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A complex controller covered in connectors, buttons, switches, and keyholes.

Avoiding nuclear disaster with the connectors & pedals of AtomikAvoiding nuclear disaster with the connectors & pedals of Atomik

Atomik gives players a complex series of buttons, connections, keys, and pedals to keep a nuclear reactor from melting down. Better read the manual quickly.

Feb 13, 2023

8 Min Read

A person smoking. Their eyes are covered with scratched black lines, like someone has drawn over them with a marker

An Outcry explores the importance of a single personal choice An Outcry explores the importance of a single personal choice

Feb 10, 2023

9 Min Read

A pair of people playing a pong-like soccer game using a unique sliding, twisting controller

Playing football with the twisting, sliding controller of Hua and Liu's FooscadePlaying football with the twisting, sliding controller of Hua and Liu's Fooscade

Feb 10, 2023

5 Min Read

several tiny creatures are parachuting down, guns and axes drawn

How Mr. Sun's Hatbox's humor helped the testing process How Mr. Sun's Hatbox's humor helped the testing process

Feb 10, 2023

7 Min Read

Choo Choo Charles terrifying train monster

Exploring the subversive childhood horror of Choo Choo Charles Exploring the subversive childhood horror of Choo Choo Charles

Feb 9, 2023

5 Min Read

Three strange witch's brews

Inside the full size food truck controller of Kitchen KauldronInside the full size food truck controller of Kitchen Kauldron

Feb 9, 2023

14 Min Read

A TV broadcast input screen from Not For Broadcast

Handling dystopian news in NotGames' Not For Broadcast

Handling dystopian news in NotGames' Not For Broadcast

a little creature sails aboard a tiny log boat, moving past a broken ship

Playing with pieces of the world in randomerz's Slider

Playing with pieces of the world in randomerz's Slider

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's Revenge

Deep Dive: How TMNT Shredder's Revenge was built on nostalgia and new ideas

Deep Dive: How TMNT Shredder's Revenge was built on nostalgia and new ideas

byYannick Belzil

A toaster connected to a pc in order to play a golf game that launches a fish

Gilliam's Great Escape turns a toaster into a golf controller

Gilliam's Great Escape turns a toaster into a golf controller

How Deep is the Darkest Water

Telling emotional stories through evocative scenes in Rhett Tsai's How Deep Is the Dark Water?

Telling emotional stories through evocative scenes in Rhett Tsai's How Deep Is the Dark Water?

a multi-button control panel is being pressed to switch cameras as someone uses voice controls to close a door

Exploring unique surveilling and thieving controllers for Debono's HEIST '98

Exploring unique surveilling and thieving controllers for Debono's HEIST '98

A pair of people dancing on either end of a large dance controller mat

The making of Voss, Kohutek, Regner, & Siemon's GridMaster

The making of Voss, Kohutek, Regner, & Siemon's GridMaster

Finding the beat through environmental cues in the rhythm game Melatonin

Finding the beat through environmental cues in the rhythm game Melatonin

Yuppie Psycho art

Postmortem: First-job survival-horror game Yuppie Psycho

Postmortem: First-job survival-horror game Yuppie Psycho

byHenrique Lage

Pentiment screenshot showing monks at work

Deep Dive: Behind the evocative medieval manuscript art of Pentiment

Deep Dive: Behind the evocative medieval manuscript art of Pentiment

byHannah Kennedy

Prince of Persia cover art

Prince of Packaging: A tale of 1990s box art

Prince of Packaging: A tale of 1990s box art

byJordan Mechner

The professional

How The Professional combines QWOP, comedy, and crime

How The Professional combines QWOP, comedy, and crime

Patrick's Parabox orange screenshot

Designing the mind-bending puzzles in Patrick's Parabox

Designing the mind-bending puzzles in Patrick's Parabox

Victoria 3

Deep Dive: Modeling the global economy in Victoria 3

Deep Dive: Modeling the global economy in Victoria 3

byMikael Andersson

How to reduce toxicity in games

Deep Dive: Altruism in online multiplayer video games with Kind Words and Sky: Children of the Light

Deep Dive: Altruism in online multiplayer video games with Kind Words and Sky: Children of the Light

Deep Dive: A framework for generative music in video games

Deep Dive: A framework for generative music in video games

byCale Plut, Philippe Pasquier

darkwebSTREAMER screenshot

Pushing the boundaries of AI and psychology in darkwebSTREAMER

Pushing the boundaries of AI and psychology in darkwebSTREAMER

byCourtney Borrett

Jellycar Physics

Deep Dive: The soft body physics of JellyCar, explained

Deep Dive: The soft body physics of JellyCar, explained

byTim FitzRandolph

How regional differences in Slavic folklore shaped Blacktail

How regional differences in Slavic folklore shaped Blacktail

Deep Dive: Building a robust accessibility toolbox with The Forest Cathedral

Deep Dive: Building a robust accessibility toolbox with The Forest Cathedral

byBrian Wilson, Britt Dye

Upending player expectations with the surreal horror game Anglerfish

Upending player expectations with the surreal horror game Anglerfish

The technical logistics of designing a diverse character creator in Witchy Life Story

The technical logistics of designing a diverse character creator in Witchy Life Story

Character creators are more important than ever: An interview with the team of Witchy Life Story

Character creators are more important than ever: An interview with the team of Witchy Life Story

Deep Dive: How to achieve the cozy papercraft style of Paper Cut Mansion

Deep Dive: How to achieve the cozy papercraft style of Paper Cut Mansion

byGabriele Caruso

Deep Dive: The musical score of A Plague Tale: Requiem

Deep Dive: The musical score of A Plague Tale: Requiem

byOlivier Derivière

How McPixel 3 incentivized failure by being funny

How McPixel 3 incentivized failure by being funny

Balancing a two-hero battle system with Bossgame: The Final Boss Is My Heart

Balancing a two-hero battle system with Bossgame: The Final Boss Is My Heart

Deep Dive: The art of Foundation

Deep Dive: The art of Foundation

byOlivier Latouche

Using minimalism to channel the fear of the unknown in FAITH: The Unholy Trinity

Using minimalism to channel the fear of the unknown in FAITH: The Unholy Trinity

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