Following on the award-winning Tiny & Big, Black Pants' new project is the Student IGF-nominated iOS game Symmetrain.
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including the future of game genres and the perils of 'easy solutions.'
Relive the top independent and AAA games from a decade ago in this newly-archived video of the IGF and Choice Awards from GDC 2005, headlined by winners Shadow of the Colossus and Gish.
"What if we created game worlds that totally did not give a damn, worlds that didn’t care about the player at all?" asks Adrien Chmielarz.
Majesco's indie publishing label Midnight City will publish Double Fine's Costume Quest 2 and a console version of The Fullbright Company's Gone Home later this year.
Three former Disney developers in Helsinki and San Francisco founded Shark Punch to develop a self-funded tactical turn-based heist game set in the '70s.
Game Developers Conference 2014 is just around the corner -- but before we kick off a week’s worth of learning, sharing, and networking, let’s all take a minute to share some standout #GDCmemories.
E McNeill decides to open up his project to players: "I'm going to hope for the best, brace myself for the worst, and use Reddit for my conversations with fans."
"Yes, morally, it sucks. Hire a bunch of people, have them build something, dump them, make money, rinse and repeat. But the moral argument obviously isn't enough."
Show organizers highlight a variety of the conference's best sessions, from a fireside chat with Xbox's Marc Whitten to a look back at the legacy of a classic studio and a look forward to the future of Japanese indie development.
The Wolfram Language will soon be integrated directly into the Unity engine, allowing game devs to implement the language in their projects.
As we dabble in how to "measure" PR, I thought I would share some insights on the past month and how (some) games were covered by media.
Social games company Kabam is looking to take advantage of its current positive financial situation, announcing this morning that it has acquired San Francisco-based studio Phoenix Age.
In the midst of Sony scooping up intriguing indie titles left, right and center for Playstation platforms, one particular Italian studio stands out as one to watch in 2014.
Firelight Technologies has made its audio tool suite FMOD Studio completely free for indie devs, regardless of whether you're using it for commercial purposes or not.
"Twitch Plays is an interesting concept, but it's using terrible technology to do a seemingly simple process. I and a couple team members tried to get it working yesterday. Suffice to say, it was a nightmare."
Hearthstone lead designer Eric Dodds shares insight into the game's design and explains how its small team signals a significant departure from Blizzard's typical approach to development.
Facebook is announcing the return of its F8 conference, last held in 2011, as a developer-facing event with practical tracks centered on building games and apps.
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Zolani Stewart and Cameron Kunzelman on topics including race and the recent "Left Behind" chapter of The Last of Us.
The director of 1994 hit X-COM: UFO Defense shares the story of designing the seminal real-time base management sim and turn-based tactical combat title in this free video.
There's a lot of good advice out there about game development, and a lot of bad advice. Today, we took to Twitter to try to get a taste of both the best and the worst.
Chinese developer Junxue Li explains how Chinese mobile game players perceive the very act of paying for a game, with a dash of history and pop psychology to help you understand.
Game Developers Conference has just confirmed a vendor session from Sony Computer Entertainment America that you’ll want to keep an eye on.
Conference organizers share more details on Ryan Payton's talk about the design challenges of developing Republique, as well as the perennially popular Rant Apocalypse and GDC Microtalks sessions.
The fact that Citybound creator Anselm Eickhoff found the latest SimCity underwhelming isn't surprising; what’s surprising is how he dealt with the disappointment -- by building something better.
A detailed breakdown of how Other Ocean designers crafted the Level Design of NBA Rush.
Most people prefer to use apps in their own language, but many developers consider app localization...
Can we learn *anything* from Flappy Bird as an industry?
Insight into the "Secret Playbooks" for F2P Games. It all started with a question, "why do companies...
Have you thought about making a Free To Play game? What is the current landscape of F2P? This post...
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Euro Truck Simulator and similar games have shown that work can be fun, given the proper gameplay context. Can you design a game based on a real-world profession?
Jacob Burke from Hypercane Studios examines the creative process behind Rage Runner, an obstacle-avoidance game he developed in partnership with his brother Zach.
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