"As each ship is built from components, so too is the music. There are currently close to 200 components in the game and each component has its own musical motif." ...

"The reason why uncertainty is so important can be understood by taking a closer look at the nature of any gameplay process. In essence it is all about learning, i.e. gaining competence." ...

The 2015 Independent Games Festival juries have announced finalists for the world's leading indie games showcase, led by notable titles such as 80 Days, This War Of Mine, Metamorphabet and The Talos Principle. ...

How to create a distinctive and attractive art effect -- with code examples. "We knew we wanted to somehow mimic the rooms being drawn, by pencil, on to the screen." Here's how they did it. ...

Gunpoint's Tom Francis has begun a series of video tutorials on how to start creating a game in Game Maker Studio with no previous experience. ...

Born from a survey that yielded data about the most effective practices for team-based game development, The Game Outcomes Project is back -- this time, with info on how to build your team. ...

Eight game production tips learned "the hard way" -- with topics ranging from localization to community events and project planning. ...

One dev's list: "It would be easy to list high profile games I loved this year... but rather I'd like to list some alpha, beta or early-access games that I've been having or had a blast with to date." ...

"If you're creating anything procedural, you're guaranteed to come in need of random numbers. And if you want to be able to produce the same result more than once, you'll need the numbers to be repeatable." ...

Speaking at GDC 2014, BitSummit director James Mielke talks about how Japanese indies are changing the status quo of Japanese game development despite rarely being acknowledged by mainstream media. ...