by Black Shell Media | Sep 16, 2017 | Blog, Game Design, Guest Post
Today’s guest post is by Ishaan Sahdev. At E3 2017, Nintendo confirmed that both kinds of Metroid games fans know and love would be making a return in the near future. Metroid: Samus Returns, a remake of the side-scrolling Metroid II on the original Game Boy, is...
by Alex Cicala | Nov 27, 2016 | Blog, Game Design
To many people, developing a video game is the same as creating art. No one would go up to Edvard Munch and ask them to repaint The Scream because it was too wavy. Same thing often applies to a game. A developer has total creative control (aside from the usual...
by Melanie Thomas | Jan 31, 2016 | Blog, Game Design
When the topic of character design eventually arises during development, most writers for visual mediums will begin to construct the character’s appearance. While the appearance is part of a character, and does define a portion of their being, it’s a huge mistake to...
