This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Mark Filipowich on topics ranging from video games' origins in the tabletop roleplaying scene to the cinematic techniques of John Ford and Naughty Dog. ...
Gamasutra speaks to developers who are working on multiple projects simultaneously to learn how and why they spend ten hours a day making a game -- and then come home and work on another game. ...
"Never underestimate the last stage of the development of a game: Whether is called promotion, polishing, testing or all of them they are necessary and they take time (a lot)." ...
"If you're an indie dev, you're going to make bad games. If you're not making bad games or prototypes, then you're playing it too safe." ...
How turtling causes "undesirable qualities for a game," and why most developer tactics to minimize it face a challenge: "that they're applying top-down solutions to a fundamental problem." ...
Game Developers Conference officials are very excited to announce the launch of an official GDC YouTube channel where you can watch clips of game industry experts sharing knowledge with their peers. ...
We talk to Simon Bennett of Roll7 about how his studio co-opted the UK General Election into a marketing campaign for their game Not a Hero. ...
We talk to Simon Bennett of Roll7 about how his studio co-opted the UK General Election into a marketing campaign for their game Not a Hero. ...
"We playtest the game every week. At the end, we agree on design priorities for the next iteration, and I schedule my week based on these priorities." ...
At GDC 2015, noted interactive fiction game designer Emily Short (Galatea) gave a microtalk on how to create a protagonist that is interesting, engaging and will stimulate your players. ...