Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes candidly discuss the development process of smash indie hit Super Meat Boy, diving into the punishing process that led to the retro revitalization. ...

At GDC 2017, sound designer Paul Weir breaks down how the game makes use of innovative audio tech, including a vocal modeling synthesizer plugin and a custom-built generative music system. ...

"In my career, I've probably coded 'jumping' several dozen times," indie dev and RexEngine creator Muir Freeland tells Gamasutra. "I wanted to do that one last time, and be done with it." ...

"In my career, I've probably coded 'jumping' several dozen times," indie dev and RexEngine creator Muir Freeland tells Gamasutra. "I wanted to do that one last time, and be done with it." ...

Games for Change has announced the finalists in the running for awards at its 14th annual Games for Change Festival. ...

Two of the developers behind Qube 2 have come together to create Advect Productions, a hybrid studio focused both on developing narrative-driven games and supporting other indie game makers. ...

Game industry vets Anthony Palma and Cade Peterson chat with Gamasutra about Jump, their new indie game subscription service that aims to give passed-over games their time in the sun. ...

This week's longform game article/video highlights include GDC's Indie Summit Failure Workshop, an oral history of NBA Jam, and lots more. ...

Compulsion Games' Whitney Clayton speaks at GDC 2017 about research, world building, and production challenges on We Happy Few, a game set in a procedurally-generated '60 dystopian drug paradise. ...

"The basic sword is pretty boring - you just hack and slash. But then, the next iteration of that sword might be, if you've got less than fifty percent health, then it does critical hits at all times." ...