"For a week, forbid yourself to do anything with games. No playing, no designing, no reading about them, no computer gaming, no talking about games, no BGG, no Gamasutra, nothing relating to games at all." ...

X-COM creator Julian Gollop explains the advantages of random number generation in his latest outing, Chaos Reborn. ...

2016 event planned to showcase works of independent developers at the Washington, D.C.-based museum, following in the footsteps of last year's event. ...

Learn both why and how you can make your own text-based adventure game with Twine from one of indie gaming's most outspoken proponents of democratized creation: Anna Anthropy. ...

The "Dirty Coding Tricks" articles have been among the most popular on Gamasutra, and that's why we're asking you to share your stories -- so we can do a part 3! ...

"Because the headline summary still says 'mixed,' a lot of potential players still skip right on by. I can't blame anyone for that as I do it myself. Whether it's fair or not, 'mixed' is synonymous with 'crap.'" ...

"My current game started off with a very flat art style ... I didn't want to redo all the art or rebuild the levels, so shaders to the rescue." ...

Hours after Keiji Inafune's Red Ash Kickstarter missed its target by $279K, developer Comcept has confirmed the producer's other Mega Man reimagining, Mighty No. 9, will be delayed. ...

How do you get players to understand an overly complicated UI -- when that's the point? This design article covers how the devs reached a feeling of "in distress and slightly overwhelmed" yet comprehensible and usable. ...

This design article covers how the developer of Affordable Space Adventures reached a feeling of "in distress and slightly overwhelmed" yet comprehensible and usable. ...