by Jerrod Bacon | Aug 30, 2017 | Game Design, Writing
There you are, sitting at your work space and staring blankly into the abyss that is a blank page. You’re here because you want to make a game—had that inspiration bug bite you—but now that you have cleared your schedule, maybe cleaned up your area, but the well is...
by Alex Cicala | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog, Business, Marketing, Technology
Discord is a rising superpower amongst the available free voice chat clients. It allows for free voice chat between two people, a group, or within a server—similar to the days of Ventrillo and Teamspeak. It has risen in popularity greatly over the past year and is...
by Black Shell Media | Aug 28, 2017 | Blog, Business, Game Development, Indie Insider, Interview
Indie Insider Indie Insider #49 - Craig Morrison, Design Department Manager of Blizzard Entertainment Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 90:30 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file |...
by Alex Cicala | Aug 25, 2017 | Blog, Game Development
When deciding to develop a video game from the position of an amateur or newcomer, you may find yourself working as a one-person team, at least at the beginning. Many over the years have produced amazing titles working as a single developers, but it can be a...
by Jennifer Mendez | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog, Writing
Storytelling is one of those things players don’t have any expectations of until something doesn’t meet their standards. All of a sudden, the narrative is a little off, the story doesn’t seem to align properly, or worse: there isn’t a story at all. Oops. While there...