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Industry News September 13, 2021

Game developers on why everyone — from writers to HR and designers — should be considered devs

Alana Pearce, who is now working on God of War: Ragnarok at Santa Monica Studio, has sent a quick reminder that writers are also part of the dev team. Developers from other studios stepped in to support her.

Industry News September 3, 2021

Twitch introduces new “Software & Game Development” streaming category, boosting gamedev content discoverability

Twitch announced that it’s introducing new Software & Game Development streaming category to improve the discoverability of content for devs.

Marketing September 1, 2021

Devs praise Motive’s Dead Space stream for showing “how making games of this size actually works,” call for more transparency from AAA studios

On August 31, Motive Studio held the first Dead Space dev stream and showed early preproduction build footage featuring assets that might not even make it into the final game. Which is perfectly logical, given that the production is just starting: Motive only began working on the title less than a year ago.

Marketing August 27, 2021

Simon Carless: Development and marketing should be treated as interconnected tasks

This week, discoverability expert Simon Carless discussed marketing for indie devs on the Game Dev Unlocked blog.

Industry News August 16, 2021

Anonymous spreadsheet shows salaries in game development industry, with top earner making over $1 million a year

A huge anonymous spreadsheet has been compiled that shows gamedev salaries. The list includes data shared by devs from the US, Canada, and other countries. And it should help people “get paid what they deserve.”

Industry News June 21, 2021

New subreddit “Destroy My Game” offers brutally honest feedback for developers

Game developers always need honest feedback to see what’s wrong with their projects. That’s why the Reddit community created a new subreddit called “Destroy My Game.” Only honest thoughts and no sugar-coating.

Game Development May 28, 2021

Mind Scanners creator Malte Burup on forcing a game design onto a concept, the psychotherapy of the 1800s, and the player’s struggle to become a hero

Malte Burup, creator of Mind Scanners, discusses game design choices behind his quirky Orwellian brainchild.

Game Development May 24, 2021

Josh Bycer’s REview: Resident Evil Village repeats the sins of the franchise

Josh Bycer analyzes Resident Evil Village’s combat and exploration systems.

Game Development May 21, 2021

Gamedev resources to design more accessible games (by Alan Zucconi, Josh Bycer, and others)

Yesterday the planet celebrated the Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Developer and lecturer Alan Zucconi put together a thread with some links to resources on accessibilty in games.

Game Development February 18, 2021

Josh Bycer on horror game design and lessons learned from Silent Hill 4: The Room

Game Development February 12, 2021

Tim Willits on the games that shaped the industry and the technology that shaped these games

Tim Willits, chief creative officer at Saber Interactive and former studio director and level designer of id Software, is one of the key people behind the DOOM, Quake, and Rage franchises. We caught up with Tim amid WN Winter’21 in a futile attempt to capture his 25+ years in video games, as well as to find out what he’s up to these days.

Industry News November 25, 2020

Talents in Games conference to run from December 1 to December 4

The winter edition of the Talents In Games conference will kick off on December 1, 2020, bringing together over 3,000 game development professionals. The event features talks and discussions from people directly involved in making games.

Featured November 8, 2020

Julian Colbus on detective game design problems

Featured October 6, 2020

Josh Bycer: How to design effective difficulty in video games

Dev Interviews September 4, 2020

Carrion game/level designer Krzysztof Chomicki on managing amorphousness, gravity and screams

Carrion is a reverse horror game in which you play as an amorphous creature of unknown origins. The game received universal acclaim from players and critics for its clever power-fantasy premise, as well as satisfying traversal and combat mechanics, which allow for gameplay that can be both strategic and chaotic.

Video August 27, 2020

Krzysztof Chomicki of Phobia Game Studio on making reverse horror game CARRION

Carrion is a reverse horror game in which you play as an amorphous creature of unknown origins.

Industry News July 1, 2020

Analytics in Game Development (workshop)

Today, on July 1, at 11:00 (UTC+1, London Time), tune in on the WN Hub for an exclusive workshop on Analytics in Game Development.

Featured June 8, 2020

Timelie creator on making games in Thailand, sacrifices and victories, and things you can do with time

Timelie is a puzzle adventure game that offers a new take on time manipulation. The game came out on PC on May 21. It’s the first title from a Thai team called Urnique Studio. While still in development, the project won Microsoft Imagine Cup both domestically and internationally.

Featured August 5, 2019

Events in Pixonic’s War Robots: How studio developed and tested hypotheses

Vadim Charugin, Lead Game Designer at Pixonic, speaks on the importance of in-game events and the studio’s experience with them.

Marketing November 23, 2016

Playrix: «Gardenscapes Has 3,5M DAU»

Gardenscapes was released on August 25 and become the next hit from Playrix. A month later, AppAnnie revealed that the launch of the game helped the developer to enter the Top 20 mobile publishers in the world. We discussed Gardenscapes transformation from hidden object to match-3, changes that were made and first results with the Head of the Kyiv office – Tanja Evdokimenko.

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Game developers on why everyone — from writers to HR and designers — should be considered devs

Twitch introduces new “Software & Game Development” streaming category, boosting gamedev content discoverability

Devs praise Motive’s Dead Space stream for showing “how making games of this size actually works,” call for more transparency from AAA studios

Simon Carless: Development and marketing should be treated as interconnected tasks

Anonymous spreadsheet shows salaries in game development industry, with top earner making over $1 million a year

New subreddit “Destroy My Game” offers brutally honest feedback for developers

Mind Scanners creator Malte Burup on forcing a game design onto a concept, the psychotherapy of the 1800s, and the player’s struggle to become a hero

Josh Bycer’s REview: Resident Evil Village repeats the sins of the franchise

Gamedev resources to design more accessible games (by Alan Zucconi, Josh Bycer, and others)

Josh Bycer on horror game design and lessons learned from Silent Hill 4: The Room

Tim Willits on the games that shaped the industry and the technology that shaped these games

Talents in Games conference to run from December 1 to December 4

Julian Colbus on detective game design problems

Josh Bycer: How to design effective difficulty in video games

Carrion game/level designer Krzysztof Chomicki on managing amorphousness, gravity and screams

Krzysztof Chomicki of Phobia Game Studio on making reverse horror game CARRION

Analytics in Game Development (workshop)

Timelie creator on making games in Thailand, sacrifices and victories, and things you can do with time

Events in Pixonic’s War Robots: How studio developed and tested hypotheses

Playrix: «Gardenscapes Has 3,5M DAU»