WoW Legion & Why The Success Is REAL
It’s been a long time coming. It had to happen: the day that Blizzard released something that makes players resubscribe […]
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The Immersive Sim Genre: Offering Players Unrestricted Choice
The most rewarding challenge for any developer is to create a game that gives the player a large range of
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Three More of the Worst Gameplay Mechanics in Popular Games
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Over the years with choices in game development, we learn what works
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Why You Want Tension, and Why Skyrim Doesn't Have it
It’s difficult to design space for players. When you go to create your perfect game, you might complete some of
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Three of the Worst Gameplay Mechanics in Popular Games
We don’t live in a perfect world, and some video games remind us of this with some very questionable design
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Reading Between the Lines: What Passive Storytelling Teaches Us – Part 2, Overwatch
Today we leave the minimal dialogue discussed in Part One that was used to create a meaningful narrative and instead take a
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Why Your Timed Mission is Bad (And You Should Feel Bad)
Back when video games were just getting truly started, there was only one way for the average person to play
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Learning from the great Super Mario, Part 2: Implementing and Testing Skills
Last week in Part 1 we learned about the using simple mechanics and about various level design concepts from the
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Learning from the great Super Mario! Part 1: Mechanics and Level Design.
After more than a dozen titles from the Super Mario franchise, it is clear that Nintendo has perfected their formula. There
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Three Big Reasons Why Animal Crossing Hooks Us
Animal Crossing does a lot of work to grab and keep players, and it’s the sheer amount of detail and
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Questions and the Game Design Process.
How many of you aspiring game developers hate creating characters, either playable or not? I myself was guilty of jotting
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How 'Counter-Strike: Source' Stayed Relevant – 3 Long-Term Development Strategies
Every game developer’s dream is to create a game that is able to survive the test of time. Having a
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Lessons from Inside: Tiny Details with a Big Impact
Playdead, the indie developers behind the critically acclaimed Limbo, released Inside, their second game, at the end of last month. And
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Why Choice-Based Games Continue to Leave Players Disappointed
The number of choice-based games has skyrocketed in the last few years, perhaps owing their new space in the mainstream
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Storytelling, Conflict and You: An Interview with Christopher Brendel (Lifestream)
We’re working with Christopher Brendel on his project Lifestream, now on Greenlight, and had the chance to ask him a few
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The Aspiring Game Developer’s Guide to Prototyping
Getting Started You’ve probably got some great ideas for your game: a compelling storyline, an interesting art style and whatever
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‘You Have Died of Dysentery’: How Games Will Revolutionize Education
This post first appeared on the Strange Loop Games blog! What do you know about the Oregon Trail? I’m willing
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PVE vs PVP: A Study In Frustration Through Combination
Uncharted 4 was released May 10, and it sparked a topic of controversy on forums, including the PlayStation forums: the combination
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Game Design: Open World Vs. Linear
In the beginning stages of development, you may find this question rattling around in your mind – is your game
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Prototypes Are Your First Step to Success
So you have arrived at your idea for the game you want to create. You have things written down all