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6 tips to make your backlog lean 2
by Gamasutra Community [04.15.14]
"A large backlog is a problem. A fat backlog will impede innovation and cause a frustration. Is our ability to generate ideas paradoxically one of the biggest impediments for new ideas?"
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Production
Blog: How to get the best our of your external QA team 2
by Gamasutra Community [04.11.14]
"We had different sorts of clients, ranging from the biggest players to the small indie studios. All of them made common mistakes -- some of which are easily avoided."
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Production, Business/Marketing
Shipping on time 2
by Gamasutra Community [04.03.14]
"How do we, as obsessive, design happy, feature happy, develop happy engineers actually ship something?" This blog post explains -- in detail.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Production
Sexism in the game industry: A study 42
by Gamasutra Community [04.02.14]
Research culled from a year of research and over 40 interviews with women working in the game industry, previously presented at GDC 2014.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Business/Marketing
Blog: The Unity Asset Store and the hidden cost of doing it yourself 25
by Gamasutra Community [03.31.14]
"One of the things that we often forget when developing a game, especially when you are an indie, is that everything has a cost. EVERYTHING."
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Production
Romero awarded Fulbright fellowship for Irish industry work Exclusive 2
by Leigh Alexander [03.28.14]
Brenda Romero has been awarded a Fulbright fellowship to help develop Ireland's game industry -- a project of deep personal value. She may also be the first game dev to receive the prestigious grant.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Design, Exclusive
Blog: How to speak engineer 23
by Gamasutra Community [03.28.14]
"As a non-technical person, how do you begin building a relationship with and speaking to an engineer? How do you go about the creation of a social and professional rapport?"
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Production
Papers, Please leads Games for Change 2014 nominees  
by Mike Rose [03.27.14]
Games for Change, the New York City festival focused on the positive social impact of games, today announced the nominees for its 2014 awards.
Indie, Serious, Design
Women don't want to work in games (and other myths) 139
by Gamasutra Community [03.26.14]
"Here’s a spoiler: the problem isn’t with the women who supposedly don’t want to be here. The problem is with us."
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Business/Marketing
Blog: Why you shouldn't send a DMCA takedown letter (and a free sample letter in case you do) 3
by Gamasutra Community [03.24.14]
Attorney Zachary Strebeck gives three reasons you shouldn't file a takedown notice if you find content infringing your game online -- but guides you in the case that you decide to.
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'Making games is easy. Belonging is hard': #1ReasonToBe at GDC 2
by Alex Wawro [03.20.14]
This year's #1ReasonToBe GDC panel, co-hosted by Brenda Romero and Leigh Alexander, featured powerful talks from a variety of speakers who stepped up to share their vision for a better game industry.
Serious, Business/Marketing, GDC
Practical advice about queer characters in games 9
by Leigh Alexander [03.20.14]
Writers and developers tackle some of the most practical questions game developers have about how to address inclusivity in games, from worries about tokenism to the importance of the challenge.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Design, Production, GDC
For women in games, getting to the top is only the beginning 42
by Brandon Sheffield [03.19.14]
In an impassioned talk debunking several myths about women in game development, Elizabeth Sampat, designer at Storm 8, cautioned women against complacence once they make it to the top.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC
Key quotes from GDC's fiery Indie Soapbox session  
by Simon Parkin [03.19.14]
Selected quotations from a series of six-minute talks delivered during the Indie Soapbox Session delivered at GDC 2014 yesterday.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Art, Design, Production, GDC
Winning players' attention with game writing  
by Simon Parkin [03.18.14]
A panel of experienced game-writers offered advice on how to hook a player into a game’s story within its first five minutes at GDC today.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Design, GDC
Blog: The 3 contracts that every game developer needs 6
by Gamasutra Community [03.18.14]
According to attorney Zachary Strebeck, "These three contracts should be in every game developer’s toolkit in order to help the development go smoothly and protect those assets."
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Unity 5.0 announced, with direct-to-web, plugin-free publishing 28
by Gamasutra Community [03.18.14]
Gamasutra speaks to Unity CEO David Helgason about the latest version of the popular game engine, which adds new lighting and audio features, and WebGL support.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Video, GDC
From AAA to academia: What industry veterans have learned 1
by Leigh Alexander [03.17.14]
Brenda Romero, John Romero, Warren Spector and Richard Lemarchand are all veteran game designers who became educators. On a panel, the four talked about the unique challenges and opportunities.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Indie, Serious, Programming, Design, Student/Education, GDC
Blog: Code generation fun with Unity 10
by Gamasutra Community [03.13.14]
"Many Unity code samples use a string identifier. In this post i will explore a different, safer and automated technique that achieves the same result, but does not require using strings."
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Reminder: Know your GDC 2014 Code of Conduct 1
by GDC Staff [03.11.14]
Meggan Scavio, GM of GDC events and all-around Boss Lady, takes a moment to detail the official code of conduct for GDC and all of its related events.
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