Spry Fox's Daniel Cook expounds on the narrative design of his "roguelike puzzle game about surviving life's surprises," Road Not Taken. ...

Chris Roberts directly addresses concerns that Star Citizen's development is in trouble in a new Kotaku article that includes accounts from anonymous sources who purportedly worked on the game. ...

Galak-Z composer C. Andrew Rohrmann speaks at GDC 2015 about how to craft multi-layered, adaptive musical elements for your game that react and blend to form unique arrangements in every play session. ...

In this classic interview, Mike Bithell reflects on his sophomore game design efforts and why the launch of Volume this week is so much different than when he released Thomas Was Alone. ...

A group that includes psychologists and media scholars continues to call the American Psychological Association's research into how violent games affect aggression 'misleading' and 'overgeneralized.' ...

"Hey everybody - let me tell you about my latest boneheaded mistakes so you can make all different mistakes with your launches." ...

"One of the puzzling attitudes I've seen in the games industry is companies talking about focusing on long term success, yet not taking a firm position against crunch." ...

Microsoft's Press Play is looking to open up its development process to the world with new "transparent development initiative". ...

Spearheaded by Double Fine alum Justin Bailey, with input from Tim Schafer, Feargus Urquhart, and Brian Fargo, its first campaign is IGF winner Outer Wilds. ...

"DO NOT ANNOUNCE ANY STRETCH GOALS WHEN YOU LAUNCH YOUR CAMPAIGN. There is nothing to gain from announcing as you launch, and everything to lose." ...