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The “empty retreat” problem in Open world games!!The “empty retreat” problem in Open world games!!

Article puts light on the problem of re-traversal in side quests design of the open-world Games.

byKetan Kulkarni, Blogger

Mar 24, 2017

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Animators Roundtable: The Mass Effect: Andromeda pile-on Animators Roundtable: The Mass Effect: Andromeda pile-on

byGame Developer

Mar 24, 2017

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Video: How Pokemon Go was designed to be playable in public Video: How Pokemon Go was designed to be playable in public

Mar 24, 2017

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Hitman dev says the secret to expansive level design is spirals Hitman dev says the secret to expansive level design is spirals

Mar 24, 2017

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To write better games, Chris Avellone takes lessons from Dr. Who To write better games, Chris Avellone takes lessons from Dr. Who

Mar 24, 2017

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We're streaming some Mass Effect: Andromeda multiplayer today at 3PM EDT We're streaming some Mass Effect: Andromeda multiplayer today at 3PM EDT

byBryant Francis

Mar 24, 2017

1 Min Read

Why has BioWare made the same multiplayer game three times in a row?

Why has BioWare made the same multiplayer game three times in a row?

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

Traversal and the Problem with Walking Simulators

Traversal and the Problem with Walking Simulators

byThomas Grip, Blogger

Pre-Production with the Book of Lenses

Pre-Production with the Book of Lenses

byKaran Gaikwad, Blogger

GDC 2017 UX Summit - Overview

GDC 2017 UX Summit - Overview

byCelia Hodent, Blogger

BrainGoodGames Design Commandment #4: Moving Forwards

BrainGoodGames Design Commandment #4: Moving Forwards

byBrett Lowey, Blogger

Writing in Games: The Trinity of Plot, Character Motivation and Theme

Writing in Games: The Trinity of Plot, Character Motivation and Theme

byJames Dyson, Blogger

7 works of interactive fiction that every developer should study

7 works of interactive fiction that every developer should study

byGame Developer, Staff

Video: How Respawn evolved the Titan combat in Titanfall 2

Video: How Respawn evolved the Titan combat in Titanfall 2

Join us as we continue our Deus Ex stream today at 3 PM ET

Join us as we continue our Deus Ex stream today at 3 PM ET

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

How do you make being a moral person a challenge? A look back at Deus Ex

How do you make being a moral person a challenge? A look back at Deus Ex

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

To recapture intimate horror, Resident Evil 7 devs looked to the '90s

To recapture intimate horror, Resident Evil 7 devs looked to the '90s

byAlissa McAloon, Publisher

Antegods Design Update: Special Powers or Animal Instincts?

Antegods Design Update: Special Powers or Animal Instincts?

byPeter de Jong, Blogger

The Mass Effect Paradox - Love it, or hate them

The Mass Effect Paradox - Love it, or hate them

byNick Halme, Blogger

Being a Woman in the Gambling Industry

Being a Woman in the Gambling Industry

byAnnika Ljung, Blogger

Ed Fries uncovers earliest known arcade game Easter egg in Starship 1

Ed Fries uncovers earliest known arcade game Easter egg in Starship 1

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

PAX East Report: Two unmistakably Australian games

PAX East Report: Two unmistakably Australian games

byKatherine Cross, Contributor

For Honor dev: ‘We never intended for players to unlock everything'

For Honor dev: ‘We never intended for players to unlock everything'

byAlissa McAloon, Publisher

Valuable but not profitable: Garden Wars Postmortem

Valuable but not profitable: Garden Wars Postmortem

byCory Spooner, Blogger

Bringing World War and Communist Propaganda Back to Life

Bringing World War and Communist Propaganda Back to Life

byJakub Kasztalski, Blogger

Video: From indie to Fable and back -- 30 years of game dev 'wisdom'

Video: From indie to Fable and back -- 30 years of game dev 'wisdom'

Get a job: Sucker Punch is hiring a Level Designer

Get a job: Sucker Punch is hiring a Level Designer

PAX East Report: Games from around the world

PAX East Report: Games from around the world

byKatherine Cross, Contributor

Overwatch devs ponder the prospect of adding a map editor

Overwatch devs ponder the prospect of adding a map editor

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

Clash Royale's card balancing guru leans less on metrics, more on design intuition

Clash Royale's card balancing guru leans less on metrics, more on design intuition

byKris Graft, Contributor

Design Points: Chess

Design Points: Chess

byTom Kail, Blogger

An Iterative Approach to Quest Design

An Iterative Approach to Quest Design

byNick Witsel, Blogger

Released my first indie game on itch.io. Here is short post mortem.

Released my first indie game on itch.io. Here is short post mortem.

byGrzegorz Dalek, Blogger

Dwarf Fortress dev: 'It's kind of funny, we never achieved our original goals'

Dwarf Fortress dev: 'It's kind of funny, we never achieved our original goals'

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

How Breath of the Wild solved_ The Legend of Zelda_'s situational item problem

How Breath of the Wild solved_ The Legend of Zelda_'s situational item problem

byAlissa McAloon, Publisher

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