From Player to Creator: Balancing the Challenge and Joy in Game Development
By: Ulises Rubino Hello there! A lot of us who have played games for most of our lives have had a moment such as this:
By: Ulises Rubino Hello there! A lot of us who have played games for most of our lives have had a moment such as this:
How do you break into the video game industry? Greetings! If you’re reading this article, you are surely wondering how to make your way into
Hey there, future gamedev superstar! You’re about to level up your game development skills with some seriously awesome knowledge. Today, we’re diving into the untapped
Indie game development has become a popular and profitable industry in recent years. With the rise of digital distribution platforms and a growing interest in
By Willem Delventhal. The top 3 tips to help you break into the video game industry, developed with hundreds of graduates from the Indie Game Academy.
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about managing remote teams in which I mentioned “Celebration” as one of my top three tips. Today one of our community members asked me how I go about celebrating my team. Here are a few ideas!
A new age question I hear a lot is “How do I run a remote team?”
Well! It’s a tricky one. But I am pleased to say that I have run a heck of a lot of teams entirely online, for the most part successfully. As I sit here sipping my coffee, I have compiled 3 quick hints for you to do it yourself well.
By Jay Rooney So you’ve decided to build a game. You have your genre, gameplay loop, visual theme, and monetization strategy down pat. All you
A Word Prototype is one of the simplest prototyping techniques out there, and it involves pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Rather than coding an actual playable version of the game, AKA a Digital Prototype, and rather than getting crafty with a representative mockup of the game, AKA a Paper Prototype, the Designer simply invents some stuff on the fly and speaks it out loud.
For most of my life, the word “developer” was synonymous with “coder” in my mind. It was only very recently that I realized that term was so much broader.