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Celeste's audio files are now publicly available for devs
Celeste's audio files are now publicly available for devs
Celeste's entire FMOD project has been made available to the public.
May 1, 2018
Video: How XCOM 2 hid smaller stories in plain view
Video: How XCOM 2 hid smaller stories in plain view
In this 2018 GDC session, Firaxis Games' Justin Rodriguez explores the different components of environmental storytelling in XCOM 2.
May 1, 2018
Get a job: Pixelberry Studios is seeking a Software Engineering Manager
Get a job: Pixelberry Studios is seeking a Software Engineering Manager
Pixelberry is looking for a talented Software Engineering Manager to lead development on its interactive fiction game Choices: Stories You Play.
May 1, 2018
Oculus opens orders for its $200 standalone VR headset: Oculus Go
Oculus opens orders for its $200 standalone VR headset: Oculus Go
Oculus debuts its first standalone VR headset, Oculus Go
May 1, 2018
Disturbing players with unsettling camerawork in Paratopic
Disturbing players with unsettling camerawork in Paratopic
Paratopic devs Doc Bufford, Jess Harvey and Chris Brown dig into how they designed the horror game's camera cuts and aesthetic touches to confuse and disturb the player in different ways.
May 1, 2018
Emphasizing combat over fantasy elements in Mount and Blade
Emphasizing combat over fantasy elements in Mount and Blade
In an interview with PC Gamer, Mount and Blade developer Armağan Yavuz discusses how the game succeeded without traditional fantasy elements.
May 1, 2018
oOo: Ascension: From Game-Jam to Xbox One in 12 Months
oOo: Ascension: From Game-Jam to Xbox One in 12 Months
Developer Kenny Creanor talks about how he turned 'oOo: Ascension' from a weekend prototype into an Xbox One release in under 12 months
May 1, 2018
Trademarking: A Marketing Perspective
Trademarking: A Marketing Perspective
Fun fact: "Kartridge" was our first name idea for Kartridge, but the process of finalizing the name and registering the trademark took 8 months. Kongregate's Jeff Gurian learned a lot about trademarks along the way, which he shares in this blog post.
May 1, 2018
Six Days in Fallujah's Campaign
Six Days in Fallujah's Campaign
The mission arc in Six Days in Fallujah went through several drafts. Here's a glimpse at threading the real life events into meaningful paced encounters.
May 1, 2018
Atari VCS: Dragonstomper
Atari VCS: Dragonstomper
Another excerpt from the VCS book, this one covers the early RPG Dragonstomper, which has some amazing features for 1982! Anyone interested in the early history of CRPGs needs to take a look at it.
May 1, 2018
How Learning Games Get Funded
How Learning Games Get Funded
While working on my neuroscience simulator, I ran up against that eternal question: "how do I get paid?" — I interviewed a handful of very smart developers working in educational games & assembled a comprehensive list of funding avenues.
May 1, 2018
New Black Mesa Xen Engine hotfix update released, improves dynamic shadows, lighting and performance
New Black Mesa Xen Engine hotfix update released, improves dynamic shadows, lighting and performance
April 30, 2018