The British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosted its annual game awards in London this evening, and the list of winners is dominated by indie devs like Ninja Theory and Giant Sparrow. ...
Bennett Foddy and Derek Yu discuss the impact of B-games like Sexy Hiking and the influence they had on indie developers. ...
Experts from the Amazon GameLift team take an informative deep-dive into the architecture of cross-platform multiplayer games. ...
Minit devs Kitty Calis and Jan Willem Nijman open up about how they designed their one-minute adventure game to be fun but not frustrating, and why time limits are great for emphasizing player choice. ...
The Nintendo Switch became Shovel Knight's third best selling platform, selling 370,000 units in just a year and generating the most revenue. ...
The Nintendo Switch became Shovel Knight's third best selling platform, selling 370,000 units in just a year and generating the most revenue. ...
A roundtable interview on writing romance, featuring Samantha Wallschlaeger (Guild Wars 2, ME: Andromeda), Ben Gelinas (Dragon Age, Mass Effect), Ed Sibley (Love Island) & Jared Rosen (Dream Daddy). ...
A roundtable interview on writing romance, featuring Samantha Wallschlaeger (Guild Wars 2, ME: Andromeda), Ben Gelinas (Dragon Age, Mass Effect), Ed Sibley (Love Island) & Jared Rosen (Dream Daddy). ...
"It should seep in by osmosis, minimize the amount you take the player away from the gameplay," says game designer Brian Reynolds in a PCGamer feature about how devs write good flavor text in games. ...
At GDC 2018 game designer Jennifer Scheurle showcases some of her favorite examples of the ways games "trick" players, cherry-picking from the tricks and secrets she got from fellow devs. ...