Dimension Drive Puts Two Vertical Shooters On A Horizontal Screen
Dimension Drive is a split screen game for a single player. Game designer David Jimenez explains how putting two games next to each other opens up a world of possibilities.
Using Autobiographical Data to Encrypt Save Games
When you make an autobiographical game, every detail should be genuine. Even the encryption of the save data.
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.
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"After the unboxing of the first Oculus Rift, excitement levels at our office w... Read More...
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... Read More...
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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