Game Developer

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

During her 30-year career in games, McWilliams worked on a number of games such as Gears of War 4, Free Realms, and Deal or No Deal.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 15, 2023

Game Design Documents (GDD) have a long history and a different place in many designers' toolboxes. Here's how to write a useful, up-to-date GDD.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 10, 2025

Emrich previously designed tabletop and video games such as Master of Orion and Totaler Krieg, and coined the now famous strategy game term '4X.'

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Game Developer

JANUARY 10, 2024

The late Jaquays' decades-long tenure in games includes the Quake series, Age of Empires, and Halo Wars.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Why over-designing your game can lead to an unfocused mess.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Solo VR dev Zander Dejah, formerly gameplay programmer on Vader Immortal, explores finding the fun with Vendetta Forever.

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Game Developer

APRIL 26, 2024

Veteran game designer Raph Koster thinks there's a lot of room to explore what "fun" is in game design.

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Game Developer

JUNE 12, 2024

Join us in contributing to a groundbreaking collection of research and white papers aimed at exploring the intersection of games and sustainability.

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Game Wisdom

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The Struggles of Studying Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com It’s a new year and that means it’s time to once again ponder the nature of game design.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 13, 2024

Evolutionary algorithms can optimize game parameters by simulating various scenarios -- enhancing design, especially for complex games.

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Game Developer

MAY 14, 2024

Continuing transcript of the uncut interview of game composer Winifred Phillips by Meena Shamaly, host of ABC Classic’s The Game Show (Part Two).

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Game Developer

MARCH 4, 2024

We set out to create a game that’s simple and fun to play while giving players the freedom to add whatever tweaks they’d like.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The RITEC Design Toolbox was conceived as a means for designers to 'ensure their products are aligned with best practices for children's well-being.'

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

While 168 million global subscriptions present a significant opportunity for broader reach and steady revenue, developers are treading carefully.

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Game Developer

JULY 10, 2024

In the first part of this series of publications devoted to training game and level designers, I discussed the importance of soft skills, essential complements to know-how. I presented two skills that are essential to me. In this second part, I present two others to you.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 6, 2024

The database is pitched as 'the ultimate reference tool for game designers.'

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Indie designers and artists discuss different ways to make sexuality and intimacy more common in game design.

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Game Wisdom

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Why Objective Game Design Doesn’t Work Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" The idea of creating a formula around game design is the subject for today’s post and why even though you need to understand numbers to build a game, there is no objective way to design amazing games … (..)

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If game designers are to have any success combating toxicity, we must acknowledge that our own design choices are often the underlying systemic cause, and that it is our responsibility to change them.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The free repository relaunched a few weeks ago to provide 'the ultimate reference tool for game designers.' ' Then OpenAI came knocking.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 21, 2024

'If authored with intentionality and purpose, VFX can become an essential part of any game’s design.'

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

While 3D dominates modern game development, 2.5D This technique isnt just a nostalgic throwback; its a strategic design choice that allows developers to craft visually striking, performance-efficient, and highly engaging experiences. Works While 2D and 3D have traditionally been viewed as separate paths in game development, 2.5D

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We decided to dig a little deeper into the similarities and differences between The Battle of Polytopia and chess to understand how it has proved a winning design strategy.

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Game Developer

MAY 9, 2024

This book contextualises this practical guidance within a philosophical framework of how the relatively abled can ethically address accessibility issues within game design.'

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Game Wisdom

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Adventure Game Design With Krunchy Fried Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this perceptive podcast, I spoke with Dominic O’ Reilly from Krunchy Fried Games who is working on the adventure game Five Day Detective.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The design of Baldur's Gate 3's Auntie Ethel encounter is a stellar example of open-ended quest design.

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Game Developer

JULY 9, 2024

It's time to talk about why tunnel vision is bad for game design.

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Game Developer

MARCH 20, 2024

Game design professor Jeremy Bond shares how to prepare your students for the uncertain game industry future.

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Game Developer

JUNE 8, 2023

If there's one aspect of the game industry that is as mysterious as game design, it is game analysis. There may be hundreds, or even thousands at this point, of magazines, sites, journalists, and YouTubers, all reviewing video games, but it takes a careful eye to analyze a game.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In this article, we’ll analyze two mathematical concepts: Markov chains and random walks.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Like many new ideas, Word Slots was not the start of a process but the very end of a long series of iterations.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Developing LIMBO as the Co-Founder and CEO of Playdead taught him invaluable lessons about creating impactful games. We designed LIMBO to be approachable for everyone, whether they were seasoned gamers or picking up a controller for the first time. Here’s what he learned: 1. Accessibility matters. Testing teaches.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The creative director/game director/actor is being recognized for 'paving the way for narrative-focused game design and visually striking universes.'

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Within this article I will be exploring power progression, how it is a fundamental element of game design, and why it taps into the human desire for growth and mastery.

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Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Why You Can’t Objectively Build Great Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com I was reading a piece over on Game Developer that gave me pause for a second about whether this is what game design at the AAA level is about now — focusing on analytics and trying to “math” the perfect … The post Why You Can’t Objectively (..)

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Juego Studio

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Game design is a fascinating blend of strategy and art. But this fascination comes to a halt, when a debate on game design fundamentals begins what comes first, the theme or the mechanics? This is the question that comes to all the game designers at the very first step when starting to create a game.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. There was a bunch of things she wanted in the game.

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