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Book Excerpt: Learning Video Game Design on the Tabletop Book Excerpt: Learning Video Game Design on the Tabletop

'Presented in a step-by-step format, this book helps the reader understand how the game design skills that are acquired through creating tabletop games can be used when designing video games.'

Nov 19, 2024

24 Slides

Postmortem: How Empires of the Undergrowth came together in over 7 years of Early Access Postmortem: How Empires of the Undergrowth came together in over 7 years of Early Access

Nov 14, 2024

17 Min Read

Deep Dive: Developing a clear and consistent visual language in the UI of Beastieball Deep Dive: Developing a clear and consistent visual language in the UI of Beastieball

byGregory Lobanov

Nov 12, 2024

9 Min Read

Deep Dive: Masterminding the fluid movement system behind Echo Point Nova Deep Dive: Masterminding the fluid movement system behind Echo Point Nova

byMatt Larrabee

Oct 29, 2024

7 Min Read

Classic Postmortem: Telltale Games' The Walking Dead (2012)Classic Postmortem: Telltale Games' The Walking Dead (2012)

Oct 25, 2024

23 Min Read

Classic Postmortem: NanaOnSha's Haunt (2012)Classic Postmortem: NanaOnSha's Haunt (2012)

Oct 24, 2024

23 Min Read

Postmortem: Bringing The Cycle: Frontier to Unreal Editor for Fortnite

Postmortem: Bringing The Cycle: Frontier to Unreal Editor for Fortnite

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byAlexandra Norman, Michał Lorczak and 1 more

Deep Dive: Creating a multi-layered game world in Tenet of the Spark

Deep Dive: Creating a multi-layered game world in Tenet of the Spark

byArtem Shcherbakov

Book Excerpt: Game Economy Design: Metagame, Monetization and Live Operations

Book Excerpt: Game Economy Design: Metagame, Monetization and Live Operations

byCharlie Czerkawski

Deep Dive: Developing a rating system and making juicy TV in The Crush House

Deep Dive: Developing a rating system and making juicy TV in The Crush House

Deep Dive: How custom tools made the 2D photo mode of A Highland Song sing

Deep Dive: How custom tools made the 2D photo mode of A Highland Song sing

byJoseph Humfrey

Deep Dive: Refreshing the Crusader Kings III tutorial mode through optimized UX

Deep Dive: Refreshing the Crusader Kings III tutorial mode through optimized UX

byValeska Martins, Ellinor Zetterman

Book Excerpt: Animal Crossing tracks the rise of the original cozy life sim

Book Excerpt: Animal Crossing tracks the rise of the original cozy life sim

Deep Dive: Behind the starkly stylish art direction of Bloodless

Deep Dive: Behind the starkly stylish art direction of Bloodless

byAntônio Rivero

Book Excerpt: Great Games Need Great Leaders

Book Excerpt: Great Games Need Great Leaders

byMatthew John Dyet

Deep Dive: How Owlchemy adapted its VR titles for the Apple Vision Pro

Deep Dive: How Owlchemy adapted its VR titles for the Apple Vision Pro

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byPhillip Johnson, Greg Tamargoand 3 more

Deep Dive: How GOG perfected the imperfect with the re-release of Alpha Protocol

Deep Dive: How GOG perfected the imperfect with the re-release of Alpha Protocol

byAdam Ziółkowski

Book Excerpt: Designing Games Meant for Sharing

Book Excerpt: Designing Games Meant for Sharing

byIoana-Iulia Cazacu

Deep Dive: Designing a new dwarf race in The Last Spell

Deep Dive: Designing a new dwarf race in The Last Spell

Book Excerpt: Game AI Uncovered, Volume One

Book Excerpt: Game AI Uncovered, Volume One

byPaul Roberts, Sarat Rallabandi

Postmortem: The journey of Inkbound through Early Access

Postmortem: The journey of Inkbound through Early Access

Key art for Fruitbus, showing animal characters in line for a colorful food truck

Deep Dive: Cooking up a palatable food prep experience in Fruitbus

Deep Dive: Cooking up a palatable food prep experience in Fruitbus

Deep Dive: How the animation of Little Kitty, Big City rejects realism to achieve authenticity

Deep Dive: How the animation of Little Kitty, Big City rejects realism to achieve authenticity

byMicah Breitweiser

Deep Dive: Harnessing the power of player feedback with Dying Light 2

Deep Dive: Harnessing the power of player feedback with Dying Light 2

byTymon Smektała

Book Excerpt: Ultima and Worldbuilding in the Computer Role-Playing Game

Book Excerpt: Ultima and Worldbuilding in the Computer Role-Playing Game

byCarly Kocurek, Matthew Thomas Payne

Book Excerpt: Tabletop Game Accessibility: Meeple Centred Design

Book Excerpt: Tabletop Game Accessibility: Meeple Centred Design

Deep Dive: Console cross-play and how we made it work in Insurgency

Deep Dive: Console cross-play and how we made it work in Insurgency

byDenys Slipchuk, Yurii Dudnik

Deep Dive: Creating an asynchronous multiplayer in Solium Infernum

Deep Dive: Creating an asynchronous multiplayer in Solium Infernum

byAnthony Sweet

Deep Dive: Expanding accessibility for As Dusk Falls’ PlayStation port

Deep Dive: Expanding accessibility for As Dusk Falls’ PlayStation port

byAoife Gleeson, May Wong

Book Excerpt: Game Design Workshop, 5th Edition

Book Excerpt: Game Design Workshop, 5th Edition

byTracy Fullerton

Deep Dive: Conquering hardware hurdles to port Kingdom Come: Deliverance to Switch

Deep Dive: Conquering hardware hurdles to port Kingdom Come: Deliverance to Switch

byZhanna Goranskaya

Deep Dive: Cultivating the sprawling, ambient sound design of Garden Life

Deep Dive: Cultivating the sprawling, ambient sound design of Garden Life

byBenedict Sanderson

Deep Dive: How we got one million players to give a dam about Timberborn

Deep Dive: How we got one million players to give a dam about Timberborn

byMichal Amielanczyk

Deep Dive: Fleshing out the universe of Lunar Lander Beyond

Deep Dive: Fleshing out the universe of Lunar Lander Beyond

byAlvaro Martinez

Deep Dive: Player-centered narrative design in Slay the Princess

Deep Dive: Player-centered Narrative Design in Slay the Princess

byTony Howard-Arias

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