GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 9, 2024

Two years ago, the Game Music Festival was held at London's Royal Festival Hall for the very first time, after five editions in its Polish homeland. At the time, we noted how the venue, which can seat 2,700 people, was well attended , but not full.

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APRIL 28, 2023

From small and specialized game engines like Bitsy and Ren'Py to the free versions of bigger tools like Unity and Unreal, here are a few of the best tools with the lowest barrier to entry.

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MARCH 22, 2024

Developers Jeppe Carlsen, Jakob Schmid, and Erwin Kho speak about the various difficulties that came from creating a puzzle game where multiple independent worlds were used to solve and navigate complex puzzles.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Video game composer Winifred Phillips previews her upcoming GDC 2024 lecture, "Dial up the Diegetics: Musical Sound Effects.” Included: a detailed case-study with multiple audiovisual examples.

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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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DECEMBER 21, 2023

From wildly successful adaptations, ongoing unionization efforts, and a morale-shattering wave of layoffs: these are the trends that defined the game industry in 2023.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Gordon McGladdery, studio director at A Shell in the Pit, tells us what happened when he hit the publish button too early on Fish Game and gives five tips for mitigating damages from your development mistakes.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Game Developer, Omdia, and GDC staff discuss the State of the Game Industry 2024 survey, hitting on layoffs, unionization, game engine changes, and much more.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The pursuit of platform agnosticism is a way of reclaiming power constantly lost to the game industry's drive to maximize profits.

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APRIL 12, 2024

All told, Baldur's Gate 3 may have had one of the most successful award runs of any game in years.

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MAY 1, 2023

Today we all know the names of video game industry legends like Jerry Lawson and Mabel Addis. But what kind of work did it take to preserve their legacies?

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MARCH 20, 2024

Venba is a narrative cooking game in which players experience life as an Indian mom who has immigrated to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations and explore in this story about family, love, loss and more.

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MAY 16, 2023

A few of the best tools for creating 2D and 3D art assets for games, including Blender, GIMP, Piskel, Krita, and more.

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APRIL 2, 2024

Developers Doug Sharp and Mark Roth walk us through the game's glorious past and promising future.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Stay lean, make games with your heart, and steal from the best.

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MARCH 13, 2024

As a lead creative, here are the important things to know about using culture and personal stories as game pillars.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This article examines the utility of kinetic and chromatic unpredictability in the game music of Jurassic World Primal Ops (from Winifred Phillips’ highly-rated GDC 2023 lecture, “Chaos Theory in Game Music.”)

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JANUARY 11, 2024

The 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards finalists have been revealed—with a story of love, loss, family, and food at the forefront.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Here's how Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn have inspired the next generation of indie developers.

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APRIL 17, 2024

Transcript of the uncut interview of game composer Winifred Phillips by Meena Shamaly, host of ABC Classic’s The Game Show.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Fntastic's controversial MMO The Day Before lost players' attention almost as soon as it had it, with many choosing to outright give the Early Access game back.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Exploring how failure cascades shape gameplay in simulation games like Songs of Syx and Rimworld, balancing dramatic stories with player recovery opportunities.

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JULY 12, 2023

Watch this insightful sponsored Q&A with Jason Brink from Gala Games, delving into web3 gaming, NFTs, assisting web2 devs transition to web3, and their strategic pivot towards publishing. Uncover the future of gaming!

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Over 3,000 game industry professionals weighed in on this year's State of the Game Industry survey with opinions about layoffs, the use of generative AI, return-to-office policies, and more.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 17, 2024

In Times & Galaxy by Copychaser Games , players have the opportunity to experience the thrilling life of a space reporter for the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. Before I got into game development, I was a crime reporter at a daily newspaper”, says Ben Gelinas , creative director on Times & Galaxy and Copychaser Games’ founder.

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MARCH 20, 2024

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

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Indian video game development seems to be displaying more and more potential and exposure; we spoke to three different developers based in India about their current projects and their own experiences.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2024

Photos by Moe the Photographer Like the sturdy belt and shiny buckle Rex Bowden once helped sell as a child, entrepreneurship is woven into the fabric of this co-founder of Africa Games Week (AGW). ” During his pre-teen years, Bowden mastered Tetris on his cousin’s Game Boy. Bowden grew up in Durban.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2024

The Finnish Game Awards 2024 were held last night, with Remedy's Alan Wake 2 taking home Finnish Game of the Year. Eight awards and recognitions were presented at the ceremony, celebrating the best Finnish games of the past year. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Disclosure: This article has been written as a part of a paid cooperation with Xsolla Game demos are as important to a successful game marketing strategy as trailers and advertising. A game demo is more than a condensed snapshot of your game. What kind of demo do you need? The most commonly used form is a prologue.

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JULY 5, 2023

Here's how to get started with the Unity game engine, from installation to familiarizing yourself with the interface, how to start scripting, and more.

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MAY 10, 2024

Making a game trailer is like making music: you have to decide what kind of piece you want to write.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 17, 2024

Looking at Schell Games' recent output, it's pretty easy to spot a common thread. No, we never do that," he quickly says, "Because that's how you sink a studio. You say, 'We're about this one thing' and then the world moves on. Then you sink, right? Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 13, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Roar Games has received an investment of $1.5 million from The Games Fund. As reported by VentureBeat , the studio was established in 2023 by the founders of the production firm Zheeshee. Read more

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

According to Insomniac Games senior audio director Jerry Berlongieri, one of the coolest sound effects in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 came by putting balloons on a producer's fingers.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Just because another game successfully implements a feature, doesn’t mean it’s right for yours. But that doesn’t stop us from trying! Still, not everything works, and sometimes, even failed features can linger. In this post, we pull back the veil and look at our graveyard of features.

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JUNE 16, 2023

The best free tools for writing and creating narrative games, from Twine to Ren'Py to Decker and much more.

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