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What happens when an outbreak ruins your game announcement plans?  
by Aron Garst [04.01.20]
Sabotage Studio's Thierry Boulanger opens up about how the success of The Messenger allowed the studio to start in on Sea of Stars, and the impact COVID-19 has had on the game's development.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Production, Business/Marketing
Video: Using forgiveness mechanics to design better games  
by Staff [03.31.20]
In this 2020 GDC virtual talk Butterscotch Shenanigans' Seth Coster examines forgiveness mechanics, game systems that allow the player to be 'off' in their inputs but still get desirable results.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
ALT.CTRL.GDC Showcase: People of the Moon  
by Joel Couture [03.31.20]
People of the Moon puts two players on teeter totters that guide a ship through the night sky, using both of their movements to capture the lights that glimmer in the dark.
Indie, Video, alt ctrl gdc
Showcasing on Steam's Game Festival: the real numbers!  
by Simon Carless [03.31.20]
Luciano Iurino from Spanish dev The Troglobytes, who have Hyperparasite, their relentless twin-stick shooter/roguelite set in the roaring '80s, discussed the positive effects of having their game in the new Steam Game Festival.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Video: Storytelling with verbs to better integrate narrative and gameplay  
by Staff [03.30.20]
In this GDC 2020 virtual talk Capy's Kaitlin Tremblay discusses the inherent fiction behind our most common gameplay verbs, such as shooting, talking, deciphering puzzles, hacking, and the like.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Video, Vault
ALT.CTRL.GDC Showcase: Far Away Cage  
by Joel Couture [03.30.20]
Far Away Cage has players crawling through the guts of a spaceship, seeking control panels they can use to find information they need to avoid an alien that stalking the ducts.
Indie, Video, alt ctrl gdc
ALT.CTRL.GDC Showcase: The Unfathomed Voyager  
by Joel Couture [03.27.20]
The Unfathomed Voyager puts three players in charge of controlling a malfunctioning submarine, using a variety of wild, wacky inputs to keep it moving.
Indie, Video, alt ctrl gdc
Get a job: Crossy Road dev Hipster Whale is hiring a Server Engineer  
by Staff [03.26.20]
We're looking for somebody to help us create and maintain an online infrastructure that supports millions of concurrent players in a secure, stable, highly performant and reliable manner.
Indie, Programming, Recruitment
ALT.CTRL.GDC Showcase: Pat Pat Please!  
by Joel Couture [03.26.20]
Pat Pat Please! gives players a plush puppy to care for, asking them to love, pat, and talk to it to earn its affection.
Indie, Video, alt ctrl gdc
Deep Dive: Making a cozy, therapeutic experience in Coffee Talk 1
by Coffee Talk Team [03.26.20]
The developers behind Coffee Talk go deep on explaining the cozy, welcoming ambience of their "heart-to-heart talking simulator."
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Design, Deep Dive
Unity offers up free game dev courses and tutorials during coronavirus pandemic  
by Alissa McAloon [03.25.20]
Unity is opening up three months' worth of premium access to its Unity Learn platform to give learning resources to Unity-curious developers cooped up at home during the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
VR, Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice named game of the year in 2020 SXSW Gaming Awards  
by Alissa McAloon [03.25.20]
While the on-location event was called off due to the increasing presence of COVID-19, the 2020 SXSW Gaming Awards are still a go (digitally).
Console/PC, Social/Online, Indie, Art, Design
How Lair of the Clockwork God blends the world of platformers and point-and-clicks 1
by Jack Yarwood [03.25.20]
Size Five Games founder Dan Marshall discusses the strange twists and turns of the studio's approach to designing its adventurous new point-and-click-meets-platformer Lair of the Clockwork God.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design
GDC 2020 talks are now available to watch for free on the GDC Vault!  
by Staff [03.24.20]
Game Developers Conference organizers are excited to announce that the insightful talks delivered by game industry experts during GDC 2020 last week are now available to watch on the GDC Vault!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Vault, GDC
Unity debuts new cloud-based platform for simulating game playtests  
by Alex Wawro [03.23.20]
Unity today unveiled a beta version of the Unity Game Simulation service, which is designed to remotely simulate (via Google Cloud servers) large volumes of player interactions with your game. 
Console/PC, Social/Online, Indie, Production
Game Discoverability: The Steam & Epic stores, circa early 2020  
by Simon Carless [03.23.20]
We’re back, as the world gets a little bit odder every day, with some notable game discoverability updates for the month of March, particularly looking at the Steam and Epic stores.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing
Video: How sound tells the story of Night in the Woods  
by Staff [03.23.20]
In this 2018 GDC talk Em Halberstadt explores the atmospheric audio of Night in the Woods, including the ways in which it changes over time, and brings life to that which cannot be seen.
Indie, Audio, Design, Video, Vault
How Skookum Arts built The Pedestrian puzzles out of urban signage 1
by Jordan Oloman [03.23.20]
"In the public sign system, everything is specifically designed to be understood," explains The Pedestrian dev Daniel Lackey. "That design language, that art style fit perfectly with our priorities."
Indie, Art, Design
Video Game Deep Cuts: Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing, DOOM 1
by Gamasutra Staff [03.22.20]
The latest 'best article/video' highlights include plenty of Animal Crossing neatness, plus DOOM Eternal, Roundgard, death loops, Tony Hawk & conspiracy theories, social distancing & more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Road to the IGF: Megagon Industries' Lonely Mountains: Downhill  
by Joel Couture [03.20.20]
Lonely Mountains: Downhill looks to capture the feeling of finding your own way along a biking hill, seeking the varied routes you can find that will lead you down to the bottom.
Indie, Video, IGF