🎮 6 Tips for Designing an Open-World Game 🎮 Check out these six great tips from Nathan Kellman, a Game Design Skills instructor and veteran designer, to help you shape an immersive and engaging world for players to explore. 👇

2026 shaping up to be a wonderful year for #indiegames. Check out our Starter pack featuring games releasing this year (hopefully). #gamedev | #indiegamedev | #solodev

Some of the gaming books that visitors to the Video Game History Museum in Zagreb can have a look through, including offerings from @davecook.bsky.social @simonparkin.bsky.social @scully1888.bsky.social @jazrignall.bsky.social and even myself. Nice.

Hey game narrative designers, wanna work on something for Meow Wolf with Devon? Yeah. Yeah, I think you do.

"Wie arbeiten eigentlich die Game Studies? Welche Methoden verwenden sie? Aus welchen Disziplinen stammen die Forcher*innen? Gemeinsam mit @l17r.bsky.social und Alexander Max Bauer habe ich eine Umfrage zu diesen Themen durchgeführt. gespielt.hypotheses.org/8965 #gamestudies #akgwds

An intense gem. A game that stays in your mind for a long time.

IndieLink is live in beta and looking for early adopters/testers. If you’re in #gamedev, #indiedev, #gameart, #gamedesign, #gamestudio, #gamepublishing, #gameaudio, or #leveldesign, DM me for an invite code and jump in at indielink.online

David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away. www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r... An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.

During the holiday @mxretrodev.bsky.social released the public version of Final Fight MD and somehow...it's even better than before! A Capcom #arcade classic for #Sega hardware that works flawlessly on #MiSTerFPGA too youtu.be/G870VPVjST8 #gaming #gamingnews #gaming_news

Atari Space Invaders championships 1981, London, Great Britain. #videogames #tv #oldtimes

Sound Designer at gravitywell.games (remote, 🗺️) "asset creation and implementation using Unreal & Wwise" job-boards.greenhouse.io/gravitywell/... #gamejobs

This has to be one of the most in depth looks at the NES. Even if you have a passing interest in video game history, take the time to watch this. It's got a lot of information that's not been covered by hundreds of other videos. youtu.be/uJvpRGibFhg?...

I am a sucker for anytime video game history intersects with etymology, and @katewillaert.bsky.social's investigation of "Metroidvania" does not disappoint. Is essential. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...

Jetzt ist auch auf meinem Blog verlinkt, wie @hekabeohnename.bsky.social und ich uns für eine gute Stunde gutgelaunt durch die erste #BravoScreenfun lesen. Pager! Techno! Lara Croft! spielkult.hypotheses.org/8627 #KritischeController #12 #GameStudies

PlayStation Japan shared detailed parental leave data, including full uptake among eligible employees. It’s a rare look at how work-life balance is being handled inside part of the games industry. www.4scarrsgaming.com/2025/12/play... #PlayStation #GamesIndustry #GameDev

Looking for authors or editors of game studies books or edited volumes published within the last 3-5 years to join me as interview guests on my podcast #Gamestudies. Happy to feature monographs and collections alike! //cc @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Please slide into my DMs.

Cloth Cat Games has a new job opening for the new year... 🎨 We’re looking for a UI/UX Designer to join the team ℹ️ Check the link for details: games.clothcat.com/careers/ui-u... 😸 A great opportunity to be a part of our busy, close-knit crew working in-house/hybrid or remotely! #gamejobs #indiedev

Kojima (Boktai) won't use Ai to create art or visuals but "supports its application in enhancing enemy responsiveness and gameplay depth." www.tweaktown.com/news/109413/...

Happy to introduce my first (out of hopefully a few) video essay on Adaptive game music :) Happy Holidays! #gamemusic #adaptivemusic #interactivemusic #gameaudio #gamecomposer youtu.be/M17qyZna4QU?...

Just found out about the Level 9 / Cinemaware collaboration, the 'wHoley Universal Game Engine', and the unreleased Grange Murders detective game. Thanks Games That Weren't! ▶️ www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/gran...

Tomorrow I join @momfriend64.northsky.social, @blackcatbonifide.bsky.social, @jillianaversa.bsky.social, and @kelseymira.bsky.social in a panel y'all don't wanna miss if you're planning to have vocals in games! Come see us at the SoundGirls Conf #gamedev #gameaudio

Seit gestern gibt es die 2. Auflage des #Handbuch #Gameskultur, für das ich meinen Beitrag zu #Modding überarbeiten durfte :) - enthält auch viele andere (neue) Texte für alle, die sich für die Kultur digitaler Spiele interessieren! #gamestudies #bluelz #games www.kulturrat-shop.de/epages/79484...

iam8bit, Video Game History Foundation, and Mega Cat Studios are bringen back the lost NES game 'Xcavatar' as 'Xcavatar 2025'. www.gematsu.com/2025/12/iam8...

