The Art Of Shamelessly Stealing Mechanics
You can pick any game, pick out some mechanics, and what do you know—they exist in many other games. The […]
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How to Build a Computer for Game Development
There are no bones about building a computer for game development. Many indie developers don’t plan on building a computer
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Will PUBG Have a Future in eSports?
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds is an early access battle royale game that pits one player against 99 other people on one map.
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Indie Insider #51 – Zhenghua Yang, Founder of Serenity Forge
Guest: Zhenghua Yang, Game Developer and Founder of Serenity Forge, an indie video game publishing studio. Topics discussed: An
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Binaural Simulation: How It Benefits Your Game
There are various elements that make up the player experience within video games. Visuals, story, level design, and audio all
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5 Tricks for Managing Your Indie Game’s Discord Community
Discord is a rising superpower amongst the available free voice chat clients. It allows for free voice chat between two
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How to Market Your Indie Game: A Comprehensive Overview by Epic Games
This guest post first appeared on the Unreal Engine blog. Thanks Jess for letting us share it here. If you
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Balancing Act – Gameplay and Story in Roguelikes
Stories within video games are an element that takes up a decent amount of what a player will experience. Developers
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Indie Insider #41 – Rocky Kev, Serious Game Devs Only
This week’s guest: Rocky Kev, founder of the Serious Game Devs Only community and creator of the Bytesized educational
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Four game mechanics that revolutionized the industry
Throughout the evolution of video games there have been major milestones with the development of game mechanics. As video game
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Indie Insider #32 – Glowlime Games
This week’s guest: Joel Esquilin and Marcus Maulucci of Glowlime Games. Topics discussed: How Glowlime Games is educating the
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Beauty in the Basics: Thoughts on Minimalism with Linelight Dev Brett Taylor
A few months ago, my boyfriend and I were scrolling through indie games on the Playstation Store when we stumbled
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Six Principles of Roguelike Design that Nuclear Throne Exemplifies
Nuclear Throne is a top-down roguelike shooter that does many things right for the genre. It is an extremely challenging
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Maintaining Motivation and Refining Development Processes
Keeping up constant motivation when developing games as an indie developer can be one of the hardest tasks you come
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Selective UI and When It Works
As game mechanics and ideas progress, developers constantly improve on how user interfaces in games work. Many video games rely
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You Are He as We are He as We Are All the Player: 3 Special Kinds of Game Immersion
I am someone who has played video games for many years and through many genres. The way I perceive games
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Breaking the Mold: How to Stand Out as an Indie Developer
As the gaming industry expands, the amount of developers crop up and the amount of games made increase making exposure
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Screenshot Photography: It’s Important For Players & Your Game!
Photography is a wondrous activity that many people do in the present day and have done throughout history. We see it practiced
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Refining RTS AI: 5 Things to Avoid
Over the years, real time strategy games have progressed vastly and have changed in style with varying themes and new,
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Indie Insider Podcast #26 – Bob Best, Indievelopment
On the twenty-sixth episode of Indie Insider, host Logan Schultz sits down with Bob Best, a college senior from