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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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,
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Game Development 101: Tutorial By Fire
The drop ship opens its hold and our hero, clad in a full body suit of high-tech armor strolls out,
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How Spongebob Taught Me Everything I Know About Business
Here at the Black Shell Media office, we know how to have a good time (When we’re not neck deep
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3 Reasons Why Your Game is Ugly
Find a style and stick with it Whenever games are looked back upon for their visuals, there’s usually a single
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Conflict Can Spice Up Your Game- Here's How!
In the real world conflict lingers around us like a bad odor. Everything we do results in a form of
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Is Your Game's Plot Poorly Written?
One of the biggest problems for many single player games is that the plot of the game doesn’t quite feel
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Writing 101: How to Write Dialog 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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5 Reasons Why There’s Few Believable Female Characters In Games
Let’s be blunt about it: female video game characters generally suck. Everyone knows it, and everyone talks about it, regardless
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3 Differences Between Indie & The Big Studios
Introduction There’s quite a few indie developers, up and coming studios composed of ten people, and game jams out there.
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The Truth Behind the Criticism of Your Game
Criticism is something that should often be sought out in hopes of creating a superior product, yet the most common
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Ludonarrative Dissonance and You: What it is and How to Avoid it
Wait, What? “Ludonarrative dissonance” is a fancy term for the gameplay not matching a game’s narrative. To use an example,
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The Consumer Viewpoint: 3 Tips to Ensure Successful Public Relations
The first thing that can get new PR guys/gals in trouble is spreading misleading information. There is nothing more frustrating
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Effortlessly Design an Intuitive Control Scheme with these Easy Tips
Controllers are undeniably one of the core components of designing a video game experience. The controller is the tool that