Game Developers Conference 2016 organizers have chosen 20 games (out of over 100 submissions!) for next year's alt.ctrl.GDC, an on-site playable exhibit of alternative control schemes and games. ...
"Our team has a background in animation so we spent a great deal of time and effort into the main poses. Being an action title that had you up close to the enemies, we made sure to place a lot of emphasis into the impact." ...
Nyamyam's Jennifer Schneidereit speaks at GDC 2015 about the intriguing technical and design challenges faced in creating the environments of Tengami, an adventure game inside a virtual pop-up book. ...
"The Planetary Annihilation Kickstarter was one heck of a roller coaster. It has given me the highest high and the lowest low of my career. It taught us a lot and gave the scars to prove it." ...
"The attention programmers pay to squashing bugs should also be given by artists to check and account for art that causes disability and lessens the scope of the player pool." ...
A new survey conducted by Indie Megabooth, an annual indie game showcase held at PAX, has shed some light on the financial side of indie development. ...
What goes into jamming up a strange game: "After my first Ludum Dare entry about the Amish and this entry about food, I'm starting to feel like the Weird Al of video game development." ...
From Super Mario World to Hearthstone: "Great design is important and user expectations have never been higher. Use these UI design tips to improve your usability." ...
The travails of getting a console game onto Sony's handheld -- a port postmortem from a developer perspective, packed with juicy technical details. ...
We discuss the production and design strengths of 'modular storytelling' with the developers of 80 Days and Sunless Sea, who are pioneering this new form of game narrative. ...