"As soon as we weighted the decisions of the player with consequences on the 4 dimensions of power, we gave a lot of meaning to very simple swiping gestures," says François Alliot, creator of Reigns ...

Lead Animator at Lab Zero Mariel Cartwright presents a live 2D animation demo at GDC 2015 demonstrating how the fighting game Skullgirls was animated. ...

Indie game developer Lars Doucet examines the design philosophy behind Bennett Foddy's latest release, Getting Over It. ...

The team at Mimimi Productions share the lessons they learned while making Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, the real-time tactical stealth game they first released a year ago today. ...

A diverse array of lauded developers and industry professionals make up the juries of the GDC 2018 Independent Games Festival, who will decide the finalists for next year's awards. ...

Getting the camera right in a 2D platformer is not as easy as it might seem. In our game Tiny Thor we have experimented with various options and I want to describe which techniques we ended up using. ...

This week's best articles and visuals around games include a podcast about Dream Daddies, a wonderful video profile of Million Onion Hotel creator Yoshiro Kimura, and lots more. ...

"For a while a lot of people would yell at me on the Internet," said Dream Daddy co-creator Leighton Gray. "Not internalizing all of that is really difficult."  ...

Stoic is looking for a Tools Programmer to join its team in Seattle and help facilitate the development of Banner Saga and future projects. ...

Humble Bundle has once again partnered with YouTubers The Yogscast to bring back its pay-what-you-want Jingle Jam game bundle. ...