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Are the new Steam Discovery tools having any effect on game sales?

about X hours ago from Gamasutra Indie News

Earlier this week, Valve made one of the biggest changes to its Steam platform ever, with game recommendations based on a variety of factors, including "Steam Curators." ...

Optimizing tower defense design for focus and thinking

about X hours ago from Gamasutra Indie News

"We want to LET the player focus, freeing up as many mental resources as possible. This in turn lets us crank up the difficulty of the game's thinking-based challenges without overwhelming or stressing out the player." ...

Art-style iteration: Frustrating, but worth it in the end

about X hours ago from Gamasutra Indie News

Heather Chandler of game studio Elephant Mouse discusses how her team iterated on the art style of mobile game Robots Need Love Too. ...

Getting that game design idea out of your head and into production

about X hours ago from Gamasutra Indie News

Industry veteran William Anderson answers the question "How do I get one of my idea or concepts into development?" in depth. ...

7 questions for Desert Golfing creator Justin Smith

about X hours ago from Gamasutra Indie News

Independent game developer Justin Smith has a knack for creating games that have a simple aesthetic, but with mechanics that make you go "hmmmm." ...

GDC Next reveals talks on the business of launching your next game

about X hours ago from Gamasutra Indie News

Execution Labs cofounder Keith Katz and Pug Pharm Productions CEO Steve Bocska will deliver cutting-edge business and marketing talks at GDC Next 2014 featuring ADC this November. ...

The key principles of writing for branching game conversations

about X hours ago from Gamasutra Indie News

"Games are games, of course -- not novels or films -- but that only makes this subject more important. The Player character, in most types of games, is the utterly dominant presence." ...

How to shoot photos to make better, cheaper 2D game assets

about X hours ago from Gamasutra Indie News

"It's quite important to know what wonderful sites, museums, mansions and castles your city have, what things are in display. And you should be quite familiar with the blocks around your home/office." ...

Blog: How I got peer-to-peer networking in my 2D indie game

about X hours ago from Gamasutra Indie News

"My implementation is very naive but it's also very flexible and not too complex so far, so I hope those pros outweigh the issues I may have to face in the future." ...

Scottish game industry healthiest it has been in 5 years

about X hours ago from Gamasutra Indie News

With Scotland in the spotlight recently over its rejection of independence, the country's video game industry is apparently in rude health. ...

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