Game Design 101: The Nagging Nancy
After a player gets through button smashing their way through the start screen and intro video of the game, the […]
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Game Development 101: You're Afraid Of Success
This article was authored by Nicholas Laborde. His game Close Order is available for download on Steam! ——— There’s a
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Game Design 101: Meta Value Systems
Human decision making is based upon values. A decision to eat breakfast is based upon values, such as enjoying food
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Game Development 101: Creating Urgency
How fast should your plot points flow? What is the perfect balance of action and rest? These questions are all
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Game Development 101: The Business Of Happiness
One of the main concerns in the game development world is that as studios focus on using their products to
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Game Development 101: Let's Get Serious
With games being on the rise and becoming more the norm of society we are seeing more game types. From
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Game Development 101: How To Make A Popular Game
Games and ideas in general can either be popular or unpopular. But it can be hard to determine what makes
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Game Development 101: Play Testing Protips
If there were a big book of rules of game development, play testing would be in the top 3. Play
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Game Development 101: Advertising Your Game
Advertising a game can be a difficult these days, because you tend to use many of the poorly written guidelines
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Game Development 101: Surviving the Survival Horror Genre
Our mind plays a lot of tricks on us. Our subconscious seeps through the cracks of our mind and can
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Game Development 101: Over Designing
Depending on who you ask, some will say that videogames are becoming more and more streamlined to accommodate larger audiences.
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Game Development 101: Analysis
Analysis can make you a mighty game developer. Of course there are other aspects that go into development but being
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Game Development 101: Making Multiplayer Games
Designing games is hard. This is a fact I’m sure we’ve all come to learn and recognize. Games, especially single
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Game Development 101: Let's Talk About Realism
As Mystery Science Theater 2000 says, “If you’re wondering how he eats and breathes, and other science facts, Just repeat
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Game Development 101: Designing Chaos
What do people look for in a good story? That question continues to elude even the best of artists. Some
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Indie Game Marketing 101: Building Your Fanbase
As a game developer, it’s very important to always try and build up brand awareness and recognition. This not only
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Indie Game Development 101: Quick Tips For Success
Becoming a successful indie developer isn’t something that will happen overnight, instead it requires hard work and creating something that
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Game Design 101: The Beauty Of Abstraction
Bigger is not always better. Everyone wants to make a good game, and sometimes that desire can get a little
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Game Industry Marketing 101: Carving Your Niche
Indie game publishing is a really fascinating scene. Compared to Triple-A publishing, there’s a lot of uncharted territory. Indie games
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Trying To Be A Solo Game Developer? Think Again.
In the age we live in, anyone can be an artist. Anyone could write the next best selling book, film