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Are space shooter games still 'a rite of passage'?Are space shooter games still 'a rite of passage'?

I will attempt to provide the games developer community with my thoughts regarding how I ventured into 'solo indie' games development.

byAndrew Sataiyah

Jul 12, 2024

9 Min Read

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Opinion: Call of Duty is tearing Xbox apart Opinion: Call of Duty is tearing Xbox apart

byJustin Carter

Jul 11, 2024

5 Min Read

Training the game designers of tomorrow (Part 2/5)Training the game designers of tomorrow (Part 2/5)

Jul 10, 2024

7 Min Read

The Trouble of Tunnel Vision Gamers and Developers: Not Seeing the Forest for the Games The Trouble of Tunnel Vision Gamers and Developers: Not Seeing the Forest for the Games

Jul 9, 2024

12 Min Read

Windows on Arm is not ready for the complexities of the PC gaming landscape Windows on Arm is not ready for the complexities of the PC gaming landscape

byJames McWhirter

Jul 8, 2024

6 Min Read

Reworking War Robots' prize system with style and user-friendliness Reworking War Robots' prize system with style and user-friendliness

byNikolay Berezkin

Jul 8, 2024

9 Min Read

Analyzing New Game Ideas for Market Success: Strategic Toolkit

Analyzing New Game Ideas for Market Success: Strategic Toolkit

byMichał Dębek

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Lessons from the political minefield of Pro Philosopher 2

Lessons from the political minefield of Pro Philosopher 2

byConnor Fallon, Blogger

Training the game designers of tomorrow (part 1 of 5)

Training the game designers of tomorrow (part 1 of 5)

byPascal Luban, Blogger

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How I developed good communication skills while working on Fastival

How I developed good communication skills while working on Fastival

Marketing Art in game development: What makes a 2D Marketing Artist?

Marketing Art in game development: What makes a 2D Marketing Artist?

byRuslan Sartykov

Oh man, everyone in the gaming industry knows it! Do they?

Oh man, everyone in the gaming industry knows it! Do they?

byMichał Dębek

A screencap of YouTuber Dr Disrespect. He wears red wraparound sunglasses and a fake mullet and moustache.

Opinion: Dr Disrespect's ousting should be a wake-up call for devs

Opinion: Dr Disrespect's ousting should be a wake-up call for devs

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

Retrospective: A producer's guide to team buy-in

Retrospective: A producer's guide to team buy-in

byAnders Erickson

Creating Compelling and Continuous Gameplay in a Cozy Farming/Life Sim Adventure

Creating Compelling and Continuous Gameplay in a Cozy Farming/Life Sim Adventure

byDeborah Chantson, Blogger

Between Realism and Abstraction - The Boundaries of Playability

Between Realism and Abstraction - The Boundaries of Playability

byMateusz Hyla, Blogger

My Biggest Blunders as a New Producer

My Biggest Blunders as a New Producer

byDavid Garrett

Should we abandon the HUD? Examining its impact on player flow

Should we abandon the HUD? Examining its impact on player flow

byReinard Baertsoen

Predatory tactics in gaming are worse than you think

Predatory tactics in gaming are worse than you think

byAdrien Laurent, Blogger

Image from Death Machine by Philip Froelich, an example of a 2D-dynamically lit game using 2D-Normal maps releasing in 2024.

Inefficient or Unexplored: Insights from a Year-Long Study on 2D-Normal Map Generators

Inefficient or Unexplored: Insights from a Year-Long Study on 2D-Normal Map Generators

byAmine El Bouhattaoui

Leveraging Emotional Design Features to Enhance Character Perception in Pixel Art

Leveraging Emotional Design Features to Enhance Character Perception in Pixel Art

byTimur Shakirov

How to Implement AI Workflows that Your Artists Will Actually Want to Use

How to Implement AI Workflows that Your Artists Will Actually Want to Use

The Rise of Generative AI in Revolutionizing Game Development

The Rise of Generative AI in Revolutionizing Game Development

byJulian Togelius, Contributor

Welcome To My World: What Makes For Great Horror Game Settings

Welcome To My World: What Makes For Great Horror Game Settings

byMichel Sabbagh, Blogger

The Game Show Interview: What Game Music Means to Gamers

The Game Show Interview: What Game Music Means to Gamers

byWinifred Phillips, Blogger

Genre Bending: Taking Outbreak from Action Survival Horror to Horror Visual Novel

Genre Bending: Taking Outbreak from Action Survival Horror to Horror Visual Novel

byJulia Wolbach

The Grim Reality for Independent Game Developers and Publishers: Surviving the Challenges Ahead

The Grim Reality for Independent Game Developers and Publishers: Surviving the Challenges Ahead

byMichał Dębek

How to get better fps on PC while porting games to consoles

How to get better fps on PC while porting games to consoles

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byKostyantyn Oleschenko, Olexandr Makeevand 1 more

Finding a New Balance Between AI and Beneficial Bugs

Finding a New Balance Between AI and Beneficial Bugs

byMiruna Vozaru

Call for Abstracts - Towards Sustainable Game Design: The Game Needs to Change

Call for Abstracts - Towards Sustainable Game Design: The Game Needs to Change

Future Proofing - Corporate Comms for New Studios in 2024

Future Proofing - Corporate Comms for New Studios in 2024

byChris Schmidt

A Command & Conquer Retrospective

A Command & Conquer Retrospective

byJosh Bycer, Blogger

Making Video Games With a Disability

Making Video Games With a Disability

byMicah Barga, Blogger

A goat host character presides over a retro TV set

Psychonauts 2's cooking show level serves inspiration for all aspiring devs

Psychonauts 2's cooking show level serves inspiration for all aspiring devs

byDanielle Riendeau, Editor-in-Chief

The Unrealized Potential of Cooking in Games

The Unrealized Potential of Cooking in Games

byLeonardo Ferreira, Blogger

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