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More Thoughts on Formalism More Thoughts on Formalism

What does 'formalism' mean? What does it matter? If you answered "no" to both of these questions then this blog post might not be for you.

byFrank Lantz, Blogger

Jan 20, 2015

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Doctor Who's Effect on Narrative and Episodic Storytelling Doctor Who's Effect on Narrative and Episodic Storytelling

Jan 20, 2015

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Loot Quest: From Ruminations to Release Loot Quest: From Ruminations to Release

byElliot Pinkus

Jan 20, 2015

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Design dilemma in prop behaviour Design dilemma in prop behaviour

Jan 20, 2015

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80 Days and Kitty Powers join GDC 2015 Indie Games Summit lineup 80 Days and Kitty Powers join GDC 2015 Indie Games Summit lineup

Jan 20, 2015

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Get practical design tips for inspiring your players at GDC 2015 Get practical design tips for inspiring your players at GDC 2015

Jan 20, 2015

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8 successful Octodad dev decisions you probably shouldn't copy

8 successful Octodad dev decisions you probably shouldn't copy

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

Snake Ultimate - Dev Blog #1 - Smooth Movement in Unity3D

Snake Ultimate - Dev Blog #1 - Smooth Movement in Unity3D

byChris Jenkins, Blogger

A Narrative Dream... The Unfinished Swan Part I - Discovery

A Narrative Dream... The Unfinished Swan Part I - Discovery

byEric Guadara, Blogger

3 Things to Avoid in Next-Gen Narrative Planners

3 Things to Avoid in Next-Gen Narrative Planners

byDwayne Rudy, Blogger

Man and Games: Adding wings or clipping them?

Man and Games: Adding wings or clipping them?

byMichal Mycka, Blogger

The Red Team - Changing project leads in the middle of development

The Red Team - Changing project leads in the middle of development

byAlvaro Vazquez de la Torre, Blogger

Cyclops Staring Contest: An Eye-Controlled Game

Cyclops Staring Contest: An Eye-Controlled Game

byGame Developer, Staff

The Scale of a Story and the Scale of Mechanics

The Scale of a Story and the Scale of Mechanics

byChristopher Gile, Blogger

This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Coming Out on Top to Commander Shepard's Origin Story

This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Coming Out on Top to Commander Shepard's Origin Story

byGame Developer, Staff

Dear Stranger Post-Mortem, Augmented Reality and an MDA Perspective

Dear Stranger Post-Mortem, Augmented Reality and an MDA Perspective

byTino van der Kraan, Blogger

Video: There and Dad Again, an Octodad: Dadliest Catch postmortem

Video: There and Dad Again, an Octodad: Dadliest Catch postmortem

Telling stories with gravestones: How Boon Hill raises the dead

Telling stories with gravestones: How Boon Hill raises the dead

byKris Graft, Contributor

Beyond strategy: Catching up with Amplitude Studios and Endless Legend

Beyond strategy: Catching up with Amplitude Studios and Endless Legend

byLeigh Alexander, Contributor

Balancing Multiplayer Games - Intuition, Iteration and Numbers

Balancing Multiplayer Games - Intuition, Iteration and Numbers

byPeter Qumsieh, Blogger

How we unbroke our crafting system

How we unbroke our crafting system

bySamuel Coster, Blogger

Hakoboi! and the inspiring art of simplicity

Hakoboi! and the inspiring art of simplicity

byMauro Fanelli, Blogger

Part 2: The Foundations of (The English) Language (V1.3)

Part 2: The Foundations of (The English) Language (V1.3)

byDarren Tomlyn, Blogger

Threats, luggage and mild peril: Designing 80 Days

Threats, luggage and mild peril: Designing 80 Days

byLeigh Alexander, Contributor

7 things I’ve learnt from designing This War of Mine

7 things I’ve learnt from designing This War of Mine

byKacper Kwiatkowski, Blogger

Five Best Games of 2014 from Game Designer’s Perspective

Five Best Games of 2014 from Game Designer’s Perspective

byAdrian Chmielarz, Blogger

Dragon Age, Ma Vhenan: The Lore is a Lie

Dragon Age, Ma Vhenan: The Lore is a Lie

byLena LeRay, Blogger

Writing Interactive Fiction in Six Steps

Writing Interactive Fiction in Six Steps

byBen Serviss, Blogger

10 Years a AAA Game Dev

10 Years a AAA Game Dev

byGame Developer, Staff

Get a job: Sucker Punch is hiring a Narrative Writer

Get a job: Sucker Punch is hiring a Narrative Writer

Universal Truth Number Three (pt.2)

Universal Truth Number Three (pt.2)

byHardy LeBel, Blogger

Endless Runner Games: How to think and design (plus some history)

Endless Runner Games: How to think and design (plus some history)

byBen Chong, Blogger

Video (screencast) :7 Ways to Learn Game Design

Video (screencast) :7 Ways to Learn Game Design

byLewis Pulsipher, Blogger

The Balancing Act of Tension in Horror Game Design

The Balancing Act of Tension in Horror Game Design

byJosh Bycer, Blogger

Design by constraints: Hitman Go postmortem comes to GDC 2015

Design by constraints: Hitman Go postmortem comes to GDC 2015

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