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Deep Dive: Cultivating randomness in the peculiar branching narrative of Astronaut: The BestDeep Dive: Cultivating randomness in the peculiar branching narrative of Astronaut: The Best

"Making a narrative with both structured and randomized aspects isn't hard."

Aug 15, 2023

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12 Min Read

Deep Dive: How the developers of Meet Your Maker crafted a unique experience under a no-crunch policy Deep Dive: How the developers of Meet Your Maker crafted a unique experience under a no-crunch policy

byJulien Tolszczuk-Jalbert, Ashley Pannell

Aug 10, 2023

7 Min Read

Zoeti combines monsters and poker into a fantasy roguelite, deckbuilding game Zoeti combines monsters and poker into a fantasy roguelite, deckbuilding game

Aug 8, 2023

5 Min Read

How Mr. Run and Jump leapt onto the Atari 2600 (and modern PCs)How Mr. Run and Jump leapt onto the Atari 2600 (and modern PCs)

Aug 3, 2023

22 Min Read

Dead Cells artwork featuring characters fighting on a moonlit bridge

Make it last: How to turn a static IP into a franchise the Dead Cells way Make it last: How to turn a static IP into a franchise the Dead Cells way

Aug 1, 2023

12 Min Read

Postmortem: Prototyping Let’s! Revolution! to transform Minesweeper into a turn-based strategy roguelike Postmortem: Prototyping Let’s! Revolution! to transform Minesweeper into a turn-based strategy roguelike

byMichael Highland, Ian Sundstrom

Jul 27, 2023

23 Min Read

How Green New Deal Simulator inspires hope in a climate changing world

How Green New Deal Simulator inspires hope in a climate changing world

Deep Dive: How Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly transformed from DLC to a full game

Deep Dive: How Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly transformed from DLC to a full game

byArya Wiryawan Wibowo

Mastering minimalism and layering complexity with strategy game Thronefall

Mastering minimalism and layering complexity with strategy game Thronefall

1,000 little Post-It notes: an interview with the developer of He Came From Beyond

1,000 little Post-It notes: an interview with the developer of He Came From Beyond

In this screenshot from the game Last Year, a young woman is surrounded by sharp claws in a poorly lit room.

Postmortem: Bringing an IP back to life with horror survival game Last Year

Postmortem: Bringing an IP back to life with horror survival game Last Year

byMatthew Itovitch

Deep Dive: From inspiration to coherence, building the world of Sifu

Deep Dive: From inspiration to coherence, building the world of Sifu

byPaul-Emile Boucher

Synthesizing an '80s soundtrack fit for a king in Kingdom Eighties

Synthesizing an '80s soundtrack fit for a king in Kingdom Eighties

Cassette Beasts is a fun RPG that turns monsters into mixtapes

Cassette Beasts is a fun RPG that turns monsters into mixtapes

How Champ Games tricks old hardware with new cartridges on the Atari 2600

How Champ Games tricks old hardware with new cartridges on the Atari 2600

Unwording is a puzzle game that teaches you to be kind to yourself

Unwording is a puzzle game that teaches you to be kind to yourself

Deep Dive: Implementing crossplay functionality in We Were Here Forever

Deep Dive: Implementing crossplay functionality in We Were Here Forever

Deep Dive: Creating seamless dialogue for narrative poker game Sunshine Shuffle

Deep Dive: Creating seamless dialogue for narrative poker game Sunshine Shuffle

byStav Hinenzon

Deep Dive: Optimizing a fully spray-painted world in Bombing!! 2: A Graffiti Paradise

Deep Dive: Optimizing a fully spray-painted world in Bombing!! 2: A Graffiti Paradise

byDevon Wiersma

Book Excerpt: The Game Writing Guide

Book Excerpt: The Game Writing Guide

Deep Dive: A step-by-step look at the production pipeline of Ravenlok

Deep Dive: A step-by-step look at the production pipeline of Ravenlok

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byVanessa Chia, Danielle Magpayoand 1 more

A screenshot from Interior Worlds show a dark room lit by neon strip lighting, as a set of hands hold a camera.

Building a sense of atmospheric dread with the liminal spaces of Interior Worlds

Building a sense of atmospheric dread with the liminal spaces of Interior Worlds

A screenshot from the game God of Rock, depicting an Elvis-inspired character.

Deep Dive: Balancing the genre-bending beats of God of Rock

Deep Dive: Balancing the genre-bending beats of God of Rock

A screenshot from Passpartout 2 depicts a canvas and tools with a picture of a large frog wearing a beret painted on it.

Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist helped its developers reignite a love for art

Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist helped its developers reignite a love for art

A large skeleton hitchhikes on a desert road between two plateaus against a night sky.

Why you and your game will benefit from theme driven design

Why you and your game will benefit from theme driven design

byJohnnemann Nordhagen

A title screen for the game Wizard With a Gun.

Deep Dive: How the composer of Wizard With A Gun brought cowboys and wizards together

Deep Dive: How the composer of Wizard With A Gun brought cowboys and wizards together

A screenshot from Slime Rancher 2 depicts a snow globe on a snowy cliffside.

Deep Dive: How Slime Rancher 2's snow particle interaction system got players ready for winter

Deep Dive: How Slime Rancher 2's snow particle interaction system got players ready for winter

byEdward del Villar

A screenshot from the game Teslagrad 2 shows a forest scene set with misty evergreen trees.

Deep Dive: Looking back at the making of Teslagrad 2

Deep Dive: Looking back at the making of Teslagrad 2

byPeter Wingaard Meldahl

How speedy implementation fed the fast-paced platforming of Pizza Tower

How speedy implementation fed the fast-paced platforming of Pizza Tower

Deep Dive: Balancing the authentic culinary experience with Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator

Deep Dive: Balancing the authentic culinary experience with Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator

byDiane Quenet, Antoine Cazayus

A sepia-toned piece of art from the game Rain World: Downpour, depicting a city of dead machinery against a cloudy sky.

Channeling calm and creating new ways to play in Rain World: Downpour

Channeling calm and creating new ways to play in Rain World: Downpour

A piece of key art from the release of Romancelvania.

Put your trope down, flip it, and reverse it: Fulfilling and subverting archetypes in Romancelvania

Put your trope down, flip it, and reverse it: Fulfilling and subverting archetypes in Romancelvania

byAmanda Gardner

A surreal screenshot from the game depicts a strange green moon with a human face against a black and purple smoke background.

Technological limits as a creative strength with surreal '90s AI simulator Strange Aeons

Technological limits as a creative strength with surreal '90s AI simulator Strange Aeons

Deep Dive: 5 lessons learned from 10 years of Ingress

Deep Dive: 5 lessons learned from 10 years of Ingress

byMichael Romero

Deep Dive: Curating the audio of Slime Rancher 2's Song of the Sabers update

Deep Dive: Curating the audio of Slime Rancher 2's Song of the Sabers update

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