Sergei Galyonkin, developer of the Steam Spy analytics platform, has published a blog post that offers developers some intriguing insight into Valve's most recent Steam Summer Sale. ...

A postmortem of Lemma, a first-person, voxel-based game which evolved during its production and eventually found an audience on Steam, thanks, in part, to YouTubers. ...

Rude Bear Resurrection focuses on tight control and on letting players -- all players -- make it through its masocore gameplay experience. Developer Alex Rose details both in this blog. ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Johnny Kilhefner on topics ranging from reactions to Shenmue 3's Kickstarter to Tale of Tales' decision to take a break from game development. ...

"Most importantly, figure out if you want just atmospheric sounds to make your soundtrack, or if subtle ambient music should be used instead." ...

Jesse Schell shares what he and his team learned while developing VR spy thriller I Expect You To Die -- created after his years of experience in the medium, dating back to the 1990s. ...

Bazaar won a $50,000 gold prize at the Oculus VR jam, and now its developers share ways the 100% gaze-controlled game leads the player -- techniques you could use in your own VR game. ...

A veteran composer breaks down an exciting new tool: "Elias, like a good video game, is easy to use but difficult to master. This is a new type of tool with some new features." ...

God of War composer Winifred Phillips on music for VR: "I'm going to share what I learned about the issue... including a conclusion which may indicate an imminent problem for some VR gamers." ...

"I propose and hope we stop fearing one another's games just because they're similar to ours in some way. Instead, remember how great it is these games exist." ...