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Q&A: Being OK with being lost in Capy's Below  
by Kris Graft [04.19.18]
We speak with Kris Piotrowski, game director on Capy's Below, to talk about the joy of exploration, having faith in players' brains, and, of course, beautiful 4K grass.
Console/PC, Indie, Design
How the West was fun: Have a look at West of Loathing's design doc 1
by Alex Wawro [04.18.18]
It's a well-written and cheeky example of a game design doc, as well as perhaps the only example of a public design doc for a comedy RPG set in a Wild West populated entirely by stick figures.
Indie, Design
Into the Breach's designers explain how to follow up from a hit game  
by Bryant Francis [04.18.18]
The makers of FTL and Into the Breach dropped by to discuss their design process and their thoughts about following up on a smash hit game.
Console/PC, Design, Video
How to market a game with minimal budget  
by Staff [04.18.18]
No More Robots' Mike Rose shares how he got press, streamers, YouTubers, deals, and sales for the procedurally generated biking game Descenders.
Indie, Business/Marketing, Video
How psychological experiments influenced the design of Vault 11 in Fallout: New Vegas  
by Emma Kidwell [04.18.18]
Former Obsidian Entertainment designer Eric Fenstermaker discusses how Vault 11 was designed in Fallout: New Vegas.
Console/PC, Design
Twitch reportedly affected by IP address bans in Russia  
by Emma Kidwell [04.18.18]
IP addresses owned by Amazon and Google have reportedly been blocked in Russia, with Twitch being one of the web sites affected.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing
Weekly Jobs Roundup: Monomi Park, Visual Concepts, and more are hiring now!  
by Staff [04.18.18]
Gamasutra's Job Board is the most diverse, most active, and most established board of its kind in the video game industry, serving companies of all sizes, from indie to triple-A.
Programming, Art, Production, Recruitment
Fortnite mobile nabbed $25M in revenue during its first month  
by Alissa McAloon [04.18.18]
Epic Games’ mobile release of its popular free-to-play battle royale title grossed $25 million worldwide during its first 30 days out.
Smartphone/Tablet
Don't Miss: What is your game actually about? 8
by Staff [04.18.18]
In this reprint from the February 2010 issue of GD Mag, Civilization IV lead Soren Johnson talks about the difference between a game's "theme" and its "meaning."
Design
Life is Strange dev Dontnod headed toward an IPO  
by Alissa McAloon [04.18.18]
The French development studio has filed the paperwork necessary to list on the Euronext Growth stock exchange.
Business/Marketing
Blog: Breaking down the technologies of Civilization  
by Gamasutra Community [04.18.18]
Why Not Games programmer and designers breaks down the various technologies present in Civilization.
Design
Blog: Creating a hard AI for Terra Mystica 1
by Gamasutra Community [04.18.18]
Digidiced has been trying to produce a hard AI for Terra Mystica using machine learning, but our results have been a lot less impressive than we were hoping for.
Programming, Design
Chat with the developers behind Into the Breach at 3PM EDT  
by Bryant Francis [04.18.18]
We're chatting with the minds who brought you Into the Breach at 3PM EDT. Come by and ask questions!
Console/PC, Design, Video
Blog: Analyzing Dead by Daylight's emblem system  
by Gamasutra Community [04.18.18]
I wanted to analyze Dead by Daylight's emblem system, a recently released scoring system which aims to redefine how players succeed in the game.
Console/PC, Design
A (slightly) different way to think about games and art 7
by Matthew Burns [04.18.18]
"At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if one or another specific game is regarded as art, nor does it matter if 'games' 'are' 'art,' whatever that even means", argues game dev Matthew Burns.
Serious, Business/Marketing
Video: How the classic arcade game NBA Jam was designed  
by Staff [04.17.18]
Learn about the development of NBA Jam in this 2018 GDC session postmortem.
Console/PC, Design, Video
Devs can now pitch crowdfunded games based on D&D co-creator's unpublished work 3
by Emma Kidwell [04.17.18]
Fig partners with the Gygax Trust to develop co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons Gary Gygax's unreleased work into video games by putting a call out for interested devs.
Console/PC, Design, Business/Marketing
Report: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will not feature a single-player story 1
by Emma Kidwell [04.17.18]
Activision's upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will not feature a traditional single-player campaign, with the company reportedly focusing on multiplayer and Zombies mode instead.
Console/PC, Design, Business/Marketing
Don't Miss: A game dev postmortem of Sony Santa Monica's God of War: Ascension 8
by Staff [04.17.18]
Sony Santa Monica senior producer Whitney Wade and director of internal development Chacko Sonny discuss bringing multiplayer to the God of War experience.
Console/PC, Programming, Art, Design, Production
Get a job: Magic Leap is hiring a Game Designer  
by Staff [04.17.18]
Magic Leap is looking for a motivated designer who is strong in core design fundamentals, while also ready to break new ground on a brand new platform establishing an all-new set of design rules.
Design, Recruitment