At GDC Europe in August, Execution Labs co-founder Jason Della Rocca will offer real-world data and frank advice on how indies can get their projects -- and their companies -- funded. ...

We talk to Simon Roth and Nia Wearn about their unconference Ludolunch, which benefited from a strong focus on being family friendly. ...

Designing difficulty levels is hard, but one dev shares his methodology here -- categorizing players, like the "HardCurious casual" and the "Faux-Hardcore." ...

Gamsutra speaks to Damon Baker, of Nintendo's licensing deparment, about the Humble Nindie Bundle, its Nindies@Home E3 promotion, its approach to devs, and an updated on Unity on 3DS. ...

Hidden Path, a studio best known for its work on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and the Anomaly tower defense games, has halted development of its Early Access title Windborne due to lack of funds. ...

Hidden Path, a studio best known for its work on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and the Defense Grid tower defense games, has halted development of its Early Access title Windborne due to lack of funds. ...

"At the start of a project, everything has yet to be done. There are loads of tasks at hand, and it is hard to tackle them in the right order. The large, almighty Game Design Document is a myth." ...

Bossa Studios' Luke Williams explains how awkward, hilarious games like I Am Bread and Surgeon Simulator are designed not to frustrate players, but to try new things with game controls and concepts. ...

James Benson takes the stage at GDC 2015 to break down how he went about animating Moon Studios' Ori & The Blind Forest in a Ghibli-esque style with limited time, people and personal experience. ...

"Game development is incredibly complicated, and it doesn't help that the tools we use to create them are equally complex. It's this tool difficulty which, I believe, limits gaming's artistic growth." ...