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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

Time Bandit is an idle game about factory work that asks the player to examine how employers are stealing their time. And maybe they can steal a little time right back.

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Feb 15, 2023

19 Min Read

two people in racing helmets sitting back to back, each steering using a bicycle tire steering wheel

How constraints fueled Two By 4 Racing's co-op steering wheel controllers How constraints fueled Two By 4 Racing's co-op steering wheel controllers

Feb 15, 2023

7 Min Read

A screenshot of The Block

Postmortem: Bitesize city-builder, The BlockPostmortem: Bitesize city-builder, The Block

Feb 14, 2023

8 Min Read

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

Feb 14, 2023

7 Min Read

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

Feb 14, 2023

7 Min Read

A complex controller covered in connectors, buttons, switches, and keyholes.

Avoiding nuclear disaster with the connectors & pedals of AtomikAvoiding nuclear disaster with the connectors & pedals of Atomik

Feb 13, 2023

8 Min Read

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

byJoel Couture, Contributor

A pair of people playing a pong-like soccer game using a unique sliding, twisting controller

Playing football with the twisting, sliding controller of Hua and Liu's Fooscade

Playing football with the twisting, sliding controller of Hua and Liu's Fooscade

byJoel Couture, Contributor

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

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Choo Choo Charles terrifying train monster

Exploring the subversive childhood horror of Choo Choo Charles

Exploring the subversive childhood horror of Choo Choo Charles

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Three strange witch's brews

Inside the full size food truck controller of Kitchen Kauldron

Inside the full size food truck controller of Kitchen Kauldron

byJoel Couture, Contributor

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

byJoel Couture, Contributor

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

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's Revenge

Deep Dive: How TMNT Shredder's Revenge was built on nostalgia and new ideas

Deep Dive: How TMNT Shredder's Revenge was built on nostalgia and new ideas

byYannick Belzil, Contributor

A toaster connected to a pc in order to play a golf game that launches a fish

Gilliam's Great Escape turns a toaster into a golf controller

Gilliam's Great Escape turns a toaster into a golf controller

byJoel Couture, Contributor

How Deep is the Darkest Water

Telling emotional stories through evocative scenes in Rhett Tsai's How Deep Is the Dark Water?

Telling emotional stories through evocative scenes in Rhett Tsai's How Deep Is the Dark Water?

byJoel Couture, Contributor

a multi-button control panel is being pressed to switch cameras as someone uses voice controls to close a door

Exploring unique surveilling and thieving controllers for Debono's HEIST '98

Exploring unique surveilling and thieving controllers for Debono's HEIST '98

byJoel Couture, Contributor

A pair of people dancing on either end of a large dance controller mat

The making of Voss, Kohutek, Regner, & Siemon's GridMaster

The making of Voss, Kohutek, Regner, & Siemon's GridMaster

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Finding the beat through environmental cues in the rhythm game Melatonin

Finding the beat through environmental cues in the rhythm game Melatonin

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Yuppie Psycho art

Postmortem: First-job survival-horror game Yuppie Psycho

Postmortem: First-job survival-horror game Yuppie Psycho

byHenrique Lage, Contributor

Pentiment screenshot showing monks at work

Deep Dive: Behind the evocative medieval manuscript art of Pentiment

Deep Dive: Behind the evocative medieval manuscript art of Pentiment

byHannah Kennedy, Contributor

Prince of Persia cover art

Prince of Packaging: A tale of 1990s box art

Prince of Packaging: A tale of 1990s box art

byJordan Mechner, Blogger

The professional

How The Professional combines QWOP, comedy, and crime

How The Professional combines QWOP, comedy, and crime

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Patrick's Parabox orange screenshot

Designing the mind-bending puzzles in Patrick's Parabox

Designing the mind-bending puzzles in Patrick's Parabox

byJohn Harris, Contributor

Victoria 3

Deep Dive: Modeling the global economy in Victoria 3

Deep Dive: Modeling the global economy in Victoria 3

byMikael Andersson, Contributor

How to reduce toxicity in games

Deep Dive: Altruism in online multiplayer video games with Kind Words and Sky: Children of the Light

Deep Dive: Altruism in online multiplayer video games with Kind Words and Sky: Children of the Light

byXu He, Contributor

Deep Dive: A framework for generative music in video games

Deep Dive: A framework for generative music in video games

byCale Plut, Philippe Pasquier

darkwebSTREAMER screenshot

Pushing the boundaries of AI and psychology in darkwebSTREAMER

Pushing the boundaries of AI and psychology in darkwebSTREAMER

byCourtney Borrett , Contributor

Jellycar Physics

Deep Dive: The soft body physics of JellyCar, explained

Deep Dive: The soft body physics of JellyCar, explained

byTim FitzRandolph, Contributor

How regional differences in Slavic folklore shaped Blacktail

How regional differences in Slavic folklore shaped Blacktail

byJoel Couture, Contributor

Deep Dive: Building a robust accessibility toolbox with The Forest Cathedral

Deep Dive: Building a robust accessibility toolbox with The Forest Cathedral

byBrian Wilson, Britt Dye

Upending player expectations with the surreal horror game Anglerfish

Upending player expectations with the surreal horror game Anglerfish

byJoel Couture, Contributor

The technical logistics of designing a diverse character creator in Witchy Life Story

The technical logistics of designing a diverse character creator in Witchy Life Story

byHolly Green, Community Editorial Coordinator

Character creators are more important than ever: An interview with the team of Witchy Life Story

Character creators are more important than ever: An interview with the team of Witchy Life Story

byHolly Green, Community Editorial Coordinator

Deep Dive: How to achieve the cozy papercraft style of Paper Cut Mansion

Deep Dive: How to achieve the cozy papercraft style of Paper Cut Mansion

byGabriele Caruso, Contributor

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