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What Destiny's Failures Can Teach Us About Game Design
Destiny was one of the most anticipated games ever, but did not live up to the hype. In this article, we'll use Destiny's failures to help us learn about...
Paul Suddaby
30 Dec 2014
Code
4 Game Design Lessons We Can Learn From Shovel Knight
Shovel Knight, one of the most popular indie games of the summer, does a lot of things right in its design. In this article, we'll take a look at what it can...
Paul Suddaby
22 Aug 2014
Code
All About Karma: Decision Making and Morality in Games
A strong narrative, influenced by player choice, is becoming a widespread feature in the medium of video games. In this article, we'll look at some of the...
Paul Suddaby
27 Jun 2014
Code
Making Indie Games on the PS4
Since you're on this website, I'm going to go ahead and assume you've heard about the PS4, Sony's newest console that's just been released in North America...
Paul Suddaby
15 Nov 2013
Game Development
16 Tips, Tools and Resources for Your Next Game Jam
Game jams have exploded in popularity. What used to be mostly small locally hosted events are now massive worldwide gatherings of game developers. There's a...
Paul Suddaby
16 Oct 2013
Game Development
Why Some Games Have Positive Online Communities and Others Don't
Over the last few years, we've seen the video game industry rapidly embrace the Internet and everything it can provide for gaming. Almost every game released...
Paul Suddaby
23 Jun 2013
Game Development
5 Important Ways to Add Polish to Your Game
You've poured hours of your life into your game, and it's become everything you thought it could be. Well, I'm here to let you know that's not true - there's...
Paul Suddaby
7 May 2013
Code
Unknown Mode: Difficulty in Open-Ended Game Design
Every gamer and games journalist will invariably end up talking about difficulty when discussing a video game. This typically takes the form of a small...
Paul Suddaby
7 Mar 2013
Code
Easy Mode: When Easy is Okay
Every gamer and games journalist will invariably end up talking about difficulty when discussing a video game. This often takes the form of a comment saying...
Paul Suddaby
11 Feb 2013
Code
Hard Mode: Good Difficulty Versus Bad Difficulty
Every gamer and games journalist will invariably end up talking about difficulty when discussing a video game. This often takes the form of a comment saying...
Paul Suddaby
16 Jan 2013
Game Development
How Heavy Rain's Narrative Is Strengthened by Its Gameplay
Heavy Rain received immense critical praise for being an experience that elevated video game storytelling to a new level. In this article, we'll look at why...
Paul Suddaby
31 Oct 2012
Code
Tips for a One Man Gamedev Team: Should You Make Your Own Development Tools?
From level editors to physics engines to entire video game creation interfaces, there are a multitude of tools that exist to help both experienced and...
Paul Suddaby
25 Oct 2012
Game Development