8-Bit Cupid: 3 Dating Tips to Help Your Game Marketing
What is the game of love but merely an attempt to market oneself to a target audience? After all, you’re […]
Marketing
Game Design
Creating Playstyles Through Enemy Design: A Deep Dive into Dark Souls 3
This is a guest post by Jeff McKinley. Even in games with heavy RPG elements, enemies tend to have more
Blog, Game Design, Game Development
How Does a Developer Make an Addictive Isometric Action RPG?
Different genres of video games can be addicting to specific target audiences. Each genre is bound by certain parameters or
Blog, Business, Marketing
The Effect of Being the #1 “Popular New Release” on Steam and How We Got There
We just launched Dungeon Souls, our most popular title, out of Early Access last Friday (12/02/2016). By the middle of
Blog, Developer Spotlight, Game Design, Game Development, Interview
Developer Spotlight: Acaratus’s Martin Kupski
Here at Black Shell Media, we find ourselves extremely lucky to build relationships with a wide array of developers from
Game Design
The Problem with “Unique”
Undoubtedly, one of my favorite aspects of indie game development is the freedom that is afforded to developers to make
Blog, Business, Game Development, Indie Insider, Interview
Indie Insider Podcast #13 – Mark Soderwall, Founder of IndieGameU
On the lucky thirteenth episode of Indie Insider, host Logan Schultz sits down with Mark Soderwall, the founder of
Blog, Game Development
Fundamentals of Level Design: Where Does One start?
Level design in game development is an amazing experience. Creating the world in which a player experiences the game’s events
Blog, Business, Marketing
The Basics of Building Incremental Marketing Pipelines
Think about the last time you bought a game. How did you go about it? You probably didn’t go from
Game Development
Game Dev Pro Tip Vol 4
Below is an excerpted collection of game development tips from Daniel Doan, Co-Founder of Black Shell Media. Enjoy! How
Game Design, Writing
Mastering Game Writing Through Game Mastering
In every experience, there is a lesson to be learnt, and nowhere is this more true than when one decides
Blog, Game Development
The One Developer Mistake Gamers Will Not Forgive
Video games are an art form. And like any other art form, developers could drive themselves mad attempting to erase
Developer Spotlight, Interview
Developer Spotlight: Proto Raider’s Andrey Fomin
Here at Black Shell Media, we find ourselves extremely lucky to build relationships with a wide array of developers from
Game Design, Game Development
5 Physics Tips You Can Apply to Game Development
Physics are everywhere, from the way your main character moves and jumps to the way elements collide with each other.
Blog, Indie Insider, Interview
Indie Insider Podcast #12 – Rabecca Rocha
On the twelfth episode of Indie Insider, host Logan Schultz sits down with Rabecca Rocha, a freelance artist and
Game Development, Marketing, Technology
Size Matters: Improving Your Mobile Rank by Reducing File Size
This is a guest post by Tobiah Zarlez. Enjoy! It may be rarely emphasized, but putting some thought into how
Blog, Game Design
A Developer’s Ideas Can be Critiqued but not Changed by Force
To many people, developing a video game is the same as creating art. No one would go up to Edvard
Blog, Game Development
An Essential Rundown of Game Engines & Tools
Beyond a developers knowledge in code or their skill with designing characters or creating stories, a developer still requires software
Game Development
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
Blog, Business, Game Development, Indie Insider, Interview
Indie Insider Podcast #11 – Rick Davidson, Game Career Coach
It’s Thanksgiving here in the United States, and we’re all extremely thankful to all of you for listening to