youtu.be/Fuf_SpKCYVY There are some games out there which contain incredibly interesting ideas that just can't quite seem make them work - like one of Magic The Gathering's most infamous design failures and Mewgenics' Mage, but what causes this disconnect between potential and practicality?

@manfightdragon.bsky.social examines FromSoftware’s “interconnected spiral” level design philosophy through early Bloodborne test maps: #gamedev #gamedesign

@dannyweinbaum.bsky.social on quality and quest design patterns of acclaimed quests: #gamedev #gamedesign

So - wanna tweak your game design easily thanks to Godot curves? Check out this quick tutorial! 🔥 👉 youtu.be/BoHYvtGHBVg #gamedev #game #godot #GodotEngine #godot4 #madewithgodot #csharp #gdscript #programming #tutorial #gamedesign

Bennett Foddy (Getting Over It) held a talk yesteday about his unconventional games - "Why Did I make this"? #gamedev #gamedesign @foddy.net www.twitch.tv/videos/27148...

@chrisbodegard.bsky.social on interactive writing, attention, agency, choice and feedback design for the exceptional @esotericebb.bsky.social (script below slides): #gamedev #gamedesign

To celebrate id Software’s 35th birthday, @johnromero.bsky.social produced a great mini-doc on the making of Catacomb 3D (1991) – and it really illustrates just how foundational this game was for their later, more influential first person shooter work: youtu.be/ZcUqwMf01pI?...

our wizard-in-chief at @thegamebakers.com Anthony Beyer made a breakdown about ミ🪨 rocks 🪨彡. check it out! www.artstation.com/artwork/AZzrJm

While we're celebrating Zelda's 40th, I want to give some love to some of the foundational action adventure games that predated it. Hydlide, in particular, deserves more respect outside of Japan for what it did for the genre in '84 (PC88). Tower of Druaga, Courageous Perseus, Dragon Slayer, Hydlide

🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️ The fourth episode of our Disco Elysium series is now live. In it we talk to Aleksander Rostov about his own artistic journey, and how the art team collaborated to create the narrative playground of Martinaise. WATCH: youtu.be/-eUtrUW2QVU

For his perfect console @jon.inkle.co, narrative designer and co-founder of @inkle.co, chose: 1. Plundered Hearts 2. Blade Runner: The Adventure Game 3. Riven: The Sequel to Myst 4. The Last Express 5. Shadow of the Colossus Listen to Jon discuss his picks in this week's episode: sptfy.in/3lqj

My 2025 talk 'Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game' is now also available in text format, for those who like to read instead of watch: rystorm.com/blog/gyms-zo... And if you haven't seen it yet, there is an all new video too, with bonus material on the history of Zoos!

🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️ Our Disco Elysium series continues with a 72 minute deep dive into Writing. From how characters were created, to the tech the team used, the collaborations between writers and editors, and the struggles they had along the way. youtu.be/fpjHZc9bbFk

Sprite stacking 101 🧩 #pixelart #indiedev #GameMaker

🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️ The Making of Disco Elysium - Part Two: Building Elysium www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrVW... In the second episode of our Disco Elysium series we explore the crumbling studio space the game was created in, and tell the story of the people who quickly made it there home.

@simondev.bsky.social on math fundamentals for #gamedev, very accessible for less mathy folk:

New on GMTK - The World Design of Hollow Knight: Silksong youtu.be/l7xXW0EbK4g

A detailed look at how Sandfall Interactive created @expedition33.bsky.social and why it wasn’t supposed to be so successful. Watch here → youtu.be/pLSRlzSxEPw

🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️ The Making of Disco Elysium - Part One: Foundations www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH6m... After over 18 months of research, interviews & editing our Disco Elysium series is here. In this first episode we focus on the cultural and personal foundations of the world of Elysium.

The boundaries is where the interesting things happen!

@foddy.net @gcuzzillo.bsky.social @maxiboch.bsky.social on designing Baby Steps. “Making it interesting to get lost is a big creative challenge.” #gamedev #gamedesign

New Paper: Game Design is Generative Design. Designing a procedural generator and designing a game share a lot of skills, problems and philosophies, even if we think of them as distinct. I try to connect them here, for good! Read here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...

