"It was a really fun and exhausting week. We learned a lot, tried new technologies, and made new friends and connections. The byproduct of this is lots and lots of business cards." ...
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"Bestiarium is deeply dependent on procedural character generation, so I prototyped a playable Demon Invocation Toy. I'll talk about some of the techniques I've experimented with." ...
Just a quick heads-up for students with game dev dreams (or parents of said students): The National STEM Video Game Challenge is now accepting entries for its annual student game design competition. ...
In a talk at GDC 2015, Sony Santa Monica's David Collins and Mike Niederquell talked at length about how they worked to iterate the sound design of the idiosyncratic game Hohokum with its developers. ...
"So how can we improve discoverability for games? From my perspective: better communities. Replacing forums with social media has a lot of upside, but the serious downside is that our conversations about games are hidden, or at best compartmentalized." ...
"Always apply common sense and kindness with how you approach people, but also what you present to them. From time to time, take a step back with your pitch and ask yourself honestly if you would appreciate how you behave." ...
"Procedural generation in the end is about iteration, about 'sculpting' your algorithms until they get to a point where they have varied results, but also achieve what you need them to." ...
We ask developers the best ways to trick their players on this, the day of April Fool's. ...
Speaking at GDC 2014, Klei's Kevin Forbes shares lessons learned from developing a polarizing game -- and how you can apply those lessons to find and foster the audience that will love your game. ...