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a dark-haired character glares at you, their arms crossed

Butterfly Soup 2 and creating games to help your past self Butterfly Soup 2 and creating games to help your past self

Mar 17, 2023

7 Min Read

a pillar-lined hallway in a brilliant white city, water pooling at your feet

Neon White and designing for player creativity Neon White and designing for player creativity

Mar 16, 2023

10 Min Read

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The real journeys that informed South of the Circle's vision of Antarctica

The real journeys that informed South of the Circle's vision of Antarctica

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How We Are OFK draws from the imaginative places that music creates

How We Are OFK draws from the imaginative places that music creates

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How Citizen Sleeper was inspired by tabletop RPGs and gig work

How Citizen Sleeper was inspired by tabletop RPGs and gig work

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How Dome Keeper focuses on systems that feed into one another

How Dome Keeper focuses on systems that feed into one another

a person hunched over, a hand over their mouth as light shines behind their head

Turning relationship memories into mysterious puzzles with Mind Diver

Turning relationship memories into mysterious puzzles with Mind Diver

a person dressed all in white walks through the snow near an old stone building

Creating eerie investigations through snowy footprints in Gevaudan 1851

Creating eerie investigations through snowy footprints in Gevaudan 1851

a massive chandelier gives off red light into an empty ballroom

Titanic II: Orchestra for Dying at Sea explores the unknowable shape and feel of the afterlife

Titanic II: Orchestra for Dying at Sea explores the unknowable shape and feel of the afterlife

a person pointing at the corners of their mouth and telling us to remember to smile

How He Fucked the Girl Out of Me takes players through traumatic memories

How He Fucked the Girl Out of Me takes players through traumatic memories

a red haired woman runs a shop counter, a knight speaking with her

How Potionomics turned price-haggling into a card game

How Potionomics turned price-haggling into a card game

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Creating the look of a child's hand-crafted game in RPG Time: The Legend of Wright

Creating the look of a child's hand-crafted game in RPG Time: The Legend of Wright

people in monstrous masks stand around a room lit by light coming from a stained glass window

The Case of the Golden Idol used frequent testing to sharpen its mystery-solving

The Case of the Golden Idol used frequent testing to sharpen its mystery-solving

cards with berries, rocks, coins, and villagers lie on a beige table

How Stacklands uses simplicity to create a compelling card-based village builder

How Stacklands uses simplicity to create a compelling card-based village builder

the inside of an office is shown in a window on a computer screen

How Presenter Slides captures serious business stuff and isn't a silly game

How Presenter Slides captures serious business stuff and isn't a silly game

Strange growths on top of buildings at nighttime

How Against the Storm managed to mix city-building and roguelite play

How Against the Storm managed to mix city-building and roguelite play

a butterfly sitting on a log in a bright marsh

Turning critter sounds into harmonious music in Paradise Marsh

Turning critter sounds into harmonious music in Paradise Marsh

a person in an orange space suit stands before an array of twisting geometric shapes

Shutter solves puzzles by shifting the world's perspective

Shutter solves puzzles by shifting the world's perspective

a large green character standing on a platform

How Skala surprised its own creator with its scale-shifting mechanics

How Skala surprised its own creator with its scale-shifting mechanics

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Designing world-spanning & momentum-based platforming in Sylvie Lime

Designing world-spanning & momentum-based platforming in Sylvie Lime

Several people at a script reading. A woman looks directly at the camera.

How IMMORTALITY captures an "open world" feel with its narrative

How IMMORTALITY captures an "open world" feel with its narrative

a pair of people work together to untie a super long necktie

inTIErrupted cooperatively untangles a tie filled with puzzles

inTIErrupted cooperatively untangles a tie filled with puzzles

The outlines of two heads facing one another, with an option to reroll dice in between them.

Betrayal at Club Low uses dice to pull players into compelling, surreal narrative situations

Betrayal at Club Low uses dice to pull players into compelling, surreal narrative situations

several people in 1950s dress hanging around a bar

How To Hell With the Ugly brought a fantasized 50's L.A. to life through color

How To Hell With the Ugly brought a fantasized 50's L.A. to life through color

a person in a space suit floats through a plaid universe

Afterglitch Seeks to Stir Unknowable Emotions in Utopian Space

Afterglitch Seeks to Stir Unknowable Emotions in Utopian Space

a long-legged man peers into the distance, a yellow house sitting in the waters behind him

Queer Man Peering Into a Rock Pool.jpg explores the unreliability of memory

Queer Man Peering Into a Rock Pool.jpg explores the unreliability of memory

two children play with a turtle outside of a building

NORCO and capturing the spirit of Louisiana through sci-fi storytelling

NORCO and capturing the spirit of Louisiana through sci-fi storytelling

a young black girl with multicolored hair looks at you

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist turns life experiences into a card game

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist turns life experiences into a card game

a worker hides from warehouse supervising robots

Time Bandit is an idle game that examines how employers steal your time

Time Bandit is an idle game that examines how employers steal your time

a humanoid fox holding a sword aloft on a grassy hill

How TUNIC weaves wondrous worlds inspired by inscrutable NES manuals

How TUNIC weaves wondrous worlds inspired by inscrutable NES manuals

a person playing piano on a platform in the woods, a bright light shining behind them

The Forest Quartet explores grief (and solves puzzles) with jazz

The Forest Quartet explores grief (and solves puzzles) with jazz

A person smoking. Their eyes are covered with scratched black lines, like someone has drawn over them with a marker

An Outcry explores the importance of a single personal choice

An Outcry explores the importance of a single personal choice

several tiny creatures are parachuting down, guns and axes drawn

How Mr. Sun's Hatbox's humor helped the testing process

How Mr. Sun's Hatbox's humor helped the testing process

A TV broadcast input screen from Not For Broadcast

Handling dystopian news in NotGames' Not For Broadcast

Handling dystopian news in NotGames' Not For Broadcast

a little creature sails aboard a tiny log boat, moving past a broken ship

Playing with pieces of the world in randomerz's Slider

Playing with pieces of the world in randomerz's Slider

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