Want to include encrypted text in your game? This highly technical how-to spells out everything you need, complete with programming code and font examples. ...

The Indie MEGABOOTH Showcase is coming back to GDC 2016 with a lineup of 15 interesting indie games that all conference attendees can play, including We Are Chicago and Elsinore. ...

"I completely stopped looking at an iPhone as a touch screen device and started looking at it as a magic little box full of possibilities." ...

Candid game development costs and sales stats, as well as a breakdown on player behavior, piracy, and lessons for the future: it's all here, served up by Dead in Bermuda devs. ...

"People go to Wyoming because they're captivated by the beauty and the alonenes. Growing up there creates a certain feeling inside you that you don't really get rid of for the rest of your life." ...

"People go to Wyoming because they're captivated by the beauty and the aloneness. Growing up there creates a certain feeling inside you that you don't really get rid of for the rest of your life." ...

How do you keep players interested? "Combining both short and long-term progression provides the best combination of progression models to keep someone engaged in your title." ...

Campo Santo team members Nels Anderson and Jake Rodkin speak at length about how Firewatch is being designed to tell a story and allow meaningful player exploration/choice -- without combat. ...

Over 2,000 devs surveyed in GDC's State of the Industry survey answer the vague question: "Is there anything else you'd like to say about the game industry?" As you can imagine, it gets quite heated. ...

'Developing in Early Access is like working while naked in a transparent cube suspended above Times Square. But Darkest Dungeon is a stronger game for having gone through it.' ...