"Most importantly, figure out if you want just atmospheric sounds to make your soundtrack, or if subtle ambient music should be used instead." ...

Jesse Schell shares what he and his team learned while developing VR spy thriller I Expect You To Die -- created after his years of experience in the medium, dating back to the 1990s. ...

Bazaar won a $50,000 gold prize at the Oculus VR jam, and now its developers share ways the 100% gaze-controlled game leads the player -- techniques you could use in your own VR game. ...

A veteran composer breaks down an exciting new tool: "Elias, like a good video game, is easy to use but difficult to master. This is a new type of tool with some new features." ...

God of War composer Winifred Phillips on music for VR: "I'm going to share what I learned about the issue... including a conclusion which may indicate an imminent problem for some VR gamers." ...

"I propose and hope we stop fearing one another's games just because they're similar to ours in some way. Instead, remember how great it is these games exist." ...

"I think it was the 'right choice' to tackle it because everyone involved now understands what it's like to bite off more than we can chew and how to come back from that hurdle." ...

Gamasutra had a chance to sit down with Koji Igarashi and talk about the successful Kickstarter campaign for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and how he feels about breaking records, and breaking free. ...

Mature games are now eligible for funding, retroactive to projects from 2014 -- and the government is getting more flexible about smaller-budget games and staffing costs, too. ...

It's a big problem: Players can't find the games they might like. And developers can't locate prior art, either. Here's an attempt at solving discoverability issues. ...