"Being lead designer and producer for Terrachanics was the hardest thing I have ever done... I hope this post will help others create stronger, healthier relationships in their professional and personal lives." ...
In this classic 2012 feature, PhD and game educator McMillan examines how POV affects players, showcasing a variety of gameplay scenarios and different tactical choices players may be confronted with. ...
Learn how Riot produces League of Legends and how designers large and small can seamlessly blend hand-made and procedurally-generated content in games at GDC Europe 2015 this August. ...
"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." ...