We talk to Clint Hocking, Chris Avellone and Michael De Plater about the convention of player death as a fail state, and what happens when you move past it. ...
Just a quick reminder today that all submissions for GDC 2020's Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC), GDC Summits, and Game Career Seminar are due this Monday, September 30th at 11:59 PM PT! ...
Hey indies, don't delay: The submission deadline for the 2020 Independent Games Festival Main Competition is this coming Monday, September 30th at 11:59 PM Pacific! ...
In Mooneye Studios' upcoming game Lost Ember, players control a wide variety of animals, including a wolf, a duck, an otter, and more. Developer Tobias Graff told us how the studio tackled the many-animal problem. ...
Nathan Vella, one of the founding devs behind Below developer Capybara Games, is departing the Canadian studio he helped found back in 2003. ...
Wandersong's Greg Lobanov digs into the game's intriguing color wheel of song, why he crafted an aesthetic around a 'rainbow of sound', and how he designed puzzles solvable by singing. ...
Get inspired, and then get moving: GDC organizers still accepting submissions for the 2020 Independent Games Festival, but you've gotta get your game in before this coming Monday, September 30th! ...
In the world of near-infinite games, does a 'video game publisher' actually make your game sell better? Here's some key points to think about when you decide if you want a publisher or... not. ...
"Despite featuring zombies and developing a game where the foreboding sense of danger never leaves you, we choose not to mimic the artistic direction of similar titles." - Gwenaël Massé, artist on Dead Cells. ...
In this 2017 GDC talk, Justin Fischer digs into the science of game production by explaining why the same tools used to manage billion-dollar supply chains can work for game development! ...