Beyond Dialogue: 5 Ways to Develop Plots In Games
Overview: Developing Plots Means Story Progression Plots without development are what? Tick, tock, tick, tock…That’s right, concepts! A plot that isn’t […]
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How Your Main Menu Can Completely Change Your Game
When we talk about games we truly enjoyed, we rarely if ever talk about the experience we received at the
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5 Tips to Managing Stress During Development
Sad truth: being stressed out is a normal part of being a game developer. Between the deadlines, unexpected problem solving,
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Game Development 101: Just in Time
Time is a strange thing. As the ages have gone by, we have come to understand time in ways completely
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The Keys to Making Engaging Local Multiplayer Games
It wouldn’t be far fetched to assume that most people who have played video games have at one point, played
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Writing 201: How to Layer Dialog for World Building
“Hello,” the man says. The woman looks at him and smiles, “The past ten years of our marriage has been
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What the Oculus Rift's Consumer Price Point Means for Developers
The Oculus Rift and virtual reality has been gathering an ever increasing amount of buzz going into this year. Now
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Could You Be Suffering From The Great Creative Insecurity?
It’s well-known that being creative is synonymous with being rather volatile. One minute, we’re letting the creativity flow and the
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The Story Of SanctuaryRPG: From Humble Beginnings To Semi Cult Hit
Gather round, children, and I will tell you the tale of Daniel (yes, the Daniel of Black Shell Media!), a
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3 Traits NPCs Desperately Need
It’s become this common thing in gaming where NPCs ramble on with seemingly no purpose, making players skip through the
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You Won't Believe How Drugs Can Improve Your Game
Depending on where you live drugs may either be a huge controversy or as normal as apple pie. Drugs have
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Fear to Play: The Negative Stigmas of F2P
With the increased amount of people looking to sink a bit of spare time into gaming, the “Free to Play”
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Horror, Thriller, and Darkness: How to Execute Scariness
Light stabs in through the gaps in the Venetian blinds as our heroine creeps slowly past the window, her footsteps
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Your Indie Game Might Fail Without These Exclusive Insights from Jabari Alii
Have you ever stopped to sit down and think, “What kind of music am I going to put into my
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Everyone Loves A Comeback: A Look at Catch Up Design
Enemies lurked all around. I knew I had to be quick and observant. I was all alone and I only
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Writing 101: The Relatable Villain
Bowser. Ganondorf. Kefka. Andross. We’ve grown to love and/or hate these iconic villains who tend toward the puppy-kicking end of
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Game Development 101: Three-dimensional Remakes
Unfortunately, many franchises less than gracefully handled the single biggest evolution in modern game design; the introduction of 3D gameplay.
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Your Game Needs a Water Level
The year was 1996, I just turned on my grandmother’s Sega Genesis and popped in a cartridge labelled Sonic the
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Four Simple Tips To Help With Game Development Anxiety
One of the biggest problems many independent game developers face is anxiety. This can come from countless different sources, such
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Game Development Basics: 5 Things You Should Do While Still In College
College students make a common mistake: waiting until after college to start a career. Can you blame them? After all,