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Game Design Deep Dive: Making debugging into a mechanic in Beglitched
"While debugging is considered to be one of the more odious aspects of programming, I felt that under the right circumstances, it could actually be exhilarating," says AP Thompson, designer of Beglitched.
Oct. 14, 2016
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How might Dunbar's Number affect the future of MMORPG design?
What does the future of MMORPG design hold? Well according to Elder Scrolls Online creative director Rich Lambert, it'll be anchored around improvements to social design.
Oct. 14, 2016
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How CCP brought EVE: Valkyrie from Rift to PSVR without sacrificing quality
Lead designer Andrew Willans discusses the process of creating a VR dogfighter game with balanced, cross-platform gameplay.
Oct. 14, 2016
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HTC reopens applications for $100 million Vive X accelerator fund
HTC's accelerator fund first opened earlier this year to invest in promising VR technologies and fund further advancements into virtual reality.
Oct. 14, 2016
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Apply now to be a Conference Associate at GDC 2017!
GDC is now accepting applications for the GDC 2017 Conference Associate program from now until December 23rd! Associates will receive a pass to the show in exchange for about 25 hours of work. Apply today!
Oct. 14, 2016
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Join Gamasutra for a stream of Gears of War 4 today at 3PM EST
We're streaming Gears of War 4 today on Twitch. Come join us for a developer-focused conversation about the game!
Oct. 14, 2016
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Get a job: Cellar Door Games is hiring a Unity Programmer
Cellar Door Games is seeing a Unity Programmer to create core game systems and their respective tools on PC, consoles, and mobile platforms using the Unity Engine in Toronto, Ontario.
Oct. 14, 2016
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Catch Google sharing VR prototyping lessons learned at VRDC!
Over the last year, Google teams have built more than 75 VR experiments. In his rapid-fire VRDC talk on "Lessons Learned from VR Prototyping," Rob Jagnow will share Google's learnings with you!
Oct. 14, 2016
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Dealing with the 64K Method Limit in Your Unity3D Game
Overview of how to address the 64K DEX method limit in Unity3D for Android, and step-by-step instructions to export from Unity3D to an Android Project to enable ProGuard optimization and/or MultiDex support.
Oct. 14, 2016
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Crafting, creating and procedurally generating | This Week in Videogames Blogging
This week, our partnership with games blogging curation site Critical Distance brings us picks from their Senior Curator Zoyander Street on the politics and practice of game development.
Oct. 14, 2016
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The Hero's Journey of Journey
In this 2-part post about Hero's Journey, I examine how Campbell's monomyth structure is applied to the game Journey.
Oct. 14, 2016
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An IndieCade Story
The story of that time I won an award, flipped off everybody in the room, and met one of my favorite authors.
Oct. 14, 2016