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Rewarding Failure – Super Rude Bear Resurrection Rewarding Failure – Super Rude Bear Resurrection

Tackling issues with hardcore platformers - how it's possible to make them beatable by newbies without alienating hardcore players.

byAlex Rose, Blogger

Jun 26, 2015

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Pointless Grind Pointless Grind

byMatthew Jenkin

Jun 26, 2015

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Gamedev Mutations: A game as mutability potential.Gamedev Mutations: A game as mutability potential.

byGame Developer

Jun 26, 2015

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Get a job: Hangar 13 is hiring an experienced Level Architect Get a job: Hangar 13 is hiring an experienced Level Architect

Jun 26, 2015

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Making gender matter: Lessons from tabletop RPG Night Witches Making gender matter: Lessons from tabletop RPG Night Witches

byKatherine Cross

Jun 26, 2015

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Attend GDC Europe to see how Bossa cooks up games like I Am BreadAttend GDC Europe to see how Bossa cooks up games like I Am Bread

Jun 25, 2015

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Shame and game making

Shame and game making

byrahul sehgal, Blogger

Video: Indigenous Games: an interview with Ishmael Hope of Never Alone

Video: Indigenous Games: an interview with Ishmael Hope of Never Alone

byBob Whitaker, Blogger

Games and interactive storytelling.

Games and interactive storytelling.

byJosh Newland, Blogger

Story structure as a tool for game designers

Story structure as a tool for game designers

byFilip Wiltgren, Blogger

Sex and intimacy in Dragon Age: Inquisition vs. its predecessors

Sex and intimacy in Dragon Age: Inquisition vs. its predecessors

byLena LeRay, Blogger

Zombies as a Force of Nature

Zombies as a Force of Nature

bySande Chen, Blogger

Beat-chart – game designer's best friend

Beat-chart – game designer's best friend

byNick Filatov, Blogger

Assassin’s Creed Series Stealth Viability Analysis

Assassin’s Creed Series Stealth Viability Analysis

byStanislav Costiuc, Blogger

Video: Dealing with feedback while making deeply personal games

Video: Dealing with feedback while making deeply personal games

Developing Deus Ex: An oral history

Developing Deus Ex: An oral history

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

GlassLabs mods Plants vs. Zombies 2 to serve as a teaching tool

GlassLabs mods Plants vs. Zombies 2 to serve as a teaching tool

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

Designed as a 'communication' game, Animal Crossing defied genre

Designed as a 'communication' game, Animal Crossing defied genre

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

The Heart of Game Systems

The Heart of Game Systems

byphilipp zupke, Blogger

Pacing in Puzzle Games on the Example of Portal 2

Pacing in Puzzle Games on the Example of Portal 2

byStanislav Costiuc, Blogger

Discovering the psychology of interactive narratives and characters

Discovering the psychology of interactive narratives and characters

byZachary Pittman, Blogger

Trinity, Part 3: Game Mechanics

Trinity, Part 3: Game Mechanics

byMike Stout, Blogger

Opinion: Games could be doing so much more with sex

Opinion: Games could be doing so much more with sex

byKatherine Cross, Contributor

This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Fury Road to Bullet Hell

This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Fury Road to Bullet Hell

byKris Ligman, Blogger

Characteristics of a few mobile game maps -Part I

Characteristics of a few mobile game maps -Part I

byJunxue Li, Blogger

The most glorious death in my playthrough of The Banner Saga

The most glorious death in my playthrough of The Banner Saga

byLena LeRay, Blogger

Sports Games and the Creative Delusion

Sports Games and the Creative Delusion

byAnthony Kyne, Blogger

8 archetypes for break-testing your game

8 archetypes for break-testing your game

byFilip Wiltgren, Blogger

Get a job: Vicarious Visions seeks a character combat designer

Get a job: Vicarious Visions seeks a character combat designer

Game Design Deep Dive: Action Henk's jump physics

Game Design Deep Dive: Action Henk's jump physics

byGame Developer, Staff

When does influenced by become stealing someones design?

When does influenced by become stealing someones design?

byFilip Wiltgren, Blogger

Edge of Nowhere a strong argument for third-person, gamepad games in VR

Edge of Nowhere a strong argument for third-person, gamepad games in VR

byKris Graft, Contributor

Game mechanics and player agency in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Game mechanics and player agency in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

byKris Graft, Contributor

Gender and Abstract Characters - Pink Think

Gender and Abstract Characters - Pink Think

byDavid Kilmer, Blogger

What Makes a Good Collaboration?

What Makes a Good Collaboration?

byRichard Lord, Blogger

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