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Deep Dive: Crafting detailed and dynamic water in Planet Coaster 2 Deep Dive: Crafting detailed and dynamic water in Planet Coaster 2

'Try simple approaches first; in many cases, such an approach will already yield amazing results, leaving you more time to iterate on the more complex areas.'

Dec 12, 2024

11 Min Read

Classic Postmortem: Harmonix's Dance Central (2010)Classic Postmortem: Harmonix's Dance Central (2010)

byMarc Flury, Kasson Crookerand 3 more

Nov 21, 2024

24 Min Read

Book Excerpt: Learning Video Game Design on the Tabletop Book Excerpt: Learning Video Game Design on the Tabletop

Nov 19, 2024

24 Slides

Postmortem: How Empires of the Undergrowth came together in over 7 years of Early Access Postmortem: How Empires of the Undergrowth came together in over 7 years of Early Access

Nov 14, 2024

17 Min Read

Deep Dive: Developing a clear and consistent visual language in the UI of Beastieball Deep Dive: Developing a clear and consistent visual language in the UI of Beastieball

byGregory Lobanov

Nov 12, 2024

9 Min Read

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

7 Min Read

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

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

Classic Postmortem: NanaOnSha's Haunt (2012)

Classic Postmortem: NanaOnSha's Haunt (2012)

Postmortem: Bringing The Cycle: Frontier to Unreal Editor for Fortnite

Postmortem: Bringing The Cycle: Frontier to Unreal Editor for Fortnite

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byAlexandra Norman, Michał Lorczak and 1 more

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

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

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

byCharlie Czerkawski

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

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, Blogger

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

Book Excerpt: Animal Crossing tracks the rise of the original cozy life sim

Book Excerpt: Animal Crossing tracks the rise of the original cozy life sim

Deep Dive: Behind the starkly stylish art direction of Bloodless

Deep Dive: Behind the starkly stylish art direction of Bloodless

byAntônio Rivero

Book Excerpt: Great Games Need Great Leaders

Book Excerpt: Great Games Need Great Leaders

byMatthew John Dyet

Deep Dive: How Owlchemy adapted its VR titles for the Apple Vision Pro

Deep Dive: How Owlchemy adapted its VR titles for the Apple Vision Pro

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byPhillip Johnson, Greg Tamargoand 3 more

Deep Dive: How GOG perfected the imperfect with the re-release of Alpha Protocol

Deep Dive: How GOG perfected the imperfect with the re-release of Alpha Protocol

byAdam Ziółkowski

Book Excerpt: Designing Games Meant for Sharing

Book Excerpt: Designing Games Meant for Sharing

byIoana-Iulia Cazacu

Deep Dive: Designing a new dwarf race in The Last Spell

Deep Dive: Designing a new dwarf race in The Last Spell

Book Excerpt: Game AI Uncovered, Volume One

Book Excerpt: Game AI Uncovered, Volume One

byPaul Roberts, Sarat Rallabandi

Postmortem: The journey of Inkbound through Early Access

Postmortem: The journey of Inkbound through Early Access

byMark Cooke, Blogger

Key art for Fruitbus, showing animal characters in line for a colorful food truck

Deep Dive: Cooking up a palatable food prep experience in Fruitbus

Deep Dive: Cooking up a palatable food prep experience in Fruitbus

Deep Dive: How the animation of Little Kitty, Big City rejects realism to achieve authenticity

Deep Dive: How the animation of Little Kitty, Big City rejects realism to achieve authenticity

byMicah Breitweiser

Deep Dive: Harnessing the power of player feedback with Dying Light 2

Deep Dive: Harnessing the power of player feedback with Dying Light 2

byTymon Smektała

Book Excerpt: Ultima and Worldbuilding in the Computer Role-Playing Game

Book Excerpt: Ultima and Worldbuilding in the Computer Role-Playing Game

byCarly Kocurek, Matthew Thomas Payne

Book Excerpt: Tabletop Game Accessibility: Meeple Centred Design

Book Excerpt: Tabletop Game Accessibility: Meeple Centred Design

Deep Dive: Console cross-play and how we made it work in Insurgency

Deep Dive: Console cross-play and how we made it work in Insurgency

byDenys Slipchuk, Yurii Dudnik

Deep Dive: Creating an asynchronous multiplayer in Solium Infernum

Deep Dive: Creating an asynchronous multiplayer in Solium Infernum

byAnthony Sweet

Deep Dive: Expanding accessibility for As Dusk Falls’ PlayStation port

Deep Dive: Expanding accessibility for As Dusk Falls’ PlayStation port

byAoife Gleeson, May Wong

Book Excerpt: Game Design Workshop, 5th Edition

Book Excerpt: Game Design Workshop, 5th Edition

byTracy Fullerton, Blogger

Deep Dive: Conquering hardware hurdles to port Kingdom Come: Deliverance to Switch

Deep Dive: Conquering hardware hurdles to port Kingdom Come: Deliverance to Switch

byZhanna Goranskaya

Deep Dive: Cultivating the sprawling, ambient sound design of Garden Life

Deep Dive: Cultivating the sprawling, ambient sound design of Garden Life

byBenedict Sanderson

Deep Dive: How we got one million players to give a dam about Timberborn

Deep Dive: How we got one million players to give a dam about Timberborn

byMichal Amielanczyk, Contributor

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