As part of the GDC 2014 Independent Games Summit, Cardboard Computer's Jake Elliott speaks briefly about how the studio's development process evolved to focus on creating mystery, rather than puzzles. ...

"While we were planning and building our first game, we had many discussions about Kickstarter and when/if/how we would do it. Now we're glad we did Early Access instead." ...

"A lot of the ideas are based on tiny things I see in other people's games, other ideas come from paintings, movies, comics or books that do interesting things I haven't encountered before." ...

"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. ...

Should you get paid when someone produces videos that prominently feature your game? Should you pay a prominent YouTuber to play your game? Escape Goat 2 developer Ian Stocker explores the issue. ...

"Developers are asking us to take time out of our day, focus on their game, learn their rules, and sometimes even pay them money. Those developers owe it to us to give us something of real value." ...

"How many times have we all been told that you NEED a marketing budget? I have heard it a lot, and quite frankly I disagree. Up to the point of writing this article, we have spent $0 on marketing." ...

"I really want to encourage you to see that community management isn't another 'job', it's a function that connects to so many parts of a studio." ...

As part of the GDC 2014 Independent Games Summit, Badland co-creator Johannes Vuorinen shares what he learned developing, launching and maintaining an award-winning mobile game. ...

The Double Fine senior gameplay programmer and experienced public speaker explains her inspiration for pitching an indie-focused talk about dialog system design at GDC Europe 2014. ...