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The challenges of designing games for Pillo

Pillo is a new intuitive and comfortable interface for controlling games, in the shape of a pillow. Sounds cool, right? And it is! It is specifically meant to make special games that cater to a new...

How I made Circles feels intuitive without any text or tutorial

Developers CornerJeroen Wimmers -

Circles is an abstract and very minimal puzzle game. It doesn’t have any text, tutorial or score system. Instead, it teaches the player by its form and feedback. The result is a game that feels very...

Implementing Kip Thorne’s Science In Interstellar The Game

Game Design Jeroen De Cloe (Sticky Studios) - 0

After meeting with Christopher Nolan and watching Interstellar six months prior to release, Jeroen De Cloe, founder of Sticky Studios, started working on the game...

Creating a procedurally morphing billiards table

Game Design François Alliot (Nerial) - 0

Before starting this post-mortem, you may ask yourself : Why but why did you decide to "create a procedurally morphing billiards table" ? It’s...

Explosions In Vlambeer’s Nuclear Throne

Game Design Jan Willem Nijman (Vlambeer) - 4

Take a look at the trailer above, and you'll see that Nuclear Throne is in essence an action game. That's what we do at...

How To Combat Toxic Player Behaviour (VIDEO)

Game Design Eric Bartelson - 0

When his community grew, Geert Van Den Burg had to deal with toxic player behaviour. In this Control Conference talk, he shares the lessons he learned.