"Every studio has their own set of tracks that has been cultivated over the years. As mentioned, some of them will be very helpful but a lot of them will get in the way of improving." ...

Drawing on his own experience developing Ludus, one programmer showcases the production benefits that come from regularly building prototypes of subsystems within your actual game prototype. ...

California-based Yacht Club Games has sold more than 300,000 copies of its retro-inspired platformer Shovel Knight since the Kickstarted game was first released for PC and the Nintendo eShop in June. ...

IGDA Japan VP and Fukushima Game Jam organizer Toshifumi Nakabayashi speaks to how developers can use game jams as a way to encourage philanthropy as part of an Advocacy track talk at GDC 2014. ...

The high-profile organization has revealed its 2014 awards shortlist, including the award for best game writing, for which folks from the likes of Italic Pig and The Chinese Room are nominated. ...

"I had a thought the other today, watching two people playing two tablet games. Wouldn't it be great if the players could help each other out, even though they were playing two different games?" ...

"The idea of branching out paths and keeping players separate had a really positive effect on making the game more about out-platforming and out-racing." ...

Armed with figures from the last two Steam sales, Lars Doucet (Defender's Quest) is back with a peek inside the revamped ecosystem, this time with info direct from Valve. ...

"In the end, what's truly unique about the decision-making contest and provides it with 'evergreen' potential is the systemic learning it allows for." ...

"Leaf talks about his original vision for itch.io and what it has since become, how the website and is operated and how much it costs to run, and he also picks out a few games that he thinks deserve more attention." ...