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BitSummit

Game Developer reports that BitSummit is back on the calendar, keeping one of Japan’s key indie showcases in view for developers tracking regional scene momentum. For teams looking at publishing, …

Game Developer ·
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PAX East

Game Developer says PAX East is the latest major convention to put game teams in front of players, press, and peers. For developers, the value is less about spectacle than …

Game Developer ·
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Welcome to our live show!

Tim Ruswick is kicking off a live broadcast and inviting developers to jump into chat with questions. The format is lightweight and interactive, so the value will come from the …

Tim Ruswick ·
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Why Small Games Take WAY Longer Than You Think

Tim Ruswick argues that “make small games” is bad shorthand: tiny projects still carry most of the same production overhead as larger ones. He says the real challenge is depth …

Tim Ruswick ·
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Indie Game Dev Blog - Skeleton Kingdom

Hi all! In fact, development of this game began a few months ago when I created a single small image as a prototype for another project in a completely different …

ComLAD ·
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Help Us Build an MMO-Style Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

Hi everyone, some of you may remember our previous recruitment thread. That thread was eventually locked due to inactivity, so I wanted to give everyone an update on where the …

YannikDE ·
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Recruiting Anyone with good coding experience! for Dreamscape Corp.

Dreamscape Headquarters is looking for a programmer/developer to help bring **Dreamscape** from its current concept and pre-production stage into a playable game. The project is an original narrative-driven adventure combining …

Dreamscape Headquarters ·
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23 abandoned prototypes (and their game design lessons)

Tim Ruswick walks through 23 abandoned prototypes from the last decade, turning each one into a compact lesson in what did and didn’t work. For developers, the value is in …

Tim Ruswick ·
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