"Badges are cool if they make the player look at the game another way and encourage exploration. But badges are not so cool if they're for lots of repetitive actions (like clicking a button) or paying money into the game." ...
Sony has emphasized a commitment to make players happy -- but in order to get there, PlayStation needs to keep developers happy. We talk to SCEA's VP of developer relations, Adam Boyes. ...
Today, Cliff Bleszinski took to Reddit for an "ask me anything" session, and shared his perspective on the industry and the thinking behind his plans for his new studio and new game, BlueStreak. ...
Vlambeer cofounders Jan Willem Nijman and Rami Ismail took the stage during the GDC 2014 Independent Games Summit to talk about what they'd learned from livestreaming development of Nuclear Throne. ...
"Adult content" rules commercial games -- but repetitive, blistering violence gets dull. Honeyslug's Ricky Haggett and Funomena's Robin Hunicke look at joy, as an alternative quality of mature games. ...
"There is, in my view, a very valuable aspect to imbalance; furthermore, balance is not as easily quantifiable as you might think -- as there are often multivariate levels that contribute to balance." ...
"A trailer can be your calling card. Putting together a nice-looking trailer can help showing the features of a game, without the need of having the game finished." ...
The maker of the plugin Grids reflects: "We gained a few hundred customers. It's been an exciting year of ups and downs. Here are some of the things that surprised me." ...
"I have a floor to stand on now -- even if that floor is subterranean, it's certainly better than just aimlessly floating through the void waiting for that 'perfect spot' to land on." ...
"We always wanted to make an old-school PC RPG with multiplayer," says Larian founder Swen Vincke. "We never managed to sell it to a publisher in the past; every time we proposed, it was refused." ...