Game Developer

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Presented in a step-by-step format, this book helps the reader understand how the game design skills that are acquired through creating tabletop games can be used when designing video games.'

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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 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

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

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

MARCH 25, 2025

Retora Games founder and adjunct professor Tyler Coleman held classroom exercises with game design students in order to help prepare them for the harsh current realities of the game industry.

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Game Wisdom

MAY 21, 2025

How Football Culture Shapes Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Football isnt just a sportits a worldwide phenomenon that stirs passion, loyalty, and creativity on every continent. Its rich culture and traditions have inspired generations of video game developers to recreate the energy of the pitch in virtual form.

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Game Developer

MARCH 24, 2025

'To achieve creative sobriety, you need to look into yourself and understand your own experiences and constraints.'

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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

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 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

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

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 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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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

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 Wisdom

MAY 14, 2025

Balancing Challenge and Reward in Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com In game making, creators match challenges and prizes to craft a fun and pleasing game for players. A well-tuned game keeps players hooked by ensuring tasks are not too complex or too simple, and that prizes feel worth earning.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 29, 2025

Games have the power to transport us to fantastical worlds through immersive storytelling and gameplay. Want to know what it takes to create enjoyable and captivating video games?

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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 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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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

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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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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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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

AUGUST 6, 2024

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

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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

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 Wisdom

APRIL 11, 2025

The Economics of Free-to-Play: How Microtransactions Influence Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com The free-to-play model has transformed the landscape of modern gaming, creating new opportunities for both developers and players.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Grasshopper Manufacture CEO and game designer Goichi “Suda51” Suda dishes on 25 years of toilet humor, ultraviolence, and his love for Takashi Miike.

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Game Developer

MARCH 21, 2025

'As game designers we always think that more is better, but it's not the case.'

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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

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Are there any fields of math that arent useful in game design? You really dont need advanced math knowledge for game design, but it is very useful to have some understanding of advanced math for game programmers (especially vector math and understanding of matrices, trigonometry, and quaternions).

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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

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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Game Wisdom

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The Influence of Game Design on Player Engagement Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Player interaction and engagement are very important in casino games. As technology continues to advance, game developers are coming up with different designs to captivate and improve player experiences.

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