Do You Know What the Right Price For Your Game Is?
Figuring out the right price for your game can be difficult. There’s so much that may influence your decision: the […]
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Features that Your Game Really Does Not Need
More often than not, you’ve probably run into a scenario like this; you’re playing a game and you realize that
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You Won't Believe How Drugs Can Improve Your Game
Depending on where you live drugs may either be a huge controversy or as normal as apple pie. Drugs have
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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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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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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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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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Winning Big- An Interview With Tim Conkling, Winner of the 2015 Whippering Cup
Ten teams. Ten games. Ten thousand dollars. One winner. Who will be the one to walk away victorious? If you
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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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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;
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Four Key UI/UX Design Principles For Game Developers
I’ve done my fair share of design work over the years both for internal projects and external clients and thought
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Game Industry 101: Game Design vs Development
If you’re a regular reader of the Black Shell Media blog, or even a newcomer, you’ve probably noticed some patterns
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Game Design 101: Let's Talk Itemization Systems
For a while now, more and more games have started to incorporate avenues of customization. Whereas once in Call of
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Game Development 101: User Interface & HUD Design
When we play and make video games we often forget about the small details that make the big picture clearer.
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Game Design 101: 5 Quick Tips For Students
Let me first introduce myself; my name is Joe and I am a current game design student. The following advice