"This isn't a review, I'm not a critic, just noticed a bunch of clever stuff that wouldn't be hard to duplicate on an indie budget. Polish costs time, but my goodness does a game benefit from it." ...
"One of the biggest challenges in designing a new system is to establish a solid core to build the game upon. I usually start by searching for a solid core system that could sustain the entire game going forward." ...
"Worldbuilding is something I try to push a lot when it comes to audio, and there are a few different elements that I consider when doing so." ...
PAX didn't happen for the devs of Prismata, but they made it to a Canadian expo that same weekend. Here's a look at what they gained, what they lost, and what it cost them. ...
UK trade body TIGA has proposed that the British government set up a new Creative Content Fund for video games, investing £3 million ($4.9 million) in game developers each year. ...
Steamworld Dig studio Image & Form and Stick It to The Man team Zoink today announced a joint partnership, through which Image & Form will essentially act as a publisher and PR firm for Zoink. ...
"It seems like a waste not to use the fact that a tester spends so many hours playing a game, and not gather feedback from the tester with regards to these types of game design questions." ...
"Since the DOE was looking for a recruitment game that could reach as many people as possible, I wanted us to explore an alternative to what serious games had done in the past. We decided to focus on inspiration over instruction." ...
"PAX is one of the best opportunities we have each year to observe lots of 'real gamers' of all ages, sexes, etc, playing our games," says Spry Fox's David Edery. ...
"There is no recipe for guaranteed success in games and anyone claiming the contrary is either out of touch with reality or dishonest," writes Guillaume Boucher-Vidal, founder of independent studio Nine Dots. ...