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Video: Frog Detective Game dev shares tips for creating great comedy games
Video: Frog Detective Game dev shares tips for creating great comedy games
Using examples from development of Grace Bruxner Presents: The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game, this GDC 2019 talk from dev Grace Bruxner focuses on the process of creating comedy games.
May 7, 2019
Porting Dead Cells to mobile: An in-depth breakdown
Porting Dead Cells to mobile: An in-depth breakdown
Laura Saada with mobile publisher Playdigious dives deep into the harrowing process of bringing a frenetic button-centric "roguevania" to touchscreen devices.
May 7, 2019
Riot Games walkout sees 150 developers protest forced arbitration
Riot Games walkout sees 150 developers protest forced arbitration
Over 150 developers participated in a protest at Riot Games yesterday that aimed to end the inclusion and enforcement of forced arbitration clauses found in the company’s employment contracts.
May 7, 2019
Get a job: FoxNext Games is looking for a Senior Character Artist
Get a job: FoxNext Games is looking for a Senior Character Artist
FoxNext Games is hiring a Senior Character Artist in San Jose, California.
May 7, 2019
Marvel Strike Force and Shadowgun Legends honored at 2019 Google Play Awards
Marvel Strike Force and Shadowgun Legends honored at 2019 Google Play Awards
Marvel Strike Force, Shadowgun Legends, and Tick Tock are just some of the mobile games honored at the 2019 Google Play Awards.Â
May 7, 2019
Key franchises help Capcom to record profits for second consecutive year
Key franchises help Capcom to record profits for second consecutive year
Capcom said its Digital Contents division was bolstered by the performance of Resident Evil 2, which "exceeded expectations," and the "consistent demand" for the recently launched Devil May Cry 5.Â
May 7, 2019
Selling Your Story
Selling Your Story
Games require teamwork and if you're a game writer or developer than you need your team's support and buy-in on your work. So to help you get that here are some tools to help you sell your story to your team, your lead, your publisher or investors.
May 7, 2019
From the video game music of EA's Spore Hero to Avengers Endgame: Composing the Hero Theme
From the video game music of EA's Spore Hero to Avengers Endgame: Composing the Hero Theme
Composer Winifred Phillips presents a mini-postmortem on the evolution of a single melodic theme - first composed for EA's Spore Hero, undergoing several in-game variations, and eventually appearing in a trailer for the blockbuster AVENGERS ENDGAME film.
May 7, 2019
Loot Box Design 2.0 – Complying with China's New Rules
Loot Box Design 2.0 – Complying with China's New Rules
New Chinese regulations put restrictions on how loot boxes can be monetized. Put simply, the more revenue you drive from selling loot boxes to your players, the more you will be affected. Learn more about how and what to do instead in this blog.
May 7, 2019
Experimental Doom Remake 4 version adds more lights, improves PBR materials, supports Vulkan API
Experimental Doom Remake 4 version adds more lights, improves PBR materials, supports Vulkan API
May 6, 2019
Rumour: Assassin’s Creed Kingdom to be called Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok, first details and screenshots [UPDATE: Most likely fake]
Rumour: Assassin’s Creed Kingdom to be called Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok, first details and screenshots [UPDATE: Most likely fake]
May 6, 2019
New Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon game to be announced on May 9th
New Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon game to be announced on May 9th
May 6, 2019