Check out these excellent six-minute microtalks from speakers like Robin Hunicke, Leigh Alexander, Zoe Quinn, Ryan Clark, Shawn Alexander Allen, and more during the GDC 2014 Indie Soapbox session. ...
Check out these excellent six-minute microtalks from speakers like Robin Hunicke, Leigh Alexander, Zoe Quinn, Ryan Clark, Shawn Alexander Allen, and more during the GDC 2014 Indie Soapbox session. ...
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from a virtual visit to Chernobyl to the video game legacy of H.R. Giger. ...
"We needed choices and branches, while still keeping the randomization in there as an option. We made a valiant attempt using spreadsheets, but that very quickly turned out to be impossible." ...
As the clock ticks away on the crowdfunding campaign to bring Amplitude to a new generation, Harmonix tells us what makes the game so special to the studio as a whole. ...
Microsoft claims to be "reviewing the skills and the makeup of our development teams" at Rare, the British studio who most recently released Kinect Sports Rivals for the Xbox One. ...
"During the past ten years of training and coaching, I've observed how some studios 'get it' and foster great teams, while others haven't learned to. This article is about the differences between the two." ...
"When we do playtests, we see people enjoying the minigames, which is ultimately the goal of the whole thing! In fact I realize now that the ultimate game choice was determined by the playtests!" ...
"I've been playing a lot of stealth games over the last year, and will be working on two... I'd like to take a moment to take a close look at them and identify underlying threads and loops that make them fun." ...
"From the depth of that abyss, the climb was steep but in a way freeing. To know that we once again had complete control of our creative destiny was a big relief." ...