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Book Excerpt: Best practices for in-game shops Book Excerpt: Best practices for in-game shops

byMichael Khripin

Aug 2, 2024

9 Min Read

Studio global presence in game development as competitive advantage Studio global presence in game development as competitive advantage

byArthur Mostovoy

Aug 2, 2024

10 Min Read

Building a community in gaming: what opportunities working with the audience can bring

Building a community in gaming: what opportunities working with the audience can bring

byAnastasia Zaiceva

More Than Movements: Solving Animation Problems

More Than Movements: Solving Animation Problems

byMikhail Vershinin

Level Design Postmortem: Sixth Street (Zenless Zone Zero)

Level Design Postmortem: Sixth Street (Zenless Zone Zero)

A small games manifesto

A small games manifesto

byBrandon Dillon

More Than Movements: Animation in Mobile Game Dev

More Than Movements: Animation in Mobile Game Dev

byMikhail Vershinin

What Makes the "Survival" of Survival Horror? The Difference between Scares and Shooting

What Makes the "Survival" of Survival Horror? The Difference between Scares and Shooting

Scaling Up, Culture Intact: How to Grow Your Game Development Studio While Staying True to Company Values

Scaling Up, Culture Intact: How to Grow Your Game Development Studio While Staying True to Company Values

The illusion of skill: how to make a better game in less time

Illusion of Skill: How to Make a Better Game in Less Time

Is Game Pass underperforming?

Is Game Pass underperforming?

Making A Splash: How Wuthering Waves' Characters Draw Players Into Its World

Making A Splash: How Wuthering Waves' Characters Draw Players Into Its World

byMichel Sabbagh

How to Ace Your Game Audio for an Alpha Launch

How to Ace Your Game Audio for an Alpha Launch

GDC 2024 Dial Up the Diegetics: Musical Sound Effects

GDC 2024 Dial Up the Diegetics: Musical Sound Effects

byWinifred Phillips

Deep dive: The design and implementation of object pools

Deep dive: The design and implementation of object pools

byHerman Tulleken

Are space shooter games still 'a rite of passage'?

Are space shooter games still 'a rite of passage'?

byAndrew Sataiyah

Training the game designers of tomorrow (Part 2/5)

Training the game designers of tomorrow (Part 2/5)

The Trouble of Tunnel Vision Gamers and Developers: Not Seeing the Forest for the Games

The Trouble of Tunnel Vision Gamers and Developers: Not Seeing the Forest for the Games

Reworking War Robots' prize system with style and user-friendliness

Reworking War Robots' prize system with style and user-friendliness

byNikolay Berezkin

Windows on Arm is not ready for the complexities of the PC gaming landscape

Windows on Arm is not ready for the complexities of the PC gaming landscape

byJames McWhirter

Analyzing New Game Ideas for Market Success: Strategic Toolkit

Analyzing New Game Ideas for Market Success: Strategic Toolkit

byMichał Dębek

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Lessons from the political minefield of Pro Philosopher 2

Lessons from the political minefield of Pro Philosopher 2

byConnor Fallon

Training the game designers of tomorrow (part 1 of 5)

Training the game designers of tomorrow (part 1 of 5)

Key art featuring a colorful purple character

How I developed good communication skills while working on Fastival

How I developed good communication skills while working on Fastival

Marketing Art in game development: What makes a 2D Marketing Artist?

Marketing Art in game development: What makes a 2D Marketing Artist?

byRuslan Sartykov

Oh man, everyone in the gaming industry knows it! Do they?

Oh man, everyone in the gaming industry knows it! Do they?

byMichał Dębek

Retrospective: A producer's guide to team buy-in

Retrospective: A producer's guide to team buy-in

byAnders Erickson

Creating Compelling and Continuous Gameplay in a Cozy Farming/Life Sim Adventure

Creating Compelling and Continuous Gameplay in a Cozy Farming/Life Sim Adventure

byDeborah Chantson

My Biggest Blunders as a New Producer

My Biggest Blunders as a New Producer

byDavid Garrett

Should we abandon the HUD? Examining its impact on player flow

Should we abandon the HUD? Examining its impact on player flow

byReinard Baertsoen

Predatory tactics in gaming are worse than you think

Predatory tactics in gaming are worse than you think

byAdrien Laurent

Image from Death Machine by Philip Froelich, an example of a 2D-dynamically lit game using 2D-Normal maps releasing in 2024.

Inefficient or Unexplored: Insights from a Year-Long Study on 2D-Normal Map Generators

Inefficient or Unexplored: Insights from a Year-Long Study on 2D-Normal Map Generators

byAmine El Bouhattaoui

Leveraging Emotional Design Features to Enhance Character Perception in Pixel Art

Leveraging Emotional Design Features to Enhance Character Perception in Pixel Art

byTimur Shakirov

How to Implement AI Workflows that Your Artists Will Actually Want to Use

How to Implement AI Workflows that Your Artists Will Actually Want to Use

The Rise of Generative AI in Revolutionizing Game Development

The Rise of Generative AI in Revolutionizing Game Development

byJulian Togelius

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