Game Developer

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mabel Addis will posthumously receive the Pioneer Award, which honors breakthrough business, tech, and game design milestones. The award-winning game designer, level designer, and programmer John Romero will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work on iconic and genre-defining first-person shooters.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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

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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

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 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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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 14, 2023

The game development process is a complex and challenging process involving ongoing iteration and improvement in order to develop an exciting and captivating final product. One vital approach used during game development is playtesting. So, what is playtesting and how is it an essential part of game development? Let’s find out.

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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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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 1, 2023

Have you ever designed a game? If yes, then what game design fundamentals do you prioritize in your own designs? Game design is incredibly complex and fascinating, with countless nuances and techniques to master. In this article, we'll explore some key building blocks of game design fundamentals.

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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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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. The two most critical roles in this process are game artists and designers. Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Game Design Guide For 2D Platformer Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this new series, the game design guides look at specific genres and how to learn them through playing a variety of games in them.

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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

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 From Scratch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Game Design And Programming Book Bundle There is a new bundle of interest to game developers, the Game Design and Programming by Pearson Humble Bundle. This bundle contains a large collection of game development books, including several rarer books about game design, all in PDF format.

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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 Wisdom

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Art of Game Design: How Visuals Influence Player Experience Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Setting the tone is the first role of visuals in game design. A well-designed visual style should be able to evoke certain feelings and emotions.

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Game Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Palworld’s Lawsuit Presents a Problem for Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" for my latest design video, whether you love or hate Palworld, the Nintendo lawsuit bring up a very nasty point about being able to patent game systems.

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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 Wisdom

MARCH 19, 2024

Understanding Difficulty in Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" Continuing our discussion from soulslikes, for this key to games podcast episode, we’re talking about what it means to understand and breakdown difficulty.…

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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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Juego Studio

JULY 25, 2023

Games are fun. Or to put it in this context, video games are meant to be fun. And a good game design makes sure that it stays fun throughout the entire game. When we say […] The post 7 Essential Game Design Principles – Every Game Designer Should Know appeared first on Juego Studio.

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Juego Studio

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Every successful video game features a few common elements- clear goals, surprise elements, a clean core loop, good graphics and sound, and so on. In short, they feature the major game design elements. Game designers follow a combination of certain basic elements to make it memorable.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 23, 2023

The Evolution of Action Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" With Wo Long released, for the Key to Games cast, we’re talking action game design and specifically how the genre and its major elements have changed over 40 years of the industry.…

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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

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

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 Wisdom

APRIL 1, 2024

The Art of Interesting Choices in Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this critical thought, it’s all about creating interesting choices and skills in your game, and why more numbers don’t mean more quality.…

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 25, 2024

Is there a Game Design Copying Problem? Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" Good artists may copy and great artists may steal, but does the game industry have an issue with copying a little too much? appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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CrazyLabs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Mobile game design holds immense significance in both hyper-casual and hybrid-casual games as it directly influences player engagement, retention, monetization, and overall game success.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

If you’re a long-time reader of this site, you likely know that my passion is helping people create their first board game. After all, that’s what the Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game series is all about. Click here to check out The Board Game Design Course.

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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

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword across different sectors, including gaming. Generative AI has experienced increasing usage in game design as it accelerates and streamlines different aspects of game development. As a result, they allow for a more personalized and dynamic gaming experience.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

One of the most important steps in game development is iterative game design. It’s built on the idea that games aren’t perfect after one round of development. Let’s learn more about iterative game design and what it entails. Let’s learn more about iterative game design and what it entails.

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Game Wisdom

MAY 25, 2023

The Clash of Choices in Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com One of the many balancing acts of game design is the act of creating cool, interesting, unique, abilities for the player to use, and then balancing said abilities within the scope and design of your game.

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