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Book Excerpt: Designing Games Meant for Sharing Book Excerpt: Designing Games Meant for Sharing

'This book talks about the importance of social mechanics in games and how these mechanics evolved over time to accommodate new technologies and new social contexts.'

byIoana-Iulia Cazacu

Jul 9, 2024

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25 Min Read

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

Jun 27, 2024

10 Min Read

Book Excerpt: Game AI Uncovered, Volume One Book Excerpt: Game AI Uncovered, Volume One

byPaul Roberts, Sarat Rallabandi

Jun 18, 2024

16 Min Read

Postmortem: The journey of Inkbound through Early Access Postmortem: The journey of Inkbound through Early Access

Jun 11, 2024

10 Min Read

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

Jun 4, 2024

10 Min Read

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

May 30, 2024

11 Min Read

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

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

Deep Dive: Fleshing out the universe of Lunar Lander Beyond

Deep Dive: Fleshing out the universe of Lunar Lander Beyond

byAlvaro Martinez

Deep Dive: Player-centered narrative design in Slay the Princess

Deep Dive: Player-centered Narrative Design in Slay the Princess

byTony Howard-Arias

Deep Dive: Making a manual for every learning style with The Banished Vault

Deep Dive: Making a manual for every playstyle with The Banished Vault

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Game Developer's 2023 Wrap-Up: 10 Must-Read Deep Dives

Game Developer's 2023 Wrap-Up: 10 Must-Read Deep Dives

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Finding the magic in firearms in Wizard with a Gun

Finding the magic in firearms in Wizard with a Gun

Deep Dive: Creating and fine tuning the save system of Shadow Gambit

Deep Dive: Creating and fine tuning the save system of Shadow Gambit

byPhilipp Wittershagen

A Year of Springs is about finding yourself in a world still learning to be kind

A Year of Springs is about finding yourself in a world still learning to be kind

Deep Dive: The art and science of creating weather in Slime Rancher 2

Deep Dive: The art and science of creating weather in Slime Rancher 2

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byDyala Kattan-Wright, Tess Danieland 1 more

Postmortem: American McGee's Alice

Postmortem: American McGee's Alice

Deep Dive: Reimagining the battle pass in Guild Wars 2

Deep Dive: Reimagining the battle pass in Guild Wars 2

byChris Casiano, Rick Luebbers

Deep Dive: Chasing an authentic cinematic experience with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Deep Dive: Chasing an authentic cinematic experience with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Postmortem: Windy Meadow

Postmortem: Windy Meadow

Deep Dive: Designing a narrative for multiple middles and multiple heroes in Saltsea Chronicles

Deep Dive: Designing a narrative for multiple middles and multiple heroes in Saltsea Chronicles

byHannah Nicklin

Deep Dive: Why we chose a forbidden marketing technique for We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip

Deep Dive: Why we chose a forbidden marketing technique for We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip

byGeoff van den Ouden

VIDEOVERSE imbues young love with vintage social interface style

VIDEOVERSE imbues young love with vintage social interface style

American Arcadia is a multidimensional puzzle platformer with a cool '70s vibe

American Arcadia is a multidimensional puzzle platformer with a cool '70s vibe

C.H.A.I.N.G.E.D. is a multi-dev project where every in-game decision is a brand new game

C.H.A.I.N.G.E.D. is a multi-dev project where every in-game decision is a brand new game

A screenshot from Dave the Diver shows Dave diving towards a colorful reef against a 2D, bright blue ocean background.

Into the depths of genre-bending restaurant and fishing sim Dave the Diver

Into the depths of genre-bending restaurant and fishing sim Dave the Diver

Inside a world of wobbles, wiggles and sticky hand thievery in Rubblar

Inside a world of wobbles, wiggles and sticky hand thievery in Rubblar

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