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The latest link roundup incudes the notable games of the week, Mario steamrolling bootleg Nintendo cartridges, and a unique new FMV game based around delivery driving, among others!
How to tell your story while the player is enjoying your game? A list of where, how, when, you should deliver your narrative to maximize both gameplay and story experience.
Learn a new way to develop your game's narrative design in this 2020 GDC Virtual Talk.
The folks at Visual Concepts are looking for a Systems Designer to work on a brand new game.
"Playing an Elusive Target in a level you have fully mastered gives you the experience of being the apex predator. No matter what might be in store, you have the tools and experience to handle it."
The Italian government will now provide for financial support for the country's game development studios in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, which has struck the country with exceptional ferocity.
Game developers can now submit reports about bad behavior from companies and events to the IGDA.
Amazon Games and Bandai Namco have partnered on a brand new Pac-Man experience called Pac-Man Live Studio that will be playable directly through Twitch.
I can't tell you how many times I cried, yelled, and even curled up in a ball during the launch of my previous game Pinstripe. For my next game Neversong, this launch has been freeing. Here's why.
For its next trick, Epic Games battle royale shooter Fortnite will morph into a virtual movie theater to host a showing of an unnamed Christopher Nolan movie.
In this article I talk about how I designed a MMO screensaver, including techniques I used to synchronise the world and how I built the multiplayer side.
Augmented reality company Magic Leap has raised $350 million in funding from existing and new investors.
Level designers with a particular penchant for stealth share their go-to approaches for creating sneaky moments in games like Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, Dishonored 2, and more.
Four of the minds behind the 1995 release Command & Conquer sat down at GDC to share an hour-long deep dive into the creation of the classic RTS game.
If you've got time for a long read about a beloved game maker's foray into for-hire simulation games for the likes of Chevron and the EPA, The Obscuritory has you covered.
This August's GDC Summer will be the most comprehensive all-digital version of GDC to ever take place. Conference GM Katie Stern explains what attendees can expect from the show.
An introduction, overview, and deep dive on the power of C#'s Attributes.
G2A has pledged to pay Factorio developer Wube Software nearly $40,000 for facilitating the sale of illegal game keys.
EA is releasing the source code for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command & Conquer: Red Alert under the GPL version 3.0. license.
Based in Ravenna, Italy, DestinyBit is the four-person studio behind dice-based survival city builder Dice Legacy.
Five years since its release, there are still secrets to uncover in the AI of Alien: Isolation. So in this blog I revisit my most popular topic.
The ongoing global pandemic is affecting video game companies in different ways, but one notable shift highlighted in several recent quarterly financial reports is an increased interest in digital game sales.
Michiru Yamane is one of the most notable composers in the field. In 2006, Game Developer's Brandon Sheffield spoke to her about her work and published this intriguing interview.
As a Java Software Developer, you will join our agile, cross-functional team to advance the development of our next-generation marketing tools and contribute with your knowledge of software architecture
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says the fourth quarter in particular beat expectations, leading to a number of full-year milestones at the game giant.
The latest link roundup incudes the notable games of the week, Mario steamrolling bootleg Nintendo...
Some notes on how people find your game on Nintendo Switch (& some humble suggestions to improve...
Some of the ways the industry embraced this year's GAAD event
For our upcoming game Pendragon we've tied a dynamic narrative engine to a chess-like strategy game....
During April I made an MMO Screensaver for the Alone Together Jam. In this article I talk about how...
Press Releases
Ed Kay lists the tools he used during the production of his mobile game Hang Line and explains their specific functionality over the course of development.
Oleg Nesterenko interviews Black Mesa lead Adam Engels for his thoughts on the game design philosophy that drove a multi-year modding project.
James Patton draws from personal experience to explain how designers can deal with massive shifts in narrative scope between projects.
Streamline specializes in tech art and creative execution for video games through its integrated 2D, 3D and Animation services.
Motion Logic Studios is a Los Angeles based company dedicated to providing high-end Art and Animation services to the video game industry.
