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What live game developers can learn from studying urban planning 1
by Gamasutra Community [08.17.18]
Spurred by a recent visit home, Amplitude Studios' Maxence Voleau reflects on some good lessons that game devs can learn from how cities inform people about roadwork & other aspects of urban planning.
Design, Production, Console/PC, Indie, Social/Online
Dontnod's Vampyr picked up for TV adaptation by Fox21  
by Alissa McAloon [08.17.18]
Fox21 has snatched up the rights for a television series based on Dontnod’s 2018 game Vampyr.
Indie
How EVO helps devs tune and test their fighting games  
by Aron Garst [08.16.18]
“Evo players can break a game down faster than anyone," Arc System Works' Toshimichi Mori tells Gamasutra. "They can jump in and do the combos that others would need days to learn."
Design, Console/PC, Indie
How Neopets has influenced a generation of game developers  
by Emma Kidwell [08.15.18]
Devs around the industry (including Nina Freeman, Kevin Snow, and Claire Hummel) reflect on how the venerable virtual pet website helped jumpstart their careers in game development.
Design, Art, Console/PC, Indie
Don't Miss: Devs reflect on the impact and legacy of Burnout Paradise 1
by Staff [08.16.18]
We could have titled this feature (in which Burnout Paradise co-creator Alex Ward & other devs reflect on the design & impact of the influential open-world racer) Paradise Lost & Found, but we didn't.
Design, Console/PC, Indie
IGF 2019 opens call for judges!  
by Staff [08.16.18]
Interested in potentially serving as a judge for the 2019 Independent Games Festival Awards? Now's your chance!
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Video: Teaching rapid prototyping through creating a game a week  
by Staff [08.15.18]
In this GDC 2018 talk, game developers and professors Douglas Wilson and Bennett Foddy present a close look at the "Game a Week" model of game education.
Design, Console/PC, Indie, Video
Treasure Hunters Fanclub is funding five new indie games  
by Emma Kidwell [08.15.18]
Treasure Hunters Fanclub announces its investment in five new indie games, brining its overall total committed funding to $500,00.
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Designing Omnidirectional Levels for Lightfield  
by Julia Murczek [08.17.18]
In this multipart series about the development of Lightfield we take a look back at some of the different areas. In this part I talk about the challenges we had to overcome when designing the race tracks for the omnidirectional parkour-style racing game.
Design Indie
We're making the first game that legally shows Nazi symbols in Germany – here’s why you should care 1
by Jörg Friedrich [08.17.18]
Battling the Nazis in World War 2 is a frequently-used setting in video games. Yet, in Germany, the homeland of the Nazis, video games were not allowed to show any of their symbols. This has changed now. Here is how, why and what this means.
Design Serious Indie
Postmortem: Black & White Bushido, the stealth-em-up arena brawler  
by Anil Mistry [08.16.18]
We have released Black & White Bushido on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. In autumn 2018 we will release the game on Nintendo Switch, but first we wanted to take a look at what we have learnt so far on our journey, what went right and what we would do differently.
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What are we talking about when we talk about systemic narrative. 7
by Victor Sanchez [08.15.18]
What is Systemic Narrative and how it can improve current narrative approaches?
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How to make a Discord RPG: Part 3 1
by Adrian Hawkins [08.15.18]
In parts 1 and 2 we talked about the design of our Discord RPG; part 3 of this blog series covers the technology used to build it, including servers, database and API choices.
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Visual FX Artist

Unknown Worlds Entertainment, Inc. — San Francisco, California, United States
[08.14.18]
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Velan Studios — Troy, New York, United States
[08.14.18]
Lead Technical Artist

Velan Studios — New York, New York, United States
[08.14.18]
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Velan Studios — Troy, New York, United States
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