Game Developer Deep Dives are an ongoing series with the goal of shedding light on specific design, art, or technical features within a video game in order to show how seemingly simple, fundamental design decisions aren’t really that simple at all. Earlier installments cover topics such as designing for impact and narrative variance in Roadwarden, …
In Strange Aeons, a cult has summoned you from digital hell. To complete your escape, you’ll need to converse with a surreal AI in a world born of early ’90s CGI. Game Developer caught up with Karolis Dikcius, creator of this unsettling experience, to talk about the creative choice to use older software in the …
Wholesome games are in vogue. In recent years, there has been a notable uptick in the number of developers—largely indie—striving to tap into a burgeoning consumer demand for titles that prioritize adorable mechanics and twee concepts above all else. What, though, makes a video game “wholesome.” Dip into one of the semi-annual Wholesome Directs, which …
Game Developer Deep Dives are an ongoing series with the goal of shedding light on specific design, art, or technical features within a video game in order to show how seemingly simple, fundamental design decisions aren’t really that simple at all. Earlier installments cover topics such as lessons learned from ten years of development with …
