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Netflix for indie games: How Jump aims to help devs beat discoverability issues
Netflix for indie games: How Jump aims to help devs beat discoverability issues
Game industry vets Anthony Palma and Cade Peterson chat with Gamasutra about Jump, their new indie game subscription service that aims to give passed-over games their time in the sun.
July 10, 2017
Cool Youths: BAFTA honors winners of 2017 Young Game Designers Awards
Cool Youths: BAFTA honors winners of 2017 Young Game Designers Awards
Notably, the four budding game makers honored with these awards (the Game Concept Award and the Game Making Award, divided into two age categories apiece) were predominantly young women.
July 10, 2017
Oculus' Jason Rubin: Exclusivity deals won't stop VR game dev from growing
Oculus' Jason Rubin: Exclusivity deals won't stop VR game dev from growing
"I stole a lot from Donkey Kong Country when I made Crash Bandicoot," Rubin told PCGamer. "Insomniac stole a lot from Crash Bandicoot when they made Ratchet & Clank. Including our crates."
July 10, 2017
Mobile messaging giant Line launches game publishing arm
Mobile messaging giant Line launches game publishing arm
Line has cut the ribbon on its own publishing department, Line Games, and acquired a majority stake in the South Korean game developer NextFloor in the process.
July 10, 2017
Get a job: Visual Concepts is hiring a Sr. Graphics Software Engineer
Get a job: Visual Concepts is hiring a Sr. Graphics Software Engineer
Visual Concepts is looking for an experienced graphics software engineer to join its team in Novato, California.
July 10, 2017
Former Qube 2 devs partner to create new studio, Advect Productions
Former Qube 2 devs partner to create new studio, Advect Productions
Two of the developers behind Qube 2 have come together to create Advect Productions, a hybrid studio focused both on developing narrative-driven games and supporting other indie game makers.
July 10, 2017
Video: The Hitman Go design postmortem
Video: The Hitman Go design postmortem
At GDC 2015, Hitman GO game director Daniel Lutz delivers a postmortem analysis of the game and its unorthodox design concept: a minimalistic strategy game with diorama-style set pieces.
July 10, 2017
Video Game Deep Cuts: A Failure To NBA Jam
Video Game Deep Cuts: A Failure To NBA Jam
This week's longform game article/video highlights include GDC's Indie Summit Failure Workshop, an oral history of NBA Jam, and lots more.
July 10, 2017
How I scare people (Personal tips for creating horror games)
How I scare people (Personal tips for creating horror games)
As a horror game developer (mostly known with Clown House, Self, Interactive Horror Stories), I have got some theories about how to create a game that scares people. They worked for my games, I'll share them! Examples from my games are given.
July 10, 2017
A Look at Ludomechanical Dissonance
A Look at Ludomechanical Dissonance
Ludonarrative Dissonance has become a popular discussion point for when story and game design conflict. For today, I want to try and come up with a term for when mechanics conflict with each other.
July 10, 2017
The Illusion of an Analog World
The Illusion of an Analog World
There is something about unclear options which make choices a lot more interesting. This post goes into the reasons behind this, and various ways of achieving it in games.
July 10, 2017
Steam Greenlight vs. Steam Direct: What indies need to know
Steam Greenlight vs. Steam Direct: What indies need to know
Are you familiar with Steam Greenlight? Heard the news?! There's a new system in town called Steam Direct and here's some things you should know.
July 10, 2017