From Player to Creator: Balancing the Challenge and Joy in Game Development
By: Ulises Rubino Hello there! A lot of us who have played games for most of our lives have had a moment such as this:
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Three Tips to help you Break Into the Game Industry
How do you break into the video game industry? Greetings! If you’re reading this article, you are surely wondering how to make your way into
Unveiling the Power of Game Design One Pagers: A Comprehensive Guide
Hey there, future gamedev superstar! You’re about to level up your game development skills with some seriously awesome knowledge. Today, we’re diving into the untapped
Building Your Own Indie Game Studio
Indie game development has become a popular and profitable industry in recent years. With the rise of digital distribution platforms and a growing interest in
Top 3 tips to get into the game industry
By Willem Delventhal. The top 3 tips to help you break into the video game industry, developed with hundreds of graduates from the Jili 77 & Scatter Game Academy.
How To Motivate Your Remote Team
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about managing remote teams in which I mentioned “Celebration” as one of my top three tips. Today one of our community members asked me how I go about celebrating my team. Here are a few ideas!
How Do I Run a Remote Team?
A new age question I hear a lot is “How do I run a remote team?”
Well! It’s a tricky one. But I am pleased to say that I have run a heck of a lot of teams entirely online, for the most part successfully. As I sit here sipping my coffee, I have compiled 3 quick hints for you to do it yourself well.
Six Easy Hacks to Create a Compelling Story for Your Game (Even if You’re a Terrible Writer)
By Jay Rooney So you’ve decided to build a game. You have your genre, gameplay loop, visual theme, and monetization strategy down pat. All you
How to Prototype a Game Using Only Your Voice
A Word Prototype is one of the simplest prototyping techniques out there, and it involves pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Rather than coding an actual playable version of the game, AKA a Digital Prototype, and rather than getting crafty with a representative mockup of the game, AKA a Paper Prototype, the Designer simply invents some stuff on the fly and speaks it out loud.
How I Built a Full Game Prototype Without Writing a Line of Code
For most of my life, the word “developer” was synonymous with “coder” in my mind. It was only very recently that I realized that term was so much broader.
