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Check out this year's Game Maker's Sketchbook selections at GDC 2024 Game Maker's Sketchbook selections at GDC 2024

Game Maker's Sketchbook, the annual celebration of art and artists in games, has revealed the official selections for its third year.

byBeth Elderkin, Content Marketing Manager (GDC)

Mar 15, 2024

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A massive enemy starship covered in guns bears down on the player's small ship

How Cobalt Core makes movement as exciting as fighting in its roguelike deckbuilder combat How Cobalt Core makes movement as exciting as fighting in its roguelike deckbuilder combat

Mar 15, 2024

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The skeletal Cryptmaster looks at a wooden treasure chest. The word SNIFF is written above the chest

How dungeon crawler Cryptmaster responds to anything you type into its word-based systems How dungeon crawler Cryptmaster responds to anything you type into its word-based systems

Mar 14, 2024

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A description of stale water in a stagnant puddle. A small clutch of green squares - a digital life form - flits around

Exploring connections with digital pets through death and dying in goodbye.monster Exploring connections with digital pets through death and dying in goodbye.monster

Mar 14, 2024

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You have to hit the rock: How (the) Gnorp Apologue uses minimal design to maximum effect You have to hit the rock: How (the) Gnorp Apologue uses minimal design to maximum effect

Mar 7, 2024

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A rather aggressive Baldur's Gate 3 party member

Baldur's Gate 3 dominates BAFTA Games Awards 2024 nominations Baldur's Gate 3 dominates BAFTA Games Awards 2024 nominations

Mar 7, 2024

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A planet covered in humans trying to mine it

Countering colonizing efforts through caring for a planet in Planetka

Countering colonizing efforts through caring for a planet in Planetka

byJoel Couture, Contributor

A colossal horned creature in a mask gets ready to charge

[Test] Feeling out art styles to make your game stand out in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

Feeling out art styles to make your game stand out in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

byJoel Couture, Contributor

A colossal horned creature in a mask gets ready to charge

Feeling out art styles to make your game stand out in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

Feeling out art styles to make your game stand out in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

byJoel Couture, Contributor

A comic-book style action shooter: creating the visual look of HAWKED

A comic-book style action shooter: creating the visual look of HAWKED

byMargarita Borzykh

Sam Lake appearing in Alan Wake 2.

Alan Wake 2 was 'the right time' for Remedy to invest in live-action video, says Sam Lake

Alan Wake 2 was 'the right time' for Remedy to invest in live-action video, says Sam Lake

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

A teenage girl runs across a stone bridge in the Scottish Highlands

A Highland Song crafts its story to make each adventure your own

A Highland Song Crafts its Story to Make Each Adventure Your Own

byJoel Couture, Contributor

A screenshot from Cocoon. The player character (a bug) pulls on a door.

Why art from the '70s is great inspiration for games like Cocoon

Why art from the '70s is great inspiration for games like Cocoon

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

A colorful wasp flees from the jaws of a vibrant antlion

How NIDUS uses vibrant visuals and symbiotic characters to push players to their limits

How NIDUS uses vibrant visuals and two symbiotic characters to push players to their limits

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Koji Kondo and his translator stand onstage at the 2024 DICE Awards.

Koji Kondo still has one instrument he wants to use in a video game

Koji Kondo still has one instrument he wants to use in a video game

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

A wrecked car in Pacific Drive.

Randomizing terrain with Houdini to shape player goals in Pacific Drive

Randomizing terrain with Houdini to shape player goals in Pacific Drive

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

How to create comic-book style VFX for games, like in HAWKED

How to create comic-book style VFX for games, like in HAWKED

byVladimir Semykin

Skull shaped cave

Interrogating the public spectacle of pain in BlueSuburbia

Interrogating the public spectacle of pain in BlueSuburbia

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Adam Duncan at the League of Geeks office

Obituary: League of Geeks co-founder Adam Duncan has passed away

Obituary: League of Geeks co-founder Adam Duncan has passed away

byChris Kerr, News Editor

A woman with curly hair sketches while sitting on a curb.

Game developers, don't give up on your bad sketches

Game developers, don't give up on bad sketches

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

Backrooms, Liminal Spaces, And The Subliminal Menace Of Loneliness in Indie Horror Games

Backrooms, Liminal Spaces, And The Subliminal Menace Of Loneliness in Indie Horror Games

byNathalie Lawhead, Blogger

Sargon battles a pair of warriors in a forest environment.

How Memory Shards help players find secrets in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

How Memory Shards help players find secrets in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

surreal pixel art landscape featuring sweets

Dali meets Monkey Island: Behind the surreal style of Twilight Oracle

Dali meets Monkey Island: Behind the surreal style of Twilight Oracle

byDanielle Riendeau, Editor-in-Chief

Level Design Process #01: Cube to Temple

Level Design Process #01: Cube to Temple

byAmin Montazeri

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Food for thought: taking food in games beyond mechanics and into the narrative

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byWojtek Borowicz, Blogger

Vahram and Sargon fight against a red backdrop.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown makes neat use of mocap tech

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byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

Key artwork for Foamstars

Foamstars will feature AI-generated artwork produced by Midjourney

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byChris Kerr, News Editor

A scene from Venba from Visai Games.

Visai Games' Venba leads finalists for the 2024 IGF Awards

Venba leads finalists for the 2024 IGF Awards

byBeth Elderkin, Content Marketing Manager (GDC)

Select Game Makers Sketchbook showcase winners, from GDC 2022.

Deadline approaches for submissions to Game Maker's Sketchbook at GDC 2024

Game Makers Sketchbook submissions at GDC 2024 are open

byBeth Elderkin, Content Marketing Manager (GDC)

Cal Kestis looks at a distant temple in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The text "Game Developer End of Year Round-Up is in front of him.

Game Developer's 2023 Wrap-Up: Bryant Francis' Top 10 games

Game Developer's Best of 2023: Bryant Francis' top 10 games

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

A small character looks on determinedly over a red stage backdrop

Game Developer's 2023 wrap-up: Indie developers name their unsung heroes of the year

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byJoel Couture, Contributor

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria - Building A Vision of Khazad-dûm for the Fourth Age

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria - Building A Vision of Khazad-dûm for the Fourth Age

byBradley Fulton, Art director

Realtime Rendering With OpenGL – A Students Perspective (Weeks 8-9)

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byJosh Church, Blogger

Realtime rendering with OpenGL: a student's perspective (week seven)

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byJosh Church, Blogger

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