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The Six Stages of Player Rationality The Six Stages of Player Rationality

byEdward Castronova

Apr 19, 2024

6 Min Read

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Solo-Devs and risk-takers (an artistic exploration of experimental tools)Solo-Devs and risk-takers (an artistic exploration of experimental tools)

byNathalie Lawhead

Apr 19, 2024

18 Min Read

Postmortem: The Sirena Expedition

Postmortem: The Sirena Expedition

byDavid Thatcher

Bringing Lotería from the Kitchen Table to Mobile Phone Screens

Bringing Lotería from the Kitchen Table to Mobile Phone Screens

The Joy and Pain of Game Mastery

The Joy and Pain of Game Mastery

The Game Show Interview: Starting a Career as a Game Composer

The Game Show Interview: Starting a Career as a Game Composer

byWinifred Phillips

How SUDA51 and Hitman inspired cult indie shooter Children of the Sun

How SUDA51 and Hitman inspired cult indie shooter Children of the Sun

How to design giant robots in shooters: a comprehensive War Robots retrospective

How to design giant robots in shooters: a comprehensive War Robots retrospective

byErik Paramonov

Superhero team-ups and failing the fantasy

Superhero team-ups and failing the fantasy

Demystifying 3D Character Rigging for Games

Demystifying 3D Character Rigging for Games

byHannah George

Making sure my child does not spend too much time playing video games

Making sure my child does not spend too much time playing video games

byPatrick Klepek

Resilience and innovation on display as the games industry looks to bounce back at GDC 2024

Resilience and innovation on display as the games industry looks to bounce back at GDC 2024

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byLiam Deane, George Jijiashviliand 1 more

10+ years making games from Mexico

10+ years making games from Mexico

byAntonio Uribe

Mastering Collaboration with a Remote Game Art Outsourcing Team

Mastering Collaboration with a Remote Game Art Outsourcing Team

byHannah George

AI NPC chat is like VR: probably cool but certainly niche

AI NPC chat is like VR: probably cool but certainly niche.

Baldur's Gate 3 team accepting the game of the year award at the Game Developers Choice Awards.

Last night's Game Developers Choice Awards showed a community burning to speak out

Last night's Game Developers Choice Awards showed a community burning with pain

byBryant Francis

How to build a narrative in a PvP game: without a narrative designer on the team

How to build a narrative in a PvP game: without a narrative designer on the team

bySofya Solomonova

Our Industry Needs a Change

Featured Blog | Our Industry Needs a Change

The Upside of Using Culture and Personal Stories as Game Pillars

The Upside of Using Culture and Personal Stories as Game Pillars

byDeborah Chantson

The Lessons Learned From Palworld's Success

Featured Blog | The Lessons Learned From Palworld's Success

Dial up the Diegetics: Musical Sound Effects for the Video Game Composer (GDC 2024)

Dial up the Diegetics: Musical Sound Effects for the Video Game Composer (GDC 2024)

byWinifred Phillips

Evolving standard dice roll game design with Project O.R.C.S.' boons and banes system

Featured Blog | Evolving standard dice roll game design with Project O.R.C.S.' boons and banes system

byMatt Schembari

The Quest for Cosy | A Deep Dive into Cosy Gaming

Featured Blog: The Quest for Cosy | A Deep Dive into Cosy Gaming

'The Layoff Talk' by Worth Dayley

'The Layoff Talk' by Worth Dayley

byLis Moberly, Worth Dayley

Google Play Games aims to capture Android and iOS mobile game revenue on PC

Google Play Games aims to capture Android and iOS mobile game revenue on PC

byJames McWhirter

How Graphite Lab created a Pong-like in qomp2

Featured Blog | How Graphite Lab created a Pong-like in qomp2

byBrad Austrin, Matt Raithel

Data You May Have Missed From GDC’s 2024 State of the Industry Report

Featured Blog | Data You May Have Missed From GDC’s 2024 State of the Industry Report

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The graveyard of features in games: when stuff that seemed promising just doesn't work

Featured Blog | The graveyard of features in games: when stuff that seemed promising just doesn't work

byBoris Burangulov

Designing maps that complement game mechanics

Designing maps that complement game mechanics

Freerunners Steam Next Fest Postmortem

Freerunners Steam Next Fest Postmortem

byJames Rowbotham

Thoughts on Minit Fun Racer

Thoughts on Minit Fun Racer

byJan Willem Nijman

Shy of 150: A part-time solo dev's first two weeks of collecting Steam wishlists

Shy of 150: A part-time solo dev's first two weeks of collecting Steam wishlists

byRobert Seidel

What game devs can do to tackle climate change – while growing revenues

What game devs can do to tackle climate change – while growing revenues

Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty on the Xbox Podcast.

Did Xbox back itself into a corner over minor leaks?

Did Xbox back itself into a corner over minor leaks?

byBryant Francis

Can Ryukishi07’s “Sound Novels” be considered Games?

Can Ryukishi07’s “Sound Novels” be considered Games?

byMichael Betar IV

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