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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

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has a simple-but-brilliant mechanic to help players remember hidden locations on the game's massive map.

byBryant Francis

Jan 31, 2024

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VAUDEVILLE PRE-MORTEM VAUDEVILLE PRE-MORTEM

bySimone Odoardi

Jan 31, 2024

6 Min Read

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

Jan 30, 2024

5 Min Read

Robocop: Rogue City and the curse of the shooter/rpg genre smash.Robocop: Rogue City and the curse of the shooter/rpg genre smash.

Jan 30, 2024

7 Min Read

Level Design Process #01: Cube to Temple Level Design Process #01: Cube to Temple

byAmin Montazeri

Jan 29, 2024

19 Min Read

Difficulty curves: how to get the right balance Difficulty curves: how to get the right balance

Jan 24, 2024

5 Min Read

A chef stands in a cyberpunk Ramen cafe in NVIDIA's AI tech demo.

Is NVIDIA's AI-driven NPC tech just really expensive improv?

Is NVIDIA's AI-driven NPC tech just really expensive improv?

byBryant Francis

Deep Dive: Fleshing out the universe of Lunar Lander Beyond

Deep Dive: Fleshing out the universe of Lunar Lander Beyond

byAlvaro Martinez

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

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

byWojtek Borowicz

The Realities of Narrative

The Realities of Narrative

Replacing MetroidVania

Replacing MetroidVania

Deep Dive: Player-centered narrative design in Slay the Princess

Deep Dive: Player-centered Narrative Design in Slay the Princess

byTony Howard-Arias

GDC 2024 State Of The Game Industry: Devs discuss layoffs, generative AI, and more

GDC 2024 State Of The Game Industry results: Devs discuss layoffs, generative AI, and more

byBeth Elderkin

Key art for War Hospital. A medic leads a soldier through a trench.

What devs tackling morality can learn from War Hospital's card system

What devs tackling morality can learn from War Hospital's card system

byBryant Francis

Changeable Minds

Changeable Minds

Key art for The Last of Us Part II Remastered showing Ellie and Abby.

Why The Last of Us Part II Remastered's roguelike mode won't get any DLC

Why The Last of Us Part II's roguelike mode won't get any DLC

byBryant Francis

GDCA 2024 finalists Baldur's Gate 3, COCOON, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

The Legend of Zelda, Baldur's Gate 3, and COCOON lead GDCA 2024 nominations

Here are the GDCA 2024 finalists

byBeth Elderkin

Lev from The Last of Us Part II draws a bow while an Infected sneaks up on him.

The Last of Us Part II's new roguelike mode let its combat designers go wild

The Last of Us Part II's new roguelike mode let its combat designers go wild

byBryant Francis

To Mod or Not to Mod: Why The Future of Gaming is User Generated

To Mod or Not to Mod: Why The Future of Gaming is User Generated

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

Photo of the late game designer Jennell Jaquays.

Obituary: Jennell Jaquays, game designer, passed away at age 67

Obituary: Jennell Jaquays, game designer, died at age 67

byJustin Carter

Preparing Your Game for the Holidays: Experience of the ZiMAD’s ASO Department

Preparing Your Game for the Holidays: Experience of the ZiMAD’s ASO Department

byVladimir Romanov

A Year With Indie Cup

A Year With Indie Cup

byMarian Pekár

An awkwardly animated shopkeeper in Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore.

Why this dev made a spiritual sequel to the infamous CD-i Zelda games

Why this dev made a spiritual sequel to the infamous CD-i Zelda games

byPaul Cecchini

Phoenix Labs execs regroup to form Critical Path Games

Phoenix Labs execs regroup to form Critical Path Games

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

Key art for Lost Records: Rage and Bloom. The faces of four teenage girls are superimposed over each other.

Why Don't Nod Montreal will probably be "the last studio" to adopt AI

Why Don't Nod Montreal will probably be "the last studio" to adopt AI

byBryant Francis

What should we do with mediocre gameplay depth in management games?

What should we do with mediocre gameplay depth in management games?

A Square Enix booth at a video game expo

Square Enix will aggressively leverage AI in 2024 to create "new forms of content"

Square Enix will aggressively leverage AI in 2024 to create "new forms of content"

Game Developer's 2023 Wrap-Up: Holly Green's top five games

Game Developer's 2023 Wrap-Up: Holly Green's top five games

Justin's top 5 games of 2023, including El Paso Elsewhere, Spider-Man 2, and Star Wars Jedi Survivor.

Game Developer's 2023 Wrap-Up: Justin Carter's top five games

2023 Wrap-Up: Justin Carter's top five Games

byJustin Carter

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

Fisherman character in town

Game Developer's 2023 Wrap-Up: Danielle Riendeau's favorite games of the year

Danielle Riendeau's favorite games of 2023

byDanielle Riendeau

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

Game developers name their unsung heroes of the year

Deep Dive: Making a manual for every learning style with The Banished Vault

Deep Dive: Making a manual for every playstyle with The Banished Vault

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