Jim Ward - a prolific voice actor in Ratchet & Clank, RE4, Grim Fandango, Killer7, Fallout, and more - has passed away at the age of 66. (Read more at Push Square)

Hironobu Sakaguchi, recently, on his X account, has been posting an absolute treasure trove of design docs and promotional materials from early games. These are early design docs from Final Fantasy 3.

oooh actually if you love romance and are bored and want to put on a 25min youtube video in the background, i made this video examining the evolution of romance (in video games specifically) around when DATV came out: youtu.be/BY5QIlNjGsU?...

🎮 GBLVC 2026 is calling! Got ideas in #GameDesign, #EdTech, or #Gamification? Present June 5–7 at the Games-Based Learning Virtual Conference. Share work, spark change, and connect with global educators. Submit by Dec 7 👉 gblconference.com#GameDesign#EdTech#Gamification#SeriousGames #Games4Learning

In The Devil’s Due, cheating is a core mechanic… So, of course, we cheat during development too. Let’s turn on the debug camera to reveal how many “3D objects” are actually shameless billboards. Hell is held together with lies, cardboard, and duct tape. #indiegames #gamedev #godot

Indie devs, ready to get your game noticed? 🎮 #RGS has two new guides: how to make a press kit that gets noticed and how to write a press release that gets results. Learn to stand out 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/qximtxqfyx #IndieDev #PressKit

🚨New case study alert! 🚨 Our team in Bern took a close look at „GATE“ (1991), a Swiss, Gauntlet-inspired action game that reveals many interesting facts about the early days of digitalization. #GameStudies ➡️ Read here: chludens.hypotheses....

LUCID pixel art animation break down 🌸 #SoloDev #PixelArt #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #metroidvania #indiegames #supermetroid #megaman #HollowKnight #Celeste #legendofzelda

Lars Molander, the CEO of Commodore in Sweden and Atari Scandinavia during the heydays with Commodore 64, Amiga 500 and Atari ST, passed away earlier this year. I wrote a memorial: (in Swedish but fine with Google Translate) martinlindell.com/2025/11/28/t...

@fredtorres.bsky.social and I have a chapter here entitled Playing to Understand the Environment: From Superficial Skins to Truly Ecological Gameplays. More info, here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #GameStudies

Nicht nur der @akgwds.bsky.social , sondern auch die #Sims feiern dieses Jahr ein Jubiläum! @hekabeohnename.bsky.social , Finja Walsdorff und Max Kanderske widmen ihnen darum eine #Sonderausgabe auf #Paidia! #gamestudies Wir freuen uns sehr und wünschen viel Spaß bei der Lektüre!

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The proportion of female to male dialogue in Final Fantasy. #advx25

For those working on a 2d player controller. He does talk unity based, but it can carry across. The most important thing is that he goes through his research and different ways to make a good 2d player and also make it look good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya7s... #indiegamedev #gamedev

This is exactly how Steam’s algorithm works with timing, trending, and visibility windows for: Coming Soon Launch / Full Release Early Access Launch I’ll explain what matters, when it matters, and how long you have before Steam buries your #indiegames . devlandmarketing.com/how-the-stea...

Video Game History Museum Zagreb . vghm.hr . #VGHM #VideoGameHistoryMuseum #vectrex #video #games #Zagreb #Croatia #vghmzg

CfP: #Ludo2026 will take place 6 – 8 August, 2026, at Edge Hill University. The 15th anniversary conference theme is ‘Pushing limits and crossing borders’. Please find all info here: www.ludomusicology.org/2025/11/16/l... #ludomusicology #gamestudies #gamesound #gameaudio #vgm #music #soundstudies

(czech writing about affect theory and game studies alert) Konečně jsem se dostal ve svý sérii o herních knihách k afektu. Pocity, počitky, vztah k práci i ideji kybernetické kontroly. Emoce jako to hlavní, čeho si na svodech virtuálních světů všímat. Víc zde: art.ceskatelevize.cz/inside/zasad...

Research on gender faces growing pressure worldwide — a reality game studies scholars know well, from #Gamergate to ongoing harassment. PhD candidates Tom Legierse and Ida Martine Gard Rysjedal call for a network of care among gender and games researchers. nordmedianetwork.org/latest/news/...

This one's been in the making for a while & now it's fully out! In our new case study, my Bern colleagues and me had a look at GATE (1991), a Swiss Gauntlet-inspired action game that tells a lot of interesting things about early digitalisation #GameStudies 👉 chludens.hypotheses.org/tag/series-c...

Intern - Software Engineer, Audio at www.nintendo.com/en-us/ (Redmond, 🇺🇸) "Comfortable with fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and C/C++." careers.nintendo.com/job-openings... #gamejobs

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser has expressed admiration for Nintendo, comparing its works to that of legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock.

Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.

Rift Riff nominated for 4⁉️ #DutchGameAwards! 🎨Best Art: @simkaart.co's insane pixel art 🎙️Best Audio: @matthijskoster.com made banger tracks/sfx! 🕹️Best Design: @adriaan.games & @professionalpanda.bsky.social endless tweaks 👑GOTY: teamwork! dutchgameawards.nl/nominees/ #Godot #indiegame #gamedev