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Embrace the Chaos: How Indie Devs Can Thrive in a Changing and Challenging MarketEmbrace the Chaos: How Indie Devs Can Thrive in a Changing and Challenging Market
byChris Schmidt
May 9, 2024
6 Min Read
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Building game worlds with creative lifehacks from the field of writingBuilding game worlds with creative lifehacks from the field of writing
bySophie Solomonova
May 9, 2024
8 Min Read
Design
Exploiting Fear to Create Good Horror Games
Exploiting Fear to Create Good Horror Games
May 8, 2024
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13 Min Read
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bySteve Kirby, Jade Jacsonand 1 more
A stylized mech on a dark background
Design
Mobile PvP-shooter from the technical POV: a 10-year evolution of War Robots
Mobile PvP-shooter from the technical POV: a 10-year evolution of War Robots
May 3, 2024
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36 Min Read
byPaul Xi
Design
Thoughts To Live By
Thoughts To Live By
May 3, 2024
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16 Min Read
byWarren Spector
Design
Satisfying frustration: How to make compelling games that encourage moral reflection
Satisfying frustration: How to make compelling games that encourage moral reflection
May 2, 2024
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14 Min Read
byKolja Bopp, Kira Wanjek
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Design
Creativity from constraints: developing new games from old IP
Creativity from constraints: developing new games from old IP
May 2, 2024
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9 Min Read
byAlex Lotz
Design
The Art of the Spiral: Failure Cascades in Simulation Games
The Art of the Spiral: Failure Cascades in Simulation Games
Apr 30, 2024
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8 Min Read
byJames Muirhead
Design
Postmortem: Ultra Ball
Post Mortem: Ultra Ball
Apr 29, 2024
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12 Min Read
byJames Rowbotham
Business
Valuing Remote Employees in Hybrid (and Remote) Settings
Valuing Remote Employees in Hybrid (and Remote) Settings
Apr 26, 2024
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8 Min Read
byDeborah Chantson
Business
Why Doesn't Everyone See the Importance of Preserving Our Past?
Why Doesn't Everyone See the Importance of Preserving Our Past?
Apr 26, 2024
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4 Min Read
byWarren Spector
Design
Murder on Space Station 52 - Paper to Pixel: Making a Scene
Murder on Space Station 52 - Paper to Pixel: Making a Scene
Apr 24, 2024
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3 Min Read
byChristopher Mathes
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Business
How handheld gaming has become more complex – and more lucrative
How handheld gaming has become more complex – and more lucrative
Apr 24, 2024
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7 Min Read
byJames McWhirter
Design
The Six Stages of Player Rationality
The Six Stages of Player Rationality
Apr 19, 2024
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6 Min Read
byEdward Castronova
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Design
Solo-Devs and risk-takers (an artistic exploration of experimental tools)
Solo-Devs and risk-takers (an artistic exploration of experimental tools)
Apr 19, 2024
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18 Min Read
byNathalie Lawhead
Design
Postmortem: The Sirena Expedition
Postmortem: The Sirena Expedition
Apr 18, 2024
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15 Min Read
byDavid Thatcher
Design
Bringing Lotería from the Kitchen Table to Mobile Phone Screens
Bringing Lotería from the Kitchen Table to Mobile Phone Screens
Apr 18, 2024
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5 Min Read
byAudrey White
Design
The Joy and Pain of Game Mastery
The Joy and Pain of Game Mastery
Apr 17, 2024
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8 Min Read
byJosh Bycer
Audio
The Game Show Interview: Starting a Career as a Game Composer
The Game Show Interview: Starting a Career as a Game Composer
Apr 17, 2024
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14 Min Read
byWinifred Phillips
Design
How SUDA51 and Hitman inspired cult indie shooter Children of the Sun
How SUDA51 and Hitman inspired cult indie shooter Children of the Sun
Apr 16, 2024
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5 Min Read
byRené Rother
Design
How to design giant robots in shooters: a comprehensive War Robots retrospective
How to design giant robots in shooters: a comprehensive War Robots retrospective
Apr 10, 2024
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26 Min Read
byErik Paramonov
Design
Superhero team-ups and failing the fantasy
Superhero team-ups and failing the fantasy
Apr 8, 2024
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12 Min Read
byRobert Green
Programming
Demystifying 3D Character Rigging for Games
Demystifying 3D Character Rigging for Games
Apr 5, 2024
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16 Min Read
byHannah George
Design
Making sure my child does not spend too much time playing video games
Making sure my child does not spend too much time playing video games
Mar 29, 2024
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4 Min Read
byPatrick Klepek
Business
Resilience and innovation on display as the games industry looks to bounce back at GDC 2024
Resilience and innovation on display as the games industry looks to bounce back at GDC 2024
Mar 28, 2024
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8 Min Read
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byLiam Deane, George Jijiashviliand 1 more
Design
10+ years making games from Mexico
10+ years making games from Mexico
Mar 26, 2024
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20 Min Read
byAntonio Uribe
Business
Mastering Collaboration with a Remote Game Art Outsourcing Team
Mastering Collaboration with a Remote Game Art Outsourcing Team
Mar 25, 2024
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8 Min Read
byHannah George
Production
AI NPC chat is like VR: probably cool but certainly niche
AI NPC chat is like VR: probably cool but certainly niche.
Mar 25, 2024
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7 Min Read
byOscar Barda
Baldur's Gate 3 team accepting the game of the year award at the Game Developers Choice Awards.
Business
Last night's Game Developers Choice Awards showed a community burning to speak out
Last night's Game Developers Choice Awards showed a community burning with pain
Mar 21, 2024
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4 Min Read
byBryant Francis
Design
How to build a narrative in a PvP game: without a narrative designer on the team
How to build a narrative in a PvP game: without a narrative designer on the team
Mar 14, 2024
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12 Min Read
bySofya Solomonova
Business
Our Industry Needs a Change
Featured Blog | Our Industry Needs a Change
Mar 13, 2024
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3 Min Read
byWes Keltner
Design
The Upside of Using Culture and Personal Stories as Game Pillars
The Upside of Using Culture and Personal Stories as Game Pillars
Mar 13, 2024
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8 Min Read
byDeborah Chantson
Design
The Lessons Learned From Palworld's Success
Featured Blog | The Lessons Learned From Palworld's Success
Mar 8, 2024
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7 Min Read
byJosh Bycer
Audio
Dial up the Diegetics: Musical Sound Effects for the Video Game Composer (GDC 2024)
Dial up the Diegetics: Musical Sound Effects for the Video Game Composer (GDC 2024)
Mar 6, 2024
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9 Min Read
byWinifred Phillips
Design
Evolving standard dice roll game design with Project O.R.C.S.' boons and banes system
Featured Blog | Evolving standard dice roll game design with Project O.R.C.S.' boons and banes system
Mar 4, 2024
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5 Min Read
byMatt Schembari
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