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We're now at GameDeveloper.com!  
by Kris Graft [08.26.21]
Gamasutra.com will soon automatically redirect to the brand new GameDeveloper.com. For now, click here to go to the new site!
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Gamasutra is becoming Game Developer
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The time has come to respectfully lay to rest the name Gamasutra, a title that's been around for nearly 25 years and has become known as a leading resource and reference for game development and industry knowledge.
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From the Editors: Reflections on Gamasutra  
by Bryant Francis [08.25.21]
The Gamasutra editorial team has instead opted to present a selection of must-read articles from our collective history.
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Mini Motorways and the delicate art of marrying complexity and minimalism  
by John Harris [08.18.21]
"Both [Mini Metro and Mini Motorways] are based on seemingly-simple systems that are complex in unintuitive ways, so there's a lot of depth waiting to be discovered."
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How do you discover when people find your game?  
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When it comes to planning and monitoring social media, your Steam page, and websites for discovery success, what tools should you use? We look at some potential lenses.
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Deep dive: Shapez.io - from web game to $1 million Steam hit 2
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How did web game Shapez.io end up grossing $1 million on Steam? We look at its route to success in this data heavy deep-dive.
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Designing dual-perspective puzzles for 2D-3D platformer Toodee and Topdee  
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Puzzle platformer Toodee and Topdee offers an interesting perspective on a classic genre. Here's how developers Dietzribi turned a Ludum Dare prompt into this perspective-swapping puzzler.
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Data dive: inside a successful sequel launch  
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From start to finish: Bringing characters to life in OPUS: Echo of Starsong  
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2.5 years of character development pitfalls you can learn to avoid in 5 minutes.
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Silly Seance: Prototyping a mobile party game  
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In the inaugural blog post for Silly Seance, creators Up at Night dive into setting goals for a new project, prototyping for mobile, and how totally tangential game jams can lead to robust and reusable network and lobby systems.
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Game Dev Digest Issue #114 - Lessons Learned  
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Game Dev Digest Issue #114 - Lessons Learned. The latest from the free weekly Unity3d/gamedev newsletter.
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Quick Dev Insights #01 - Indie Game Developer - James Rowbotham  
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This is the first in a series of bite-sized interviews with people who work in and around the games industry, from indie to AAA.
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Pure Vertical Layering for Game Music Composers (From Spyder to Sackboy: GDC 2021)  
by Winifred Phillips [12.31.69]
The 3rd installment of a 6-prt series. Composer Winifred Phillips shares content from her GDC 2021 lecture, "From Spyder to Sackboy: A Big Adventure in Interactive Music." This discusses pure vertical layering examples from the Sackboy and Spyder games.
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[10.18.21]
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GDevelop — London (remote), England, United Kingdom
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Flight School — Dallas, Texas, United States
[10.08.21]
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Evening Star — Los Angeles, California, United States
[10.01.21]
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