"We'll cover some standard tips and tricks here, but we're not really interested in those. We're looking for the One Weird Trick to rule them all. Hopefully each trick we encounter brings us closer to coding Mecca." ...
Lococycle, Splosion Man, and The Maw developer Twisted Pixel has left Microsoft to become an indie studio once again. ...
Experienced indie Nathan Fouts: "We had 4 games released in one day, and we compare and contrast why one game got a lot more clicks than others." ...
Neon Deity imposed an interesting design contraint on Shutshimi: Seriously Swole: Turn standard shoot-'em-up gameplay into 10-second bursts of procedurally generated action. ...
"All you have to do is include SDK library into your code and win! Right? Well, kinda... I'll try to share our experience with adding analytics to Sharp Minds and everything we've learned from it." ...
I Can't Escape: Darkness presents an ever-changing dangerous maze, built around taking player preconceptions and subverting them, creating a tension, confusion, and paranoia in the player. ...
Indie developer Alistair Aitcheson speaks at GDC Europe 2015 about all the interesting things he's learned from building big, quirky multiplayer games (like Tap Happy Sabotage) set in physical spaces. ...
Every year, Tokyo Game Show runs its Sense of Wonder Night event to showcase innovative indie titles. Here are quick looks at the ten finalists. ...
What happened to Final Fantasy V? Lars Doucet tackles upscaling 2D games: "In this article I'll share some of the artistic and technical lessons I've learned working on the Defender's Quest series." ...
"So if you're making a game that's heavy on story text, perhaps you should read some plays (your local library is sure to have some) and consider how you can imply more and state less." ...