What makes roguelikes so appealing to both developers and players? Gamasutra speaks to developers like Daniel Cook (Road Not Taken) and Kevin Forbes (Don't Starve) to find out. ...

The lead designer of mobile hit Monument Valley and Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail are two of the latest notable GDC Europe 2014 speakers for the Cologne event taking place this August. ...

"So then how do you get funding? Especially when you may not have a shipped title to lend you credibility. I've compiled the main methods for gaining funding and keeping a roof over your head." ...

From the long, difficult journey to make a game: "Again, our story could have ended here. But then, it could have ended at about any point along the way, but it never did." ...

"We released a zombie DLC, in order to provoke criticism, to be seen and tell everybody that there are tens or thousands of quality games that go unnoticed in Steam's library." ...

"I'm currently working on have A LOT of textures. And you know what, even if they didn't, I'm lazy. I can't stand manually doing something which can be automated." ...

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." ...