Five Females in Development That'll Inspire You
Overview The tale is as old as the gaming industry itself, and is completely overplayed: the lack of respectable female […]
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Game Development: Branching Out Equals Success
Getting into the gaming industry is hard work. QA, starting from the ground up, furthering your education and building a
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Why Your Timed Mission is Bad (And You Should Feel Bad)
Back when video games were just getting truly started, there was only one way for the average person to play
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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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Pokemon Go: How Newsjacking a Trend Can Benefit Your Game
When news was reporting on the dangers of Pokemon Go, one Reddit user took that opportunity to promote his safety
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Speak Some Evil: The Secret to Good Video Game Dialogue (Part 2)
“The Last of Us” – 2013 (Image Source) In Part One of our discussion, we identified that the secret to
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3 Times a Game Universe Felt Real: Storytelling and World-building
World-building and interactivity were meant for each other. The fact that the audience has control over the outcome of a
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Reading Between the Lines: What Passive Storytelling Teaches Us—Part 1, Submerged
Everybody knows about big AAA games, with stories befitting a box office motion picture: Telltale’s The Walking Dead for example, or
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4 Reasons Why You Have No Excuse Not To Make Games
The last ten years in game development have been quite the rollercoaster with the constant update to game engines, the ever-growing
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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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Three Big Reasons Why Animal Crossing Hooks Us
Animal Crossing does a lot of work to grab and keep players, and it’s the sheer amount of detail and
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YouTube is Indie Dev Marketing Heaven – Here’s Why
I’m going to put this bluntly. If you aren’t using YouTube to market your game, you’re doing it wrong. YouTube is
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Speak No Evil: The Secret to Good Video Game Dialogue (Part 1)
“Journey” – 2012 (Image Source) The world of fiction writing is diverse—stories, today, are being told in a plethora
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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
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Denuvo: The Effective Yet Controversial DRM
The most important thing, contrary to popular belief, is that Denuvo isn’t a newly developed, modern ‘uber-protection’ method for PC
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Burn Out: How to Relight the Passion For Gaming As A Developer
I Was Just Three Dev Cycles From Retirement! It’s easy to blame it on age and the act of growing
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Pokémon GO: 5 Reasons It's Causing A Stir
It’s a strong possibility that you might be tired of hearing about Pokémon GO. It’s pretty much everywhere. You go
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How 'Counter-Strike: Source' Stayed Relevant – 3 Long-Term Development Strategies
Every game developer’s dream is to create a game that is able to survive the test of time. Having a
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How to Write Killer Game Descriptions that Sell
Meet Dave. Dave has created an amazing game that he knows players are going to love. He is ready to put it