Pumpkin Spice Plotte: The Seven Basic Plots (Part 1)
There comes a time for every indie game dev where they reach the point where they have to string together […]
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Dungeons & Dragons: More Than Just Fun with Dice
The setup: four people around a table comparing numbers on a sheet and the result of a dice roll. Sitting
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Importance of Small Scale FPS Level Design – Mainstream Development
Today, it’s rare to see variance in multiplayer FPS level design. Many maps tend to replicate grand scale locations or
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Deciding What to Call Your Game
This post by Gary Burchell first appeared on the Abandon Ship Dev Blog. Coming up with a name for
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3 Ideas That Can Make VR Successful
Virtual Reality started to bear its teeth in the video game world in 2016 thanks to Playstation VR set and Oculus Rift.
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Deep Dive: The Metroidvania Sub-Genre
As we have discussed Metroidvania games recently, it would be a great time to introduce another series of articles I
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Rogue Stache Now on Steam: A Chat with Justin Halek of Wubs Games
Black Shell Media has the distinct pleasure of interacting with a whole bunch of indie developers from around the globe,
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Game Dev Pro Tips Vol 5
Below is an excerpted collection of game development tips from Daniel Doan, Co-Founder of Black Shell Media. Enjoy! How
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5 Things to Pay More Attention to While Polishing
As developers, we tend to focus on our specialties, be it as a programmer, an artist, or a level designer.
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Learning from your Players
Playtesting is one of the most important things to do in order to bring a game to market. After all,
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Developer Spotlight: A Tale of Caos: Overture’s Luca Porrino
Here at Black Shell Media, we find ourselves extremely lucky to build relationships with a wide array of developers from
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Learning from the Greats: The Metroidvania Sub-Genre
Once upon a time, the nostalgia bombs Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Super Metroid gave birth to an entirely
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Developer Spotlight: .Age’s Michele Pirovano
Here at Black Shell Media, we find ourselves extremely lucky to build relationships with a wide array of developers from
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Creating Playstyles Through Enemy Design: A Deep Dive into Dark Souls 3
This is a guest post by Jeff McKinley. Even in games with heavy RPG elements, enemies tend to have more
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How Does a Developer Make an Addictive Isometric Action RPG?
Different genres of video games can be addicting to specific target audiences. Each genre is bound by certain parameters or
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Developer Spotlight: Acaratus’s Martin Kupski
Here at Black Shell Media, we find ourselves extremely lucky to build relationships with a wide array of developers from
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The Problem with “Unique”
Undoubtedly, one of my favorite aspects of indie game development is the freedom that is afforded to developers to make
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Fundamentals of Level Design: Where Does One start?
Level design in game development is an amazing experience. Creating the world in which a player experiences the game’s events
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Mastering Game Writing Through Game Mastering
In every experience, there is a lesson to be learnt, and nowhere is this more true than when one decides
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Epistory Teaches Typing: Emphasizing Story Through Nontraditional Gameplay
Story is often one of the last things that gets considered when prototyping out a new game. We may have