discipline." ...

Members of the Ninja Theory dev team explore how tasking a small team with creating a VR version of Hellblade during development improved the graphics and performance of the original game. ...

The devs at Stoic Studio share what they've learned in the many years they've worked to produce the Banner Saga games, the third of which debuts this week. ...

Friendship is a major theme of this visual novel about three teens stuck in a religious summer camp. It explores the difficulties and pain surrounding this precious aspect of our lives. ...

As preparations begin for GDC 2019, organizers are proud to welcome game dev luminaries Caryl Shaw, Nick Popovich, Carolin Krenzer, Andreas Fredriksson, and Jamie Cheng to the GDC Advisory Board! ...

"I think we could have spent five or ten years on this game," says Semblance dev Ben Myres. "There's really enough interesting stuff there that you can build on top of the core deforming terrain." ...