How to Keep Players Excited and Bring That Excitement to Events
I have been playing Pokemon Go for a while now as my new phone supports it. It has been getting […]
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Get Started: Developing your Projects
There you are, sitting at your work space and staring blankly into the abyss that is a blank page. You’re
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The 6 MMO Quest Types and How they Work
Recently, I started playing Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn after years of a personal grudge against Massively Multiple Online
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For the Love of Numbers: Incrementals, Farm Sims, and Survival
What does Starbound, Stardew Valley, or any browser game with the word “Clicker” in the title have in common? Numbers
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Dungeons & Dragons: More Than Just Fun with Dice
The setup: four people around a table comparing numbers on a sheet and the result of a dice roll. Sitting
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Deep Dive: The Metroidvania Sub-Genre
As we have discussed Metroidvania games recently, it would be a great time to introduce another series of articles I
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5 Things to Pay More Attention to While Polishing
As developers, we tend to focus on our specialties, be it as a programmer, an artist, or a level designer.
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Learning from the Greats: The Metroidvania Sub-Genre
Once upon a time, the nostalgia bombs Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Super Metroid gave birth to an entirely
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BSM Interview with Corey King of Zenfri Inc.
Today, we’re talking with Corey King of Zenfri Inc and his experience working with the Augmented Reality genre for his
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How to Navigate the Mobile Market Minefield
As technology continues to get easier to carry, the market for mobile games continues to grow as well. Nintendo is
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Augmented Reality: Virtual Reality’s Little Brother
For decades, the gaming industry has been creating better and better graphics to showcase the worlds they create for players,
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Overwatch’s Sombra ARG and what to take away.
Using a perspective from within your game’s story is an incredibly ingenious way to interact with your audience, as well
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Learning with the Great: Pokemon Gaming Levels
If you are older than five you know what Pokemon are, but it is safe to assume that there are
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Learning with the great ‘Legend of Zelda’: Puzzles and their places
The second article in this learning with series takes us to the land of Hyrule in the “Legend of Zelda”. If
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Top 5 Ways To Combat Creator’s Block
As a creator, there nothing worse than sitting down at your station, ready to work, and having nothing to contribute
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Game Jams: What you may not have realized
If you don’t know what a ‘Game Jam’ is, than this article will be a huge eye opener and hopefully
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Learning from the great Super Mario, Part 2: Implementing and Testing Skills
Last week in Part 1 we learned about the using simple mechanics and about various level design concepts from the
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Long Gone Days: Stepping Up the RPG Genre, A Conversation with Camila Gormaz
From designing activity books and paper dolls to designing games, Camila Gormaz has come a long way. Her new project,
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Learning from the great Super Mario! Part 1: Mechanics and Level Design.
After more than a dozen titles from the Super Mario franchise, it is clear that Nintendo has perfected their formula. There
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Questions and the Game Design Process.
How many of you aspiring game developers hate creating characters, either playable or not? I myself was guilty of jotting