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Butterfly Soup 2 and creating games to help your past self
Butterfly Soup 2 once more hangs with a group of gay Asian-American teens as they play baseball, send 2009-era memes over text, and deal with the complexities of school and life.
March 17, 2023
Butterfly Soup 2 once more hangs with a group of gay Asian-American teens as they play baseball, send 2009-era memes over text, and deal with the complexities of school and life.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 17, 2023
7 MIN READ
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Book Excerpt: Collaborative Worldbuilding for Video Games
In this first chapter sample from their book, author Kaitlin Tremblay outlines the key fundamentals in their approach to worldbuilding.
March 16, 2023
In this first chapter sample from their book, author Kaitlin Tremblay outlines the key fundamentals in their approach to worldbuilding.
by Kaitlin Tremblay, Contributor
March 16, 2023
16 MIN READ
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Paper Glider uses a pulley controller to create a feeling of flight
Paper Glider gives players to a sense of flight by using a pulley system to control the tilt of a paper plane as it soars through a small world.
March 16, 2023
Paper Glider gives players to a sense of flight by using a pulley system to control the tilt of a paper plane as it soars through a small world.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 16, 2023
7 MIN READ
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Neon White and designing for player creativity
Neon White is a parkour-based shootout through heaven, one where you sacrifice guns for powerful movement abilities.
March 16, 2023
Neon White is a parkour-based shootout through heaven, one where you sacrifice guns for powerful movement abilities.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 16, 2023
9 MIN READ
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The real journeys that informed South of the Circle's vision of Antarctica
South of the Circle is an exploration of how your past decisions have lead you to where you are now, set against a backdrop of Cold War Antarctica.
March 15, 2023
South of the Circle is an exploration of how your past decisions have lead you to where you are now, set against a backdrop of Cold War Antarctica.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 15, 2023
15 MIN READ
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How Tarn Adams upgraded and optimized Dwarf Fortress for its official Steam release
Over 16 years, this legendary game has received a lot of updates. We spoke with the game's creator to examine those changes and how they were approached for the official release.
March 14, 2023
Over 16 years, this legendary game has received a lot of updates. We spoke with the game's creator to examine those changes and how they were approached for the official release.
by John Harris, Contributor
March 14, 2023
27 MIN READ
Article
How We Are OFK draws from the imaginative places that music creates
We Are OFK is an interactive E.P. that explores a musician's journey to break into the LA music scene (and the many texts and social media posts leading up to that).
March 14, 2023
We Are OFK is an interactive E.P. that explores a musician's journey to break into the LA music scene (and the many texts and social media posts leading up to that).
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 14, 2023
8 MIN READ
Article
How Citizen Sleeper was inspired by tabletop RPGs and gig work
Citizen Sleeper sees players trying to survive the complex needs of their mechanical body as a worker on a run-down space station.
March 14, 2023
Citizen Sleeper sees players trying to survive the complex needs of their mechanical body as a worker on a run-down space station.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 14, 2023
9 MIN READ
Article
How Dome Keeper focuses on systems that feed into one another
Dome Keeper asks players to split their time between mining for ore and defending their fragile planetary base from creatures that don't want them there.
March 13, 2023
Dome Keeper asks players to split their time between mining for ore and defending their fragile planetary base from creatures that don't want them there.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 13, 2023
15 MIN READ
Article
Stump'd! has an axe swinging, raccoon flinging controller
Stump'd! is all about chopping wood, swinging an axe at a stump to split logs while carefully flinging any pesky raccoons out of the way.
March 10, 2023
Stump'd! is all about chopping wood, swinging an axe at a stump to split logs while carefully flinging any pesky raccoons out of the way.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 10, 2023
13 MIN READ
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Turning relationship memories into mysterious puzzles with Mind Diver
Mind Diver buries a mystery in someone's memories, tasking you with diving into someone's past experiences to get a lead on a missing person.
March 10, 2023
Mind Diver buries a mystery in someone's memories, tasking you with diving into someone's past experiences to get a lead on a missing person.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 10, 2023
6 MIN READ
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Roche Limit is a dark, surrealist pixel art game that runs entirely in PowerPoint
How this seemingly unsuitable platform gave birth to a deeply unsettling experience.
March 09, 2023
How this seemingly unsuitable platform gave birth to a deeply unsettling experience.
by Holly Green, Community Editorial Coordinator
March 09, 2023
14 MIN READ
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Funny Kitty Stick simulates cat play time with electromagnetic controllers
Funny Kitty Stick lets players interact with a digital cat, guiding it to endless mischief using a tracking stick and feeling its tugs through electromagnets.
March 09, 2023
Funny Kitty Stick lets players interact with a digital cat, guiding it to endless mischief using a tracking stick and feeling its tugs through electromagnets.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 09, 2023
8 MIN READ
Article
Creating eerie investigations through snowy footprints in Gevaudan 1851
Gevaudan 1851 takes players to a remote town during the winter in France, seeking to find answers about a dangerous beast from footprints in the snow.
March 09, 2023
Gevaudan 1851 takes players to a remote town during the winter in France, seeking to find answers about a dangerous beast from footprints in the snow.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 09, 2023
6 MIN READ
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Attack of the Bric-a-Brac inspires people to create unique controllers
Attack of the Bric-a-Brac is a series of games that ask players to turn everyday peripherals into their own alternative controllers.
March 08, 2023
Attack of the Bric-a-Brac is a series of games that ask players to turn everyday peripherals into their own alternative controllers.
by Joel Couture, Contributor
March 08, 2023
10 MIN READ
Article