"When I was thinking about the enemies behavior of the game project I'm working on, I just typed in my design document 'follow the player.' And these 3 words almost drove me crazy!" ...
How to do great looking fog, and more: "The approach we used in Zombie Hunter, Inc. utilizes a neat way to blend depths which might be useful outside of this context." ...
From concept to execution, along with a sample: Creating a '70s-influenced soundtrack for a chaotic and sarcastically funny mobile game. ...
After frustrating experiences in game dev, Martin Annander moved to a new studio -- only to find the same "don'ts" repeating there. So here's his list of what you must not do. ...
When creating Rect Pushers, Tapir Liu used "rect" because it's the short form for "rectangle" in programming -- but when the game went live, he learned a new word: "rectum." ...
"Bottom line, there's a way for Valve and Bethesda to do this right, and if they pull it off everyone will be better off. Let's hope they figure it out." ...
"The least-copied feature of Rogue is its item identification system. Of the horde of 'roguelike' and 'roguelite' games now flooding Steam, very few think to adopt this aspect." ...
In 2012 Arma 2 maker Bohemia Interactive saw "a tenfold increase in Arma 2 sales" thanks to the launch of the Day Z zombie mod. Here, Bohemia's Marek Spanel discusses why mod support is so important. ...
Developers based in Germany can begin building their projects now for launch on May 12th as Kickstarter continues to spread across Europe. ...
"The only regret I have is that I didn't know all this three years ago. It took a long time to look at approaches and figure out what the game needs." ...