Townscaper, the procedural town-building toy, has been a huge indie success story. I explain how the game can generate towns so easier and gain further insights thanks to my interviewing its creator Oskar Stalberg.
Weaving Narratives into Procedural Worlds
Examining the value, characteristics, and methods of integrating static narratives into otherwise procedurally generated environments.
Game Design Perspective: Stardew Valley — Pixelated Playgrounds
Recently, Juliana has gotten into Stardew Valley. Hard. Since I’m a huge fan myself, I'm doing a Game Design Perspective on the game to celebrate. I'll be looking at the game mechanics and how the interlocking layers make the game tick. In Stardew Valley, you play as a disillusioned city slicker wh
4-Layers, A Narrative Design Approach
Introduction This blog post will be about a new way to approach narrative design in games - the 4 Layers Approach. It is based on a GDC ...
The Minecraft Generation (Published 2016)
How a clunky Swedish computer game is teaching millions of children to master the digital world.
The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer – Holy Ghost Stories
In the early 80s, all it took to make a game was a computer, some graph paper, and a lot of determination.
Exploring Rectangle Subdivisions
Last week, I saw a talk on Vuntra City, a procedurally generated city with a fully explorable city. Developer Larissa Davidova explained that she settled on using Recursive Subdivision for the city…
Tarot Based Narrative Generation - Anne Sullivan [PROCJAM 2018]
Why Cities Boom While Towns Struggle
The jobs gap is also a jobs map: Places that succeed have a critical mass of creativity.
Designing Imaginative Environments by Nathan Fowkes
Join industry veteran Nathan Fowkes on a deep dive into the hows and whys of designing environments for entertainment. From creating mood with color and light, to exploring different biomes and weather, to crafting architecture and props, he will teach you how to design amazing environments that make your work stand out from the crowd.
Game Development Process - Game Development News
Game development process is much deeper, than it looks like. If you ever wondered, how it works, we will explain all stages of that process.
Building games that can be understood at a glance
Building games that can be understood at a glance - Zach Gage, GDC 2018
Building games that can be understood at a glance
Building games that can be understood at a glance - Zach Gage, GDC 2018
