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Effective ways to use gore in your game Effective ways to use gore in your game

How can you use gore to support the backbone of your game, whilst meeting the expectations of modern players who want grisly grim guts and blood? Artists from Sumo Digital break down the ways they’ve used and created gore in games to support storytelling, authenticity and gameplay.

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byCraig Russell, Laura Doddsand 1 more

Oct 30, 2024

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How we developed the co-op horror game Cursed Companions How we developed the co-op horror game Cursed Companions

Oct 30, 2024

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Deep Dive: Masterminding the fluid movement system behind Echo Point Nova Deep Dive: Masterminding the fluid movement system behind Echo Point Nova

byMatt Larrabee

Oct 29, 2024

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Key art from Indiana Jones and The Great Circle. Characters from the game are posed against a gold background.

In Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, MachineGames wants players to improv like Indy In Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, MachineGames wants players to improv like Indy

byAlessandro Fillari

Oct 29, 2024

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Classic Postmortem: Telltale Games' The Walking Dead (2012)Classic Postmortem: Telltale Games' The Walking Dead (2012)

Oct 25, 2024

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Classic Postmortem: NanaOnSha's Haunt (2012)Classic Postmortem: NanaOnSha's Haunt (2012)

Oct 24, 2024

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Beyond Good and Evil 2 keyart featuring female protagonist and a monkey companion

Fawzi Mesmar joins Beyond Good and Evil 2 team as creative director

Fawzi Mesmar joins Beyond Good and Evil 2 team as creative director

byTom Regan, Contributing Editor

A woman casts purple magic with a staff. A blue-faced fantasy character stands behind her.

Avowed director Carrie Patel explains how Obsidian pushes boundaries in the fantasy genre

Avowed director Carrie Patel explains how Obsidian pushes boundaries in the fantasy genre

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

5 tips for no-bull indie game design

5 tips for no-bull indie game design

The number 10 in green and blue lighting.

One lesson from 10 years of writing for Game Developer

One lesson from 10 years of writing for Game Developer

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

Devs can now access code optimization tool Rider for free

Devs can now access code optimization tool Rider for free

byTom Regan, Contributing Editor

Fog of Woe: What the Silent Hill 2 remake gets right about immersing players in its world

Fog of Woe: What the Silent Hill 2 remake gets right about immersing players in its world

byMichel Sabbagh, Blogger

VFX as game design tools: The ludology of VFX in God of War: Ragnarok and Halo Infinite

VFX as game design tools: The ludology of VFX in God of War: Ragnarok and Halo Infinite

byAntonio Gil Herrera

How point and click gameplay elevates the psychological thriller in Gloomy Juncture

How point and click gameplay elevates the psychological thriller in Gloomy Juncture

byFilipe Rodrigues

Call for Submissions: Let's talk about horror games

Call for Submissions: Let's talk about horror games

byHolly Green, Community Editorial Coordinator

In Machine Yearning, players create and memorize a language from 'nonsense'

In Machine Yearning, players create and memorize a language from 'nonsense'

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Nyx from Star Wars Outlaws.

Star Wars Outlaws shows the limits of 'familiar, but with a twist'

Star Wars Outlaws shows the limits of 'familiar, but with a twist'

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

Wrapped in Plastic: An exploration of input and narrative working in harmony

Wrapped in Plastic: An exploration of input and narrative working in harmony

Deep Dive: Creating a multi-layered game world in Tenet of the Spark

Deep Dive: Creating a multi-layered game world in Tenet of the Spark

byArtem Shcherbakov

Extended Reality

From console to VR: MudRunner’s journey to virtual reality

From console to VR: MudRunner’s journey to virtual reality

byAndrey Vasilyev

Destiny: Rising NetEase new F2P mobile game

NetEase and Bungie reveal F2P mobile Destiny spin-off Destiny: Rising

NetEase and Bungie reveal F2P mobile Destiny spin-off Destiny: Rising

byTom Regan, Contributing Editor

Disney TRON: Legacy player character Exo throws her disc.

With Disney TRON: Catalyst, Bithell Games gets to make a game about games

With Disney TRON Catalyst, Bithell Games gets to make a game about games

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

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

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

byCharlie Czerkawski

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, Blogger

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, Senior Editor

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

byTom Regan, Contributing Editor

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, Contributor

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

byJoel Couture, Contributor

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, Senior Editor

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, Senior Editor

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, Senior Editor

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, Senior Editor

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

byChris Kerr, News Editor

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, Blogger

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

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