Snowsports games: left out in the cold
Recent indie darling Alto’s Adventure is a beautiful thing, but it has left me wondering – where did all the snowsports games go?
Creating Adventure for the Atari 2600
A story of technical tricks and politics.
Fallen London’s Greatest Detective, Alistair Newton
Sunless Sea was released earlier last month to great praise. Its story, writing, and unique ways of allowing the player to interact with the world make it stand out.
GDC 2015: Zoe Quinn on Comedy in Video games
Games come in many flavours. Action, adventure, simulation, strategy, puzzle, sports.
Unity 5 and the democratisation of development
“Unity 5 offers an opportunity for graphics. We’re a graphics powerhouse now,” said John Riccitiello as he took to the stage at Unity’s breakfast briefing.
GDC 2015: The Art of Firewatch
Firewatch from Campo Santo created a stir from the moment it was revealed.
GDC 2015: Using Mathematics to create organic dungeons in Galak-Z
In his talk at the Game Developers Conference 17-bit’s lead engineer, Zach Aikman, revealed how a variety of mathematical techniques were used to create the dungeons in Galak-Z.
Pick of The MIX: 5 Indie games to watch
“I guarantee you’ll be having fun within one minute,” says Tim Garbos as he hands me an iPad to play Progress. He isn’t wrong. In fact, it only takes 30 seconds.