On #silksong ‘s surprisingly complex damage calculations: #gamedev #gamedesign

Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.

New on GMTK - let's talk about the power of prototyping - youtu.be/8tHJgtbj6rs

@oskarstalberg.bsky.social’s excellent presentation on efficient and flexible tile-based procedural generation: #gamedev #gamedesign

It is time to shout about fun in a car park // What is Fun? A Game Design Introduction youtu.be/56ENqlUST9U

"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week. For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018: youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s

Old but always makes me smile. Appreciate your testers: #gamedev

I love mock-ups so much. It was my first job in the game industry, and it's still what I love doing the most. You learn so much from making these, throwing out ideas quickly, finding opportunities and ideas, at no risk and low cost. #gamedesign #gamedev

Mildly condescending BBC visit to uniformed Shigeru Miyamoto at work in the 90s: #gamedev #gamedesign

Make your dream castle! www.slynyrd.com/blog/2025/7/... #pixelart #tutorial

🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️ The Making of Wolfenstein We revisit the team at MachineGames to discuss the design and development of their Wolfenstein series. From narrative design to combat and everything in between. WATCH HERE: youtu.be/E189QG28rnE

This convo I had highlights the difference in what "respect your time" means in games. A lot of players want to trade time for in-game progress. It's purely transactional: 1 hour = 1 progress But I want to feel like my actions matter i.e. what I do with time creates progress, not time itself.

Design Dive returns to @aiandgames.com for this short but fun analysis of narrative design in Donkey Kong Bananza. Pauline's emotional journey is the real heart of the game's story. With the narrative team relying on a game AI bark systems that react to player progress. youtu.be/DyGYxtJL_GM?...

@indiegameclinic.bsky.social on prototyping, feasibility testing, and game design intuition: #gamedev #gamedesign

Jonathan Blow on filling the emergent space created by interacting game mechanics: #gamedev #gamedesign

Game devs on what people get wrong about game dev: #gamedev #gamedesign

Today I'm musing about the importance of escalation in adventure stories & ttrpg sessions. Trying to come up with a list of possible ways to escalate. Mostly interested in the broad categories. In the following posts you can find what I came up with so far. Let me know what I am missing. #gamedev

@slynyrd.bsky.social on pixel perfect parallax: #gamedev #gamedesign

new blog post: turned my gdc 2025 level design theory talk into a blog post www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2025/05/spac...

Reservoir Sampling, a technique for selecting a fair random sample when you don't know the size of the set you're sampling from samwho.dev/reservoir-sa... #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev

few things are as good as a proper shader. i love this shit.

The discourse around the design of Blue Prince has been fascinating, but I wanted to hit room 46 before weighing in. Minimal spoilers! youtu.be/BItfjfaqW2Y Also: how it fares as an information game, and how it overlaps with our next game idea.

Announcing my next game!🤘 "Deedlee Doo! Carkour!"🔥 -A game where you do parkour with a car using explosions 🚗💥 -Everything in the game is made out of clay in real life🎨 -The sound effects and music are all mouth sounds👄 Wishlist it now on Steam, out on May 12th, 2025!🎸

Dropping a little teaser demo soon. Keep an eye on Keymailer (and inboxes) :) store.steampowered.com/app/3708790/...

Today’s video turned out a bit of a monster; some reflections on genre, mode and mood in games, and how certain ways of categorising games can be confusing or unhelpful in the design process. youtu.be/3KJbYdNP5js?... #gamedev #gamedesign #indiedev

Atlus's Kenichi Goto on designing turn-based combat for Metaphor: ReFantazio: #gamedev #gamedesign

🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️ In the forth episode of our Dwarf Fortress Series we revisit the brothers two years after launch to explore the ways in which their lives have changed forever, and the ways in which they've stayed the same. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5zg...

Will you wishlist Replicube? “Signs point to yes” s.team/a/3401490