Game Design Deep Dive is an ongoing Gamasutra series with the goal of shedding light on specific design features or mechanics within a video game, in order to show how seemingly simple, fundamental design decisions…
Blog: How I translated Ancient Greek punishment games…
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Dont Miss: How enemy AI works in Dicey…
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Blog: Creating a questlog people actually read in…
The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community.The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. This article was…
Blog: Creating a questlog people actually read
The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community.The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. This article was…
Blog: Level design for combat
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Dont Miss: Exploring the secret depths of Bubble…
Secrets can tell you a lot about how a game was designed, and Taito's classic Bubble Bobble is full of them. Today we're off on a trip to visit one of the least-seen, a secret room…
Blog: Ancient Greek punishments as hypertexts
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How moving from 2D to 3D shaped the…
It's not easy to ship a hit indie game, and it's even harder to follow up that hit with an outstanding sequel. But that's what Hopoo Games seems to have done with Risk of Rain 2,…