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'BARF!': Designing River City Girls' approachable, challenging brawling 1
by John Harris [10.11.19]
Gamasutra chats with WayForward's Adam Tierney about the design and development of River City Girls, a vibrant 2D brawler that pays tribute to the classic River City Ransom games.
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IGF 2020 accepts over 550 innovative and exciting entries!  
by Staff [10.11.19]
These submissions came in from a diverse and widespread selection of veteran indie game makers, first-time entrants, and students, all of whom will compete to win at the IGF Awards in March!
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Game marketer Chris Zukowski offers specific steps on how to use image sharing platform Imgur to market your indie game.
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Behind the HONK: An Untitled Goose Game Q&A 1
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Everyone seems to be honking a bit more than usual with the recent release of House House's brilliant Untitled Goose Game. We speak with programmer Nico Disseldorp.
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Video Game Deep Cuts: Hearthstone Boycotts, Concrete Genie, Indie Sales  
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This week's highlights include fallout from Blizzard's 'Hong Kong censorship' controversy, new titles including Concrete Genie, Neo Cab, and John Wick Hex, plus the reality of indie game sales.
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Video: The math behind predictable projectiles in games 1
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Video Game Deep Cuts: Hearthstone Boycotts, Concrete Genie, Indie Sales  
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Pixelbite Studio: "We were told our game wouldn’t sell in China. What happened next surprised everyone else except us!"  
by Dolly Dai [10.10.19]
The creators of t Space Marshals, Reckless Racing, and Xenowerk, Swedish studio Pixelbite is launching its tactical mobile strategy game Xenowerk Tactics this week. LocalizeDirect briefly talked to Pixelbite co-founders Mattias Olsson and Anders Blom.
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DePaul University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
[10.11.19]
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Insomniac Games — Burbank, California, United States
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Wevr — Venice, California, United States
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Senior Software Engineer
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Cryptic Studios — Los Gatos, California, United States
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HB Studios — Lunenburg/Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
[10.07.19]
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VirBELA — San Diego, California, United States
[09.24.19]
Backend Engineer