"There are a ton of choices out there. My team and I always found it particularly helpful when other gaming companies revealed the development environment setup they found useful." ...

Katie Chironis tackles several more topics you'll encounter on the road to release when managing an indie team -- including how to smooth over communication, handle conflict, and get a morale boost. ...

In March, Double Fine lead animator Raymond Crook comes to GDC 2015 to explain how the studio animated its lush, vibrant adventure game Broken Age. ...

A modeler takes us from photographs of real-life equipment through modeling, texturing, mapping, and the final in-game result. ...

2014 was...something. But it was more than just groups of people at each others' throats over their opinions on video games. ...

"Being cognizant of your game's goals and understanding your game's audience and their goals, providing different types of leaderboards can create incredibly strong impulses to play." ...

"On the surface of it, fear (as a narrative device) is a pretty simple concept, and one that fits really well with video games... but there are a number of difficulties." ...

"Papers, Please gets players engaged in the idea of document checking by designing more than just a reward structure, but layering rewards to weave a complex and difficult context around making a very simple decision." ...

GDC 2015 organizers reaffirm their partnership with the Indie Giving charity effort by donating 30 GDC 2015 Indie Games Summit tickets - contribute to get your pass now! ...

"I attempt to demystify the science and psychology of selling (pitching). I'm writing primarily for small indie game developers who will often need to pitch themselves." ...