7 Reasons Why Your Game Isn’t Selling
Scenario: your game is done, and it’s been launched and marketed. It’s available for purchase on platforms like Steam and […]
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A Not so Entertaining Battle: What’s Going on Between Developers and Players?
As a developer, how difficult is it to choose between innovating in an untested market vs. going with a safe
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Is It Good or Bad to Spend Too Much Time Playing Your Own Game?
You did it: you launched your game and now it’s available for anyone to play! Everyone, including yourself. That’s amazing,
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5 Steps to Finding the Perfect Indie Team
If you’re just starting out a career in game development, there’s plenty you should know. Luckily, there’s tons of resources
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The Happy Entrepreneur Game Developer
One of the main concerns in the game development world is that as studios focus on using their products to
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9 Useful Business Tips for Budding Game Developers
We’re going to cut to the chase: you’re here for the tips, and we’re here to give them to you.
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7 Design Tips From Super Metroid
That’s right, we’re talking about that 1986-2016 side-scrolling action-adventure series that spawned a bunch of copycat games and made up
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Creating a “Good” Villain: A Miniature Guide on Evil Character Crafting
Many times, I find myself unimpressed by a game’s faulty plot. I end up feeling disconnected, uninterested, and generally disappointed
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Minecraftian Narrative Mini Guide Part 2
Today’s guest post is by game designer and developer Will Nations and originally appeared on Will’s website. Last time, we discussed the concept
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Minecraftian Narrative Mini Guide Part 1
Today’s guest post is by game designer and developer Will Nations and originally appeared on Will’s website. Minecraft’s capacity for simple, direct,
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The Dialog Miniguide: Writing for Voice Acting and World Building That Doesn’t Suck
The village has been set ablaze, its once calm mountain vista transformed into a horizon of ash and flickering flames.
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Design: How It Works, How to Engage, and How to Retain
Game design is one of those things that gets highly debated all the time, by both game developers and players.
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A Day in the Life of a Content Marketing Specialist: 6 Tips to Help You Captivate and Keep an Audience
First thing’s first, if you’re a regular reader, you know I specialize at content marketing. And I find there’s a
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How to Force Your Font of Inspiration
How many of you aspiring game developers hate creating characters, either playable or not? I myself was guilty of jotting
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The Ultimate Guide to Networking at Gaming Conventions
How popular are conventions? Well, Game Developers Conference 2016 had over 27,000 industry professionals under one roof. That’s a heck
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How to Become a Solo Developer Without Starving Yourself
If you’re reading this, then chances are you want to become a solo game developer. Perhaps you dream of being
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Steam Keys: How to Send Them And Avoid Scams
It’s astonishing how many game developers have no idea when to send Steam Keys out. Some send them before the
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7 MMO Lessons from World of Warcraft
It’s the granddaddy of all MMORPG’s. It reigns supreme. The iconic MMO killer. It’s World of Warcraft. Originally released in 2004
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Community Management 101: Audience Engagement and a Dev Blog Quickstart Guide
What I’ve found in my time working with indie game communities is that very few game developers are in the
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Learn from the Best: 3 Awesome Indie Games from 2017
Just like great authors got good by constantly reading, and famous artists got good by consistently painting and drawing despite