Real talk: Your amazing, innovative, one-of-a-kind game/story/character/song has almost certainly been done before. Probably more than once. At GDC 2014, Nika Harper explains why that shouldn't stop you. ...
"To process something is to break it down into a series of actionable tasks. It's a simple, powerful idea that can carry you from Earth, to hell, and back again." ...
"The first 3-5 days on Greenlight are absolutely the most important. You only have a little time in the spotlight before your project will get pushed into obscurity." ...
The makers of Rising Thunder and Stonehearth are looking for a multi-talented artist and designer to take a lead role on user interface and experience design at their Los Altos, CA headquarters. ...
In a quirky session at GDC 2015, game designer Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro discusses D4 and his attempts to empathetically connect with players using his "sensory replication" game design technique. ...
"This brought me to a shader-based solution to this problem. Conceptually the following shader works as a camera post-effect, just like the blur or vignette unity built-in filters work." ...
Niantic Labs, Google's in-house game studio, and the team responsible for augmented reality cyberpunk thriller, Ingress, will soon become an independent company. ...
Tips from a side-scrolling action game developer which "consider the animations in terms of responsiveness while trying to discuss some techniques to retain their naturalness." ...
Even if you aren't gunning to get funded by the group that backed hits like Fez and Her Story, advice offered in a new blog is helpful for anyone talking about their game. ...
"Most indie multiplayer games lose their player base within a year...We want to tackle that problem, and make sure The Flock ends with a climax after which the game will be fondly remembered." ...