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When it comes to storytelling in games, there are no absolutes. Every developer approaches this hugely important aspect of development differently. So, a little disclaimer before you continue reading: this arti... Read More...

Weekend Warriors: Diary from the pressure cooker

Matthijs Dierckx

Developers Corner

The Global Game Jam pits developers against their worst enemy: time. Reporter and aspiring composer Matthijs Dierckx joined the ranks of those brave enough to develop a game in just 48 hours. Saturday Clowns... Read More...

Devblog Posts of the Day (2)

Editorial Staff

Developers Corner

1. Might And Delight: The Evolution of Pid! (video) Pid is a platform game that will turn everything you know about 2D gameplay upside down. You play as a young boy that gets stranded on an old remote planet. He must fight off a variety of malicious robots be... Read More...

[Indie] A MAZE. Indie connect 2012

Editorial Staff

Developers Corner

A MAZE. Indie Connect is a new Indie games festival in Berlin that takes place in April for the first time. The European indie scene will gather together in the German capital for two days of inspiration, celeb... Read More...

Devblog Posts of the Day (1)

Editorial Staff

Developers Corner

1. Daniel Benmergui: Storyteller: You don't know what I know Fresh Nuovo Awardist Daniel Benmergui tells the story behind his Storyteller. It's all about storytelling. Quite a story. Sorry. We'll stop now. Rea... Read More...

Teaching Game Design

Vlambeer

Developers Corner

Column — by two time IGF Finalists Vlambeer Imitating another game allows people to learn someone else’s rule set. That can be useful to establish a sort of game-rhetoric, which is a good way of learning and understanding how other people achieve their design... Read More...

10 years of Killzone, a personal account

Jan-Bart van Beek

Developers Corner

Guerrilla Games’ Jan-Bart van Beek on being involved with one franchise for over a decade. In the last couple of decades, I have spent countless hours playing video games but there is only one game that domina... Read More...

The Comeback of Adaptive Game Music

Rik Nieuwdorp

Developers Corner

Composer and adaptive music expert Rik Nieuwdorp shares his thoughts on the state of adaptive music in games. After the initial and successful integration of adaptive music systems in the 90s like iMuse, it st... Read More...

The Lamest Bug

Joost Van Dongen (Ronimo Games)

Developers Corner

Until we were testing our latest build last Thursday. We were playing on seven PlayStation 3 devkits, when suddenly 4 of them froze for about 90 seconds. Argh! We thought this really difficult bug had magically disappeared, but now it was back, with a vengeanc... Read More...

The Brain Game: Think or Die

Eric Bartelson

Developers Corner

The Brain is the biggest untapped resource in video gaming. Sure, everything you play, see and hear is being processed by it, but your grey matter doesn’t play an active role in controlling the on-screen action... Read More...