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We're chatting with the developer of Jettomero at 3PM EDT
We're chatting with the developer of Jettomero at 3PM EDT
We're talking to the developer of Jettomero: Hero of the Universe today at 3PM EDT.
Oct. 4, 2017
How a single developer brought the giant robot game Jettomero to life
How a single developer brought the giant robot game Jettomero to life
We chatted with the solo developer of the clumsy giant robot game Jettomero: Hero of the Universe.
Oct. 4, 2017
Getting the message right in Another Lost Phone
Getting the message right in Another Lost Phone
"As developers we know what we want to talk about, but it takes asking people how they felt after playing and why. That’s the only way to get this right."
Oct. 4, 2017
Get a job: Gearbox Software is hiring a Level Designer
Get a job: Gearbox Software is hiring a Level Designer
Gearbox is looking for a Level Designer to develop singleplayer and co-op levels, prototype and integrate moment-to-moment gameplay, and mentor junior design staff as a member of its Texas-based team.
Oct. 4, 2017
Video: A behind-the-scenes look at the art of Old Man's Journey
Video: A behind-the-scenes look at the art of Old Man's Journey
At GDC 2017, Broken Rules' Clemens Scott spoke frankly about how Old Man's Journey got its unique look -- and how they set up their art pipeline to efficiently produce that look.
Oct. 4, 2017
Tracing PlayStation's brief 'indie heaven' back to the humble PSP Go
Tracing PlayStation's brief 'indie heaven' back to the humble PSP Go
"The initial plan was to get us involved in doing something that was a little bit more fluid," ex-Sony exec Neil Soane tells Zam in a tale about how PlayStation's big indie push started on the PSP Go.
Oct. 4, 2017
New time-lapse videos showcase Thirty Flights of Loving's development
New time-lapse videos showcase Thirty Flights of Loving's development
Now, many years later, developer Brendon Chung has uploaded a playlist that showcases how different facets of the IGF award-nominated game were developed using a modified Quake 2 engine.
Oct. 4, 2017
Devs swap fun stories of how they named their game
Devs swap fun stories of how they named their game
How does a game get its name? That's the question No More Robots founder Mike Rose posed on Twitter today, and the responses he got (from 80 Days to Rock Band) are worth reading.
Oct. 4, 2017
Why one Japanese entrepreneur is using an RPG to help fight depression
Why one Japanese entrepreneur is using an RPG to help fight depression
A role-playing game developed by researchers and clinicians at the University of Auckland in New Zealand is making waves in Japan, but not for the reasons you might expect.
Oct. 4, 2017
DeepMind wants to answer the big ethical questions posed by AI
DeepMind wants to answer the big ethical questions posed by AI
Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) division has established a new research group to learn more about the ethical questions posed by the dawn of AI.
Oct. 4, 2017
Netflix hints at move into publishing with Stranger Things: The Game
Netflix hints at move into publishing with Stranger Things: The Game
Netflix surprised Stranger Things fans today when it unexpectedly dropped a mobile game based on the hit television series, but there could be more to this tale than meets the eye.
Oct. 4, 2017
Closing the Confidence Gap
Closing the Confidence Gap
On our first Facebook Live Isabella shared that men feel they only need 50% of the skills to apply for a job, whereas women feel they need 80-90% -- in this post she encourages women to feel empowered to apply for tech roles.
Oct. 3, 2017