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A description of stale water in a stagnant puddle. A small clutch of green squares - a digital life form - flits around

Exploring connections with digital pets through death and dying in goodbye.monster Exploring connections with digital pets through death and dying in goodbye.monster

Monster Team talks about wanting to explore the lives of digital creatures, giving them their own agency outside of player wants, through text-based play.

Mar 14, 2024

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Hunting for Narrative gold: Designing the treasure hunting world of HAWKED Hunting for Narrative gold: Designing the treasure hunting world of HAWKED

byVladimir Semykin

Mar 13, 2024

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The Upside of Using Culture and Personal Stories as Game Pillars The Upside of Using Culture and Personal Stories as Game Pillars

byDeborah Chantson

Mar 13, 2024

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A gray-faced man in a trench coat tells a character not to worry - they're a murderer

How General Hospital and Junji Ito lead to the hilarious horrors of Anthology of the Killer How General Hospital and Junji Ito lead to the hilarious horrors of Anthology of the Killer

Mar 13, 2024

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A vaporware portrait of Jeff Minter.

How the iconic Jeff Minter stays inspired after 43 llama-filled years of game development How the iconic Jeff Minter stays inspired after 43 llama-filled years of game development

bySam Machkovech

Mar 12, 2024

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Several robots in a shootout on a platform floating in water

RAM: Random Access Mayhem's body-swapping mechanic was born from playing roguelikes RAM: Random Access Mayhem's body-swapping mechanic was born from playing roguelikes

Mar 12, 2024

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A gnome wields a fantasy scepter as pretty colors fly all around him.

Hearthstone celebrates its 10th anniversary by balancing novelty with nostalgia

Hearthstone celebrates its 10th anniversary by balancing novelty with nostalgia

byDiego Arguello

A witch sitting at a table in a house that is floating in space. A humanoid snake creature is coiled around the building.

How The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood uses player-crafted tarot cards to better connect them to the story

How The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood uses player-crafted tarot cards to better connect them to the story

The Lessons Learned From Palworld's Success

Featured Blog | The Lessons Learned From Palworld's Success

A female presenting person walking to a car in a parking lot

The Wreck explores how examining past traumas can reshape life in the present

The Wreck explores how examining past traumas can reshape life in the present

A paladin rides a horse and holds a magical proclomation.

Two pillars devs need to know to pitch a Dungeons & Dragons game

Two pillars devs need to know to pitch a Dungeons & Dragons game

byBryant Francis

You have to hit the rock: How (the) Gnorp Apologue uses minimal design to maximum effect

You have to hit the rock: How (the) Gnorp Apologue uses minimal design to maximum effect

A rather aggressive Baldur's Gate 3 party member

Baldur's Gate 3 dominates BAFTA Games Awards 2024 nominations

Baldur's Gate 3 dominates BAFTA Games Awards 2024 nominations

A planet covered in humans trying to mine it

Countering colonizing efforts through caring for a planet in Planetka

Countering colonizing efforts through caring for a planet in Planetka

A floating statue looks serenely out from a mountaintop

Isles of Sea and Sky uses limitations and theme to inspire creativity in puzzle crafting

Isles of Sea and Sky uses limitations and theme to inspire creativity in puzzle crafting

A player character fights monsters in Dragon's Dogma 2.

The 'Pawns' of Dragon's Dogma 2 are the tip of an emergent iceberg

The 'Pawns' of Dragon's Dogma 2 are the tip of an emergent iceberg

byAlessandro Fillari

A colossal horned creature in a mask gets ready to charge

Feeling out art styles to make your game stand out in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

Feeling out art styles to make your game stand out in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

A colossal horned creature in a mask gets ready to charge

[Test] Feeling out art styles to make your game stand out in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

Feeling out art styles to make your game stand out in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

Evolving standard dice roll game design with Project O.R.C.S.' boons and banes system

Featured Blog | Evolving standard dice roll game design with Project O.R.C.S.' boons and banes system

byMatt Schembari

Bodies float before a headless giant

Diverse backgrounds in theater, music, and dance shaped time-bending thriller 1000xRESIST

Diverse backgrounds in theater, music, and dance shaped time-bending thriller 1000xRESIST

Bodies float before a headless giant

[Test] Diverse backgrounds in theater, music, and dance shaped time-bending thriller 1000xRESIST

Diverse backgrounds in theater, music, and dance shaped time-bending thriller 1000xRESIST

The Quest for Cosy | A Deep Dive into Cosy Gaming

Featured Blog: The Quest for Cosy | A Deep Dive into Cosy Gaming

Several people, one looking frustrated, wander through a massive ornate shop

How Final Profit: A Shop RPG uses every element in the pursuit of endless (immoral?) cash

How Final Profit: A Shop RPG uses every element in the pursuit of endless (immoral?) cash

A Game Urbanism Bibliography

A Game Urbanism Bibliography

byKonstantinos Dimopoulos

'The Layoff Talk' by Worth Dayley

'The Layoff Talk' by Worth Dayley

byLis Moberly, Worth Dayley

Space marines at war in key art for Helldivers 2.

Helldivers 2 has a god and his name is Joel

Helldivers 2 has a god and his name is Joel

byJustin Carter

Miles Morales as Spider-Man looks at his phone while standing on a building sideways.

There's plenty of Nadji Jeter in Marvel's Spider-Man 2's take on Miles Morales

There's plenty of Nadji Jeter in Marvel's Spider-Man 2's take on Miles Morales

byBryant Francis

A book filled with glyphs and images of people running, looking, and hiding.

Immersing players in the culture of a people with language puzzler Chants of Sennaar

Immersing players in the culture of a people with language puzzler Chants of Sennaar

Two cars from Forza Motorsport

What surprising series influenced the design of Forza Motorsport? Dark Souls

What surprising series influenced the design of Forza Motorsport? Dark Souls

byBryant Francis

A conversation with NPC Lara Ravel in Pathologic 2.

Polaris design retreat papers explore colonial-free design, prioritization frameworks, and more

Polaris design retreat papers explore colonial-free design, prioritization frameworks, and more

byJustin Carter

How Graphite Lab created a Pong-like in qomp2

Featured Blog | How Graphite Lab created a Pong-like in qomp2

byBrad Austrin, Matt Raithel

Bodies hang upwards on chains against a red sky

TRY AGAIN: How frustrations with game development lead to a platformer about game development frustrations

TRY AGAIN: How frustrations with game development lead to a platformer about game development frustrations

Horsing around with horror in The Pony Factory

Horsing around with horror in The Pony Factory

A teenage girl runs across a stone bridge in the Scottish Highlands

A Highland Song crafts its story to make each adventure your own

A Highland Song Crafts its Story to Make Each Adventure Your Own

Baldur's Gate 3 character Lae'zel stands on a rooftop.

Baldur's Gate 3's item balancing went big because small stat changes are 'not cool'

Baldur's Gate 3's item balancing went big because small stat changes are 'not cool'

byBryant Francis

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