"If you can represent something in that format, you can design and implement a game out of it. And if you can represent anything in that format, you can make a game out of anything." ...

From character modeling to dealing with deploying on multiple platforms, this exhaustive technical postmortem gives you a look at what it took to make Dadliest Catch. ...

"As long as the initial starting positions of all the parts were the same then the contraption should always run exactly the same. This is where the floating point problem came into play." ...

"The way to conceive and plan the design of a free-to-play game is quite different than for other game models. We'd like to offer the following tips on how to make your games attractive so you can monetize them." ...

"Whether you call them guidelines, pillars, objectives, or mantra, it is the long-term vision, the global idea of what you want to do with your project. You should keep it to the essential." ...

The acclaimed space game took its development team on a rough ride. This candid diary-style postmortem takes you from before its conception up through its completion and release. ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Johnny Kilhefner on topics ranging from the financial expectations of going indie to the critical reception of Battlefield Hardline. ...

In this classic feature, Gamasutra takes an in-depth look at racing game track design, comparing two arcade titles (Initial D and Maximum Tune) while contrasting them against the Gran Turismo series. ...

Square Enix has expanded its Collective development crowdfunding platform to mobile and digital games, and the company itself is now willing to directly fund some developers -- up to $250k. ...

"Servers are another tool in our tool-set; we can mount a server for big data storage and use external server for real-time. Let's explore the kind of servers you can choose nowadays." ...