Writing 201: Transforming the Tropish Character
It’s months or even years into the game development process and you’re struck with an incredibly haunting realization: your characters […]
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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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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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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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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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Creating Open Worlds- How to do it the Right Way
Over the past few years, “open world” games have become more of a standard go to for developers who want
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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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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
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The 3 Pillars Of Designing An Engaging Roguelite
Roguelites are rather unfortunately some of the hardest games to design effectively and intelligently. However, with these three steps, you
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Character Design in Game Development: Beyond the Wardrobe
When the topic of character design eventually arises during development, most writers for visual mediums will begin to construct the
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Game Design 101: How to Engage Players in Just Five Minutes
We’ve all been guilty of this: graced by a bundle or seasonal sale, we sit down with the intention of
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7 Essential Elements of Effective Storytelling in Game Design
The art of storytelling is often left behind in lieu of better graphics, increasingly difficult mechanics, and character designs. While
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How to Survive As An Indie Game Developer
When you set out to survive as a game developer, there are certain things to take into account. You have
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Microtransactions and You: Four Steps to Monetizing Your Mobile Game
Designing a game that is able to pay for itself and then some is a challenge that many developers face;