Developers of Grow Home, Mushroom 11, and Prune, explain how using procedural character movement can create a more organic and responsive feel--if you're willing to cede a bit of control. ...
"Animator Cathy Feraday Miller, who has worked on major feature films and video games, shares her techniques for animating quadrupeds in walk and run states." ...
"There are around 300 million native Spanish speaking people in the world spread across 22 countries. Localizing your game is the best way to reach them but then you have a choice to make: Which Spanish do you choose?" ...
"Successful writing process usually requires a lot of preparation before actually starting to write the final text. When the background work is done well, the actual writing part becomes hugely easier and quality and speed is increased too." ...
"The ability to integrate biofeedback into your game is now incredibly accessible. Any developer, any game -- regardless of genre, size, and goals -- can benefit from the tech available today." ...
"In this post we'll talk about a classification system on the possible deterministic aspects of ProcGen, which makes sense especially for run-time generation (load and real-time)." ...
Indie platform Gamejolt announces a full indie games marketplace, with tax support and extended platform options for all developers. ...
"Residual play artifacts are objects, whether virtual or existing in real space, that are created by the player during the process of play. I have become fascinated by what can happen when designers consciously design around this concept." ...
"An entirely new type of career is emerging: a self-sustaining, independent content developer that creates standalone products for sale to developers across the world for use in their projects." ...
"The main take-away for running a workshop with any group of young people is to put in the hours of preparation before the day itself. You absolutely must pre-design and build the skeleton of a game of your choice." ...