"Striking a balance between simple gameplay and an adequate amount of challenge or variance is the key factor in evoking serenity. In this sense, evoking serenity is similar to the concept of flow." ...

London-based publisher and developer Curve Digital has been acquired by The Catalis Group, bringing the studio under the same roof as fellow UK developer Kuju Entertainment.  ...

"Theatre audio and game audio has a lot in common. There is no timeline (as in e.g. film), so you're creating a world for the actors / players to exist in. You need to come up with clever ways to dissolve and progress your atmospheres." ...

GDC 2016 organizers highlight a few more informative bootcamps and tutorials at the conference, including an intense game design workshop and a crash course on storytelling in games. ...

"Video games are an art form of moving images (mostly!) and if a picture is worth a thousand words an animated GIF is worth 80 to 100 thousand words." ...

The 2016 Independent Games Festival juries have announced finalists for the world's leading indie games showcase, including titles like Superhot, Darkest Dungeon, Her Story and Mini Metro. ...

"When is it time to call it quits, when do you decide when your game is finished? Well, not by working till you think it's perfect, because it will never be perfect." ...

"Every design decision you make directly translates to player experience, no matter how big or small that decision is." ...

Turns out "beating" games is a mostly a North American phrasing. In 2014, Leigh Alexander wondered what that said about us -- and learned a fascinating variety of global phrases for finishing games. ...

The GDC Play and 'Best in Play' awards return for GDC 2016 in San Francisco, and this time 10 GDC Play exhibitors will have the chance to get pitch training and pitch their games in front of a live audience for prizes. ...