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Our Industry Needs a Change
'We aren’t shit if we don’t have passionate teams making what they love.'
March 14, 2024
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The Lessons Learned From Palworld's Success
Palworld is looking to be 2024's Vampire Survivors: with a game that came out to massive, overwhelming success within two weeks. I want to talk about why Palworld has done so well, and how it has more to do than just "edgy Pokemon."
March 9, 2024
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Dial up the Diegetics: Musical Sound Effects for the Video Game Composer (GDC 2024)
Video game composer Winifred Phillips previews her upcoming GDC 2024 lecture, "Dial up the Diegetics: Musical Sound Effects.” Included: a detailed case-study with multiple audiovisual examples.
March 7, 2024
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Evolving standard dice roll game design with Project O.R.C.S.' boons and banes system
We set out to create a game that's simple and fun to play while giving players the freedom to add whatever tweaks they’d like.
March 5, 2024
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The Quest for Cosy | A Deep Dive into Cosy Gaming
Cosy gaming has always been and will continue to be a hotbed for creativity and fun both for players and developers.
March 2, 2024
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'The Layoff Talk' by Worth Dayley
Slides from the prescient talk given by former game art educator and current art director at Bigscreen VR Worth Dayley.
March 1, 2024
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How Graphite Lab created a Pong-like in qomp2
For the sequel, our main vision was expanding the narrative of the original qomp.
Feb. 29, 2024
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Google Play Games aims to capture Android and iOS mobile game revenue on PC
Google Play Games is a defense strategy against competing storefronts that host PC ports of mobile games, ensuring Google continues to capture revenue from users who abandon mobile to play on PC.
Feb. 29, 2024
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Data You May Have Missed From GDC’s 2024 State of the Industry Report
Parsing through data and interpreting it to find its real-world applications is no easy task, but it is imperative to keeping businesses in check as their power over consumers expands.
Feb. 24, 2024
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Freerunners Steam Next Fest Postmortem
Freerunners is a parkour game, based on my own experiences. Here's what I learned during the development process.
Feb. 23, 2024
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What game devs can do to tackle climate change – while growing revenues
The recently-published GDC State of the Industry Report revealed that developers are growing frustrated with the games industry’s sustainability efforts.
Feb. 22, 2024
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Shy of 150: A part-time solo dev's first two weeks of collecting Steam wishlists
On January 30th, I launched my first-ever Steam page for a small horror game I've been working on, called Dark Lessons. Here's a breakdown of what worked and what could've gone better.
Feb. 22, 2024