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Book Excerpt: Game Economy Design: Metagame, Monetization and Live Operations Book Excerpt: Game Economy Design: Metagame, Monetization and Live Operations

'This book provides a comprehensive overview of game economy design. The reader will gain insights into the components that form a game economy, how these components are utilized to shape a metagame experience and how monetization is integrated into this.'

byCharlie Czerkawski

Oct 10, 2024

29 Min Read

Positive feedback loops (The power of choice, digital independence, and building something better for everyone)Positive feedback loops (The power of choice, digital independence, and building something better for everyone)

byNathalie Lawhead

Oct 9, 2024

34 Min Read

A screenshot from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

Digital Eclipse's retro balancing act is about courting bigger partners Digital Eclipse's retro balancing act is about courting bigger partners

byBryant Francis

Oct 7, 2024

4 Min Read

Another Crab's Treasure Prototype screenshot

Aggro Crab shares early prototype of Another Crab's Treasure Aggro Crab shares early prototype of Another Crab's Treasure

Oct 4, 2024

1 Min Read

A Tommy Gun lays upside down behind a stack of books with a pair of spectacles atop them.

Why are so few games set in the Prohibition era?Why are so few games set in the Prohibition era?

byEmma Withington

Oct 4, 2024

9 Min Read

Starstruck: Hands of Time is a rhythm game that lets you use your old guitar peripherals Starstruck: Hands of Time is a rhythm game that lets you use your old guitar peripherals

Oct 3, 2024

8 Min Read

Key art for Cairn. The player character dangles from a cliff wall, with a little robot friend helping her.

Cairn's manual climbing system is like a 'vertical Death Stranding'

Cairn's manual climbing system is like a 'vertical Death Stranding'

byBryant Francis

The front gate of Blizzard Entertainment.

Blizzard's workplace culture seemed destined for chaos from day one

Blizzard's workplace culture seemed destined for chaos from day one

byBryant Francis

A screenshot of Dying Light: The Beast. A zombie lunges at the player character.

Dying Light: The Beast reflects Techland's passion for games players will finish

Dying Light: The Beast reflects Techland's passion for games players will finish

byBryant Francis

A blue ship from Breachway soars through the stars.

Breachway's beautiful ship designs were honed by architectural expertise

Breachway's beautiful ship designs were honed by architectural expertise

byBryant Francis

Patch Notes #4: Strange Scaffold rejected a 'culture of hope' to resurrect I Am Your Beast

Patch Notes #4: Strange Scaffold rejected a 'culture of hope' to resurrect I Am Your Beast

Trevor from Grand Theft Auto 5 in a Hawaiian shirt, about to hit a shocked mime with a baseball bat outside a dress shop at night

Breaking down GTA V's pedestrian dialogue system: An analysis with speculative examples

Breaking down GTA V's pedestrian dialogue system: An analysis with speculative examples

byRanden Banuelos

Group photo: The editors of Game Developer discuss their favorite photo modes

Group photo: The editors of Game Developer discuss their favorite game photos

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byHolly Green, Danielle Riendeauand 1 more

A top-down view of the city from Frostpunk 2.

Frostpunk 2's developers didn't want it to be a 'jackass simulator'

Frostpunk 2's developers didn't want it to be a 'jackass simulator'

byBryant Francis

Promotional artwork for The Callisto Protocol

Krafton CEO says The Callisto Protocol suffered because it lacked a 'gameplay edge'

Krafton CEO says The Callisto Protocol suffered because it lacked a 'gameplay edge'

How Petals preludes Texas Chainsaw Massacre with a simple photo mode

How Petals became a prelude to Texas Chainsaw Massacre through a simple photo mode

The player character from Dragon Age: The Veilguard and their companions fight monsters.

BioWare's past DLCs inspired the direction of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, say devs

BioWare's past DLCs inspired the direction of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, say devs

byAlessandro Fillari

Deep Dive: Developing a rating system and making juicy TV in The Crush House

Deep Dive: Developing a rating system and making juicy TV in The Crush House

Unity wants fewer developers to park on older versions of the engine

Unity wants fewer developers to park on older versions of the engine

byBryant Francis

Inside the cute and creepy world of Penko Park

Inside the cute and creepy world of Penko Park

Training the game designers of tomorrow (Part 4/5)

Training the game designers of tomorrow (Part 4/5)

Deep Dive: How custom tools made the 2D photo mode of A Highland Song sing

Deep Dive: How custom tools made the 2D photo mode of A Highland Song sing

byJoseph Humfrey

The eye of the beholder: Measuring player success in photography games

The eye of the beholder: Measuring player success in photography games

byMichelle Olson

Alekon lets players make the picture perfect photo album

Alekon lets players make the picture perfect photo album

Welcome to Photography Week!

Welcome to Photography Week!

Deep Dive: Refreshing the Crusader Kings III tutorial mode through optimized UX

Deep Dive: Refreshing the Crusader Kings III tutorial mode through optimized UX

byValeska Martins, Ellinor Zetterman

The Operator is a crime solving game delivered entirely with UI

The Operator is a crime solving game delivered entirely with UI

'This was essentially a two-week long DDoS attack': Game UI Database slowdown caused by relentless OpenAI scraping

'This was essentially a two-week long DDoS attack': Game UI Database slowdown caused by relentless OpenAI scraping

Power progression in games: Crafting rewarding player experiences

Power progression in games: Crafting rewarding player experiences

byCameron McKellar

Players tackle a dungeon in King of Meat

'It's got to be hard to make something bad:' How Glowmade is building UGC tools in King of Meat

'It's got to be hard to make something bad:' How Glowmade is building UGC tools in King of Meat

A screenshot from Splitgate 2

'We were just fighting to keep the lights on:' 1047 Games founder on ditching Splitgate to create a scalable sequel

'We were just fighting to keep the lights on:' 1047 Games founder on ditching Splitgate to create a scalable sequel

Key artwork for Dragon's Dogma II

Dragon's Dogma and Devil May Cry director Hideaki Itsuno departs Capcom

Dragon's Dogma and Devil May Cry director Hideaki Itsuno departs Capcom

Leading the charge: What makes Nikke's titular gals narratively and mechanically compelling

Leading the charge: What makes Nikke's titular gals narratively and mechanically compelling

byMichel Sabbagh

Patch Notes #2: How does the game industry survive beyond 2025?

Patch Notes #2: How does the game industry survive beyond 2025?

A character searches a cartoon alleyway strewn with refuse

Preserving the Past With Charles Cecil: Game Developer Podcast Ep. 46

Preserving the Past With Charles Cecil: Game Developer Podcast Ep. 46

byDanielle Riendeau

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