Attorney Mona Ibrahim's analysis: "The truth is that fair use is very difficult to prove and almost always require a lawsuit to reach a final determination. This isn't a perfect system." ...
More than two years later, the company has made the assets and project files for that famous GDC 2013 UE4 tech demo freely available for anyone to download and tinker with. ...
Fantastic Contraption VR dev Kimberly Voll: "If we hold VR up to the presence stick are we doing a disservice or a favour to the caliber of content?" ...
Thatgamecompany's Journey is dominated by gentle slopes, but in this GDC 2013 talk its art director, Matt Nava, explains how the game's art direction coalesced through rocky starts and sharp turns. ...
After seven years working together the founders of UK indie studio Honeyslug are splitting up and going their separate ways, though Honeyslug will remain open to distribute its catalog of games. ...
"You're in an elevator. I'm standing there in a stupid orange hat. We have 6 seconds before the floor is hit. I ask you about what game you're working on. Practice that reply." ...
NecroDancer's Ryan Clark: "In this industry it's difficult to go far without learning from others. But from whom should we learn? I think it is wisest to study developers who have been repeatedly successful." ...
"Resonant visuals are more than just detailed graphics. They have to be both beautiful and meaningful. In practice, your game's aesthetics encompass both the principles of design and your overall art style." ...
"This is a (rather technical) postmortem about our VR experience Sherlock Holmes - The Wagner Ritual which was made during the Gear VR Jam 2015 and is now out on the Gear VR store." ...
How do you make a game look good with just a handful of months of work? The team behind The Rust Belt had six months of funding, and a goal to showcase at PAX: Here's what they had to prioritize. ...