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Downwell creator Ojiro 'Moppin' Fumoto has joined Nintendo
Downwell creator Ojiro 'Moppin' Fumoto has joined Nintendo
Fumoto broke the news on his Japanese Twitter account, writing "I got a job at Nintendo, I'll do my best."
Jan. 23, 2018
Refine your mobile game-making skills at the GDC 2018 Mobile Summit!
Refine your mobile game-making skills at the GDC 2018 Mobile Summit!
The GDC 2018 Mobile Summit is packed with talks (from the likes of King, Kongregate, and more) that will give you cutting-edge insight into the state of mobile game design -- and mobile game markets!
Jan. 23, 2018
GDC 2018 Animation Bootcamp welcomes talks on Shadow of War, Horizon, and more!
GDC 2018 Animation Bootcamp welcomes talks on Shadow of War, Horizon, and more!
At GDC 2018 the Animation Bootcamp kicks off on Monday with a series of great talks aimed at exploring new frontiers in game animation, touching on everything from Shadow of War to Horizon Zero Dawn!
Jan. 23, 2018
Exploded Views in Unreal Engine 4
Exploded Views in Unreal Engine 4
Exploded views are a bit of a niche, but that doesn't mean they're not interesting. Here we take a delve into making a fully procedural tool within Unreal Engine 4 for exploded views.
Jan. 23, 2018
Materials in Unreal Engine 4
Materials in Unreal Engine 4
A brief guide on material usage in Unreal Engine 4 along with best practices and links to our open-source assets.
Jan. 23, 2018
Working within an international team, the story so far
Working within an international team, the story so far
Working within the team that developing a game, not from an office, but from all over the globe, has its learning opportunities and advantages. Here is the story about the journey so far in creating Black Matter’s upcoming title “Hell Let Loose”.
Jan. 23, 2018
What we can learn from indie fiction authors
What we can learn from indie fiction authors
Independently published authors somehow figured out how to survive even though there are over 100,000 eBooks published every year. They have a lot that they can teach us about marketing our self-published games.
Jan. 23, 2018
How To Keep Yourself Safe During Online Gaming
How To Keep Yourself Safe During Online Gaming
Are you into online gaming? Then below are the six key steps to help keep yourself safe when gaming online.
Jan. 22, 2018
Guild Wars 2 devs donate thousands to help fan rebuild after house fire
Guild Wars 2 devs donate thousands to help fan rebuild after house fire
Guild Wars 2 developers donated $3,500 to a fan's crowdfunding page after a fire consumed everything but a copy of her collectors edition of Nightfall from Guild Wars.
Jan. 22, 2018
EVE Online community raises $119k in memory of departed dev
EVE Online community raises $119k in memory of departed dev
A one week fundraiser within EVE Online raised over $119k for the developer’s fiancée and daughter after his sudden passing late last year.
Jan. 22, 2018
Minecraft sets new monthly active users record at 74M
Minecraft sets new monthly active users record at 74M
Almost 9 years after its debut, Minecraft saw a record amount of monthly active users this past December.
Jan. 22, 2018
Video: How Slime Rancher devs used constraints to aid in design
Video: How Slime Rancher devs used constraints to aid in design
In this 2017 GDC postmortem, Monomi Park's Nick Popovich discusses the development history of Slime Rancher and how it was managed during its first year of early access.
Jan. 22, 2018