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Road to the IGF: Golden Glitch's Elsinore  
by Joel Couture [02.24.20]
Elsinore places players in a time-looping vision of Hamlet, having them guide Ophelia through a living, active world as their decisions shape its tragic conclusions.
Indie, Design, Video, IGF
Video Game Deep Cuts: Your World Of Horror's Clockwork God  
by Gamasutra Staff [02.22.20]
Highlights include a raft of new games, from World Of Horror through Lair Of The Clockwork God to Hunt: Showdown and beyond, as well as voxels and Apple Arcade, and an investigative piece on GameStop.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Video: Applying level design techniques to Subsurface Circular's dialogue  
by Staff [02.21.20]
In this 2018 GDC session, Bithell Games' Mike Bithell picks apart the design of Subsurface Circular's conversation trees and explains how their flow mirrors that of conventional level design.
Indie, Design, Video, Vault
Don't Miss: A Game Design Deep Dive into SteamWorld Dig's digging mechanic 2
by Staff [02.21.20]
Here, the team describes the process they went through in designing the main mechanic of the game, which (as you may have guessed) is the digging.
Indie, Design
Don't miss all these insightful interviews with alt.ctrl.GDC 2020 devs!  
by Staff [02.21.20]
From a sword in a stone to a game of competitive potion-brewing, each of these one-of-a-kind alt.ctrl.GDC 2020 games has a remarkable origin story -- read all about 'em in these Gamasutra interviews!
Indie, Design, GDC, alt ctrl gdc
ALT.CTRL.GDC Showcase: Wataru Nakano x MIYAZAWORKS' The Sword and Bruce and Box  
by Joel Couture [02.21.20]
The Sword tasks players with guessing weights to correctly (and heroically) pull a sword from the stone, and Bruce and Box needs them to hide and keep themselves covered up with a box.
Indie, Design, Video, GDC, alt ctrl gdc
Blog: Crafting nightmares to define Othercide's art direction  
by Gamasutra Community [02.21.20]
Finding the 'soul' for Othercide's art direction was a thrilling journey. Born from our own traumas, here is how we tried to make our game stand out from the tactical genre.
Art, Design
How a new wave of developers are using voxels to create jaw-dropping worlds 1
by Jack Yarwood [02.21.20]
Developers behind Touryst, Fugl, and Skies of the Past talk about techniques, problems, and solutions related to making their stunningly beautiful voxel-based games.
Indie, Art, Design, Video
Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Lead Level Designer  
by Staff [02.20.20]
This should be someone who'll lead the Level Design team in the operation of designing, developing, and polishing game levels including level geometry, enemy encounters, puzzles, and unique gameplay.
Design, Recruitment
Video: Inside the AI systems of Final Fantasy XV  
by Staff [02.20.20]
In this 2018 GDC talk, Square Enix's Youichiro Miyake offers up a behind-the-scenes look at the design and development of Final Fantasy XV's three primary AI systems!
Console/PC, Programming, Design, Video, Vault
Kitfox's Victoria Tran aims to kill toxic game communities with kindness 2
by Staff [02.20.20]
Kitfox's Victoria Tran will be at GDC 2020 to show you how to build kinder communities around your games! Here she chats a bit about why you should go, and how studying prisons shaped her perspective.
Social/Online, Design, Business/Marketing, GDC
Go behind the scenes of the new Animal Crossing with Nintendo at GDC 2020!  
by Staff [02.20.20]
Game Developers Conference organizers are excited to announce that GDC 2020 attendees will have the opportunity to learn, firsthand, how Nintendo designed Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Switch!
Console/PC, Design, GDC
Inside the design challenges of Children of Morta  
by Hamid R. Saeedy [02.20.20]
In this article, I will try to describe the design process and the various challenges we faced along the way of making Children of Morta.
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Design, Production
Don't Miss: Designing mobility in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment 6
by Staff [02.19.20]
A review of the design iteration and process that led to Specter Knight's unique mobility in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Console/PC, Indie, Design
Video: Valve's Portal postmortem  
by Staff [02.19.20]
In this 2008 GDC talk, Valve's Kim Swift and Erik Wolpaw expound upon the topic of integrating narrative into the game design of 2007's smash hit Portal.
Console/PC, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Learn to design immersive game worlds the D&D way at GDC 2020! 1
by Staff [02.19.20]
The folks at Wizards of the Coast are responsible for shepherding D&D (now in its 5th edition) towards a more immersive, inclusive design, and at GDC next month you'll see how they did it!
Console/PC, Design, GDC
Blog: What is reward fatigue? 3
by Gamasutra Community [02.19.20]
Tangible and expected rewards loosely linked to performance were, among other kinds of extrinsic gratifications, found to decrease intrinsic motivation.
Design, Production
Rebuilding a classic in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition  
by Bryant Francis [02.19.20]
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition developer Bert Beeckman talks about the process of updating the original game and adding new content inspired by new civilizations.
Console/PC, Art, Design
Don't Miss: What went right (and wrong) during the development of Persona 4 9
by Staff [02.18.20]
In this classic postmortem, the Atlus team behind Persona 4 discuss what went right and what went wrong in creating the acclaimed RPG, touching on design challenges and QA woes.
Design, Production
Watch GDC 2020 speakers (try to) pitch you their talks -- in 60 seconds or less!  
by Staff [02.18.20]
As you're planning out your time at GDC 2020 next month, organizers want to remind you that some speakers have taken the time to make great, brief (60 seconds-ish) pitch videos for their talks! 
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Business/Marketing, GDC