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When Game Design Goes too Far When Game Design Goes too Far

It's very easy for game designers to go crazy with adding content to their games, but there is such a thing as going too far with building a game.

byJosh Bycer, Blogger

Aug 16, 2016

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Pokemon Go’s future is bleak without game balancing Pokemon Go’s future is bleak without game balancing

byDan Bergin Holly

Aug 16, 2016

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Programming principles from the early days of id Software Programming principles from the early days of id Software

Aug 16, 2016

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What game developers are saying about No Man's SkyWhat game developers are saying about No Man's Sky

Aug 16, 2016

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Death and Consequence in Game Design Death and Consequence in Game Design

byChris Solarski

Aug 15, 2016

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An Enhancement 20+ Years in the Making An Enhancement 20+ Years in the Making

byJames Bennett

Aug 15, 2016

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Video: Making _ Her Story_ and using the player's imagination as a narrative tool

Video: Making _ Her Story_ and using the player's imagination as a narrative tool

5 storytelling tips from a Disney Pixar veteran

5 storytelling tips from a Disney Pixar veteran

byKris Graft, Contributor

Real talk about what it's like to write video games

Real talk about what it's like to write video games

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

Next PS4 update bringing improved video sharing and custom folders

Next PS4 update bringing improved video sharing and custom folders

byChris Kerr, News Editor

Achievements and Us: Why We Added Steam Achievements to a VN

Achievements and Us: Why We Added Steam Achievements to a VN

byMalcolm Pierce, Blogger

What Game Designers Can Learn From Cinema

What Game Designers Can Learn From Cinema

bySande Chen, Blogger

On Presenting A GDC Talk

On Presenting A GDC Talk

byRyan Darcey, Blogger

Implementing Racing Games: An intro to different approaches and their game design trade-offs

Implementing Racing Games: An intro to different approaches and their game design trade-offs

byLivio De La Cruz, Blogger

50 Tips and Best Practices for Unity (2016 Edition)

50 Tips and Best Practices for Unity (2016 Edition)

byHerman Tulleken, Blogger

No Man's Sky: The Blu-Ray Marble

No Man's Sky: The Blu-Ray Marble

byTyler Corbine, Blogger

Aligning Special Abilities with the Game's Core

Aligning Special Abilities with the Game's Core

byDavid Canela, Blogger

Creating an Art Style

Creating an Art Style

byAdam McMahon, Blogger

Game Design Deep Dive: Color as identity in Push Me Pull You

Game Design Deep Dive: Color as identity in Push Me Pull You

Gen Con Highlights: The Dark Eye and Polaris

Gen Con Highlights: The Dark Eye and Polaris

byKatherine Cross, Contributor

Cubotrox july devlog

Cubotrox july devlog

byJose Barbera Pastor, Blogger

The Disunity of Assassin's Creed: Unity

The Disunity of Assassin's Creed: Unity

byStanislav Costiuc, Blogger

Devs, submit your great ideas for a GDC 2017 Design talk

Devs, submit your great ideas for a GDC 2017 Design talk

How RimWorld fleshes out the Dwarf Fortress formula

How RimWorld fleshes out the Dwarf Fortress formula

byGame Developer, Staff

Tracing my Troubles with Telltale Games

Tracing my Troubles with Telltale Games

byJosh Bycer, Blogger

Oil it or Spoil it!

Oil it or Spoil it!

byLars Doucet, Contributor

Compulsion loop is withdrawal-driven

Compulsion loop is withdrawal-driven

byAlexandre Mandryka, Blogger

Dashing Jerry - Goals and Gifs

Dashing Jerry - Goals and Gifs

byVictor Breum, Blogger

Spoiled for choice: The psychology of choice overload in games, and how to avoid it

Spoiled for choice: The psychology of choice overload in games, and how to avoid it

byRobert Tilford, Blogger

Doing Death Differently

Doing Death Differently

byAttila Branyiczky, Blogger

Game Jam Reflections and Practical Advice

Game Jam Reflections and Practical Advice

byDustin Triplett, Blogger

A Tale of Two Open-Worlds: comparing "exploration" and "activity" sandboxes

A Tale of Two Open-Worlds: comparing "exploration" and "activity" sandboxes

byMichel Sabbagh, Blogger

Simple mechanics, complex puzzle creation. Can computer-aided puzzle design help us create fair, fun and interesting challenges?

Simple mechanics, complex puzzle creation. Can computer-aided puzzle design help us create fair, fun and interesting challenges?

byAndrea Baldiraghi, Blogger

Attend VRDC and see how Double Fine reinvented Psychonauts for VR

Attend VRDC and see how Double Fine reinvented Psychonauts for VR

Catch these great talks at GDC Europe -- Online registration closes Wednesday!

Catch these great talks at GDC Europe -- Online registration closes Wednesday!

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