This week's highlights include a look at NASA's new commissions in the video game space, the crunch-free development of Slime Rancher, and a very offkilter procedurally generated dating game, among other things.
Having played Return of the Obra Dinn recently, I was inspired to write about historical settings, exploring themes, co-linear storytelling, and ships - all within the context of the Obra Dinn.
Why and How to create Hi-fidelity game UX prototypes that rival finished game's feel to gather qualitative user data or pitch a new idea, way early in pre-production.
Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I share with other Rioters, including Riot’s senior leadership. This edition is the public version that I publish broadly every week as well. Opinions are mine.
Let's take a look at what makes Threes! such a good little puzzle game.
Quantic Dream learns with each game, and adresses their issues with new features. But with new features come new issues, and lots of juicy design lessons. In this blog post I will talk at length about affordance, then touch upon branching and themes.
For this post, I share my thoughts on what it means to study game design, and provide some tips for developers looking to breakdown games for inspiration.
Last week we talked about the first component of maintaining player morale - avoiding the hopelessness that comes when you have no chance of winning. This week we look at the second piece - making players feel that their strategic decisions matter.
A unique feature in Double Cross is its investigation system, unusual in action-platforming games. How did it come to be, and how did it evolve to the one that shows up in the final game?
In this article, I'll explain my workflow to create a semi procedural shader to make cartoon foam without having to handle uvmapping for each new mesh created.
Ten years ago in 2009, the word influencer didn’t bear much weight. Now, it's part of the core approach for the new Epic Games Store - but why?
The top 5 reasons indie game marketing falls on deaf ears - and how to steer things back on track for your game!
