From Cardiac Arrest to Cat Success — Remarkable Story About a Game With Famous Cats (VIDEO)
Herdjie Zhou explains how he almost died, but didn't, and then decided to make a game with famous cats. It makes sense, just listen to him.
What A Difference A Hat Makes in Boss 101
Do you have something in your game you can expand on and give your player's a better experience? Maybe it is a matter of simply taking what you have and making a small, value adding change. In the case of Boss ... Read More...
How To Combat Toxic Player Behaviour (VIDEO)
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.
VR Pitfalls in Super Man vs Monster
Adding VR to the city-wrecking and beast-slaying Man vs Monster taught designer Diederik Groesbeek a few lessons about his design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ8tWUobUlU
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SteamSpy’s analysis of the Indiepocalypse: ‘It’s nothing new’ (VIDEO)
SteamSpy founder Sergey Galyonkin uses fresh and existing data to analyse whether or not the ‘Indiepocalypse is nigh’.
Extending the lifetime of Hidden Object game Home Makeover
All three of the Home Makeover games on Google Play received over a million downloads, without significant marketing budgets. Why are these Hidden Object games so much more popular than others? We think this is mainly because of the “meta-game” mechanism.
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Making the sound of Elite: Dangerous (VIDEO)
Using a lot of in-game examples, Sr. Audio Designer Matthew Florianz, delivers an in-depth look into the making of the audio for Elite: Dangerous.
Rationing Rare Occurrences in Chalo Chalo
In Chalo Chalo you pilot a slow-moving dot towards a goal at the other side of an abstract landscape. Designer Tomasz Kaye purposely built in ‘rarities’ to spice things up.
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Keeping 2D Herald afloat by adding 3D
Herald is an interactive period drama about colonialism with a heavy emphasis on storytelling and art. Bart Heijltjes, Creative Director at Wispfire, explains how adding 3D saved the production.
"When we started making Herald we were facing a number of prod... Read More...
Predicting Players: Calculated Level Design in Action Henk
Action Henk is a speedrunning platformer game in which the goal is to race through short levels as fast as possible to set the best time. Because the entire game is about keeping momentum, maintaining a constan... Read More...