After the Player has made a ‘love connection’ with your game and they are 'infatuated' with it, how do you make sure that they keep calling you back? Are they spending their money on you, or someone else?
Game Design
Gearbox’s Borderlands 3 has finally arrived a full decade after Borderlands 2. With 2014’s ‘Pre-sequel’ we were treated to more Borderlands, but not necessarily a full-fledged sequel...
Game modifiers are the easiest way to transform your title for as many players as possible. They can create fun where there was frustration. They can entice players to log additional hours for very little development time, and can also create a simple, zany kind of fun ...
On this episode Me and the Cote discuss the goings on over the past 12 months on the 2 million+ selling Dead by Daylight. We hash out the high points, low points, mistake and successes...
Droid Run is a multiplayer mode that pits 2 teams of 6 against each other trying to activate and protect droids that wander around the map. The 20 v 20 modes, although exciting, epic and ‘star warsy' ...
Game balance is often used to describe the challenge that one faces in a competitive game relative to other players. Differing strategies, abilities, characters are said to be ‘in balance’ when each is ...
The ‘Uncharted’ series has always been known for two things: high-octane thrills set in exotic locales, and excellent characters ...
Housemarque’s (Resogun, Dead Nation) latest effort ‘Alienation’ pits you and 3 others (friends hopefully) against relentless waves of of invading aliens in a faced-paced top-down shooter...
Successfully pitching your ideas is one of the most vital skills you can have as a game designer. Whether they be big, complex entire game presentations, or simple, single code line changes to a tertiary mechanic, knowing how to communicate with people...
If you are a game design/programming/3D art/animation student and want to grasp as much as possible about the industry you’ve put your blood, sweat and tears trying to break into; play everything. If you are a seasoned game development...
We’ve all been there. You lose yourself completely in an activity. Time stands still. You’re laser focused. You have ‘tunnel vision’ and can see your objective as clear as day. You lose track of time completely and forget to eat, or even sleep...
As games grow and strive for engagement on additional, ‘meta’ levels, crafting has also grown in prominence. It’s easy to see why. Varied crafting recipes with different requirements can create aspirational rewards for players...