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Don't Miss: Making debugging into a mechanic in Beglitched
1 by Staff [04.19.19]
"While debugging is considered to be one of the more odious aspects of programming, I felt that under the right circumstances, it could actually be exhilarating," says AP Thompson, designer of Beglitched.
Console/PC, Indie, Design
Take me to the hole: Loss and triumph in Astroneer
by Katherine Cross [04.19.19]
It wasn't until columnist Katherine Cross fell into a hole that she truly understood the genius of Astroneer.
Console/PC, Indie, Design
Don't Miss: Devs reflect on the impact and legacy of Burnout Paradise
2 by Staff [04.18.19]
Devs who worked on or were influenced by Criterion Games' 2008 release Burnout Parasise reflect on what made the game so special and how it changed the racing genre.
Console/PC, Indie, Design
Lights in the dark: How Ashen's design sets it apart from other 'Soulslikes'
by Cian Maher [04.18.19]
Creative director Derek Bradley opens up about the design of A44's remarkable Soulslike Ashen, and discusses how subtle art and design choices set it apart from the bleak worlds of From Software.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Indie, Design, Video
How Inkle developed its own ancient language for Heaven's Vault
2 by Jessica Famularo [04.17.19]
Enjoy this unique behind-the-scenes look at how inkle developed a whole ancient language (the 'Guitar Hero of linguistics') to be deciphered by players in the studio's new game Heaven's Vault.
Indie, Design, Video
Don't Miss: Layering challenges in Klei's survival sim Oxygen Not Included
1 by Staff [04.16.19]
"It's the layering that makes intense decisions. In Oxygen Not Included, the player must balance all the needs of their Duplicants simultaneously. Each need is not so difficult, but it's easy to let something slip."
Console/PC, Indie, Design
Video Game Deep Cuts: Falcon Scores Weed, Needs Vacation
by Gamasutra Staff [04.14.19]
This week's roundup includes intriguing debuts from Falcon Age and Vacation Simulator, a historical tour of The Division's New York, the trickiness of marketing your weed tycoon game & more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Design
Don't Miss: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and finding the fun in physics engines
by Staff [04.12.19]
"If everyone doesn’t take the game so seriously we can have a lot more fun with it and do more," says Landfall's Petter Henriksson of the studio's penchant for weird physics in this in-depth chat.
Indie, Programming, Design
Postmortem: Throwback roleplaying adventure Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption
1 by Gamasutra Community [04.12.19]
Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption, from the creators of Quest for Glory, saw hard-fought successes as well as tough-to-swallow shortfalls. Here's the dev team on what went right, and what went wrong.
Console/PC, Indie, Production
Moonlighter sells 500,000 copies in less than a year
1 by Alissa McAloon [04.10.19]
Digital Sun’s 2-in-one shop management sim and dungeon crawler Moonlighter has sold over 500,000 copies across all platforms.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie
Get a job: Heart Machine is hiring a Quality Assurance Lead
by Staff [04.10.19]
Heart Machine is after someone who can catch and address problems quickly and effectively, can communicate with anyone on the team to get results, and has a deep understanding of our production process.
Indie, Production, Recruitment
Don't Miss: Crafting the bizarre, off-kilter gameworld of Little Nightmares
by Alissa McAloon [04.10.19]
"We want it to feel like you could almost reach into the rooms and touch things, but maybe also wonder whether you should," says Little Nightmare's's senior narrative designer Dave Mervik.
Console/PC, Indie, Design
How to effectively use procedural generation in games
4 by Darius Kazemi [04.10.19]
In this rich excerpt from "Procedural Storytelling in Game Design," developer and proc-gen expert Darius Kazemi shares some ways to use procedural generation more effectively in game development.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Design
God of War director: accessibility isn't at odds with creative vision
1 by Alissa McAloon [04.08.19]
Cory Barlog, director of Sony Santa Monica’s recent 2018 release God of War, weighed in on the issue on Twitter, offering a succinct: "Accessibility has never and will never be a compromise to my vision."
Console/PC, Indie, Design
Video Game Deep Cuts: Risking Rain With A Lego Meat Boy
by Gamasutra Staff [04.07.19]
This week's roundup includes the smash success of indie sequel Risk of Rain 2, a fascinating new Lego coding toy, and what's up with the new Super Meat Boy game, plus lots more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Super Meat Boy Forever delayed, will miss April launch
1 by Emma Kidwell [04.05.19]
Super Meat Boy Forever will be delayed again, with publisher and developer Team Meat tweeting "we're almost done, but not quite there yet."
Indie, Business/Marketing
Don't Miss: How devs deal with making enemies that feel 'okay' to kill
2 by Carli Velocci [04.05.19]
Gamasutra chats with devs from around the industry about good enemy design, and what's involved with creating enemies that feel 'okay' to kill -- without making killing feel okay.
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Design
A deep dive into Steam's discovery queue
6 by Kris Graft [04.05.19]
Game developer Erik Johnson looked at nearly 700 games over the course of three months in his Steam discovery queue. What he learned could help you understand how players are finding -- or not finding -- your game.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing
How When Ski Lifts Go Wrong hits the right mix of blood and physics puzzles
1 by Jupiter Hadley [04.04.19]
Jonny Hughes, one of the developers behind comedic ski lift-building game When Ski Lifts Go Wrong, talks with Gamsutra about the design and development of this silly physics puzzler.
Indie, Design, Video
Event feedback leads Falcon Age devs to make combat optional
by Alex Wawro [04.03.19]
It's a nice demonstration of how a studio can make their games more accessible to those who might like to play without the stress of being attacked.
Indie, Design
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