Destructible Environments in Control - Lessons in Procedural Destruction
Explore the technology and lessons behind creating Control's destructible environments, focusing on procedural destruction, material-driven behavior, and optimization techniques.
Procedural Regeneration - Matching the World to the Player
Explore dynamic world alteration in games to match player styles. Learn about procedural regeneration, its benefits, and implementation strategies for enhanced gameplay experiences.
Fantastic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Candid insights into building a game studio on a budget, exploring successes and failures over 5 years. Learn from Hutch's experiences to avoid common pitfalls in game development.
Data-Driven or Data-Blinded? Uses and Abuses of Analytics in Games
Explore common pitfalls in game data analysis and learn practical techniques to improve test rigor and data quality for more effective game development decision-making.
High Resolution Pixel Art and Animation
Explore high-resolution pixel art creation and animation techniques for game development, focusing on fluid motion, design principles, and practical tips from an industry expert.
The Secrets to Creating an Indie Game Franchise
Explore strategies for creating compelling narrative game franchises, including world-building beyond the game and techniques to captivate players across multiple installments.
It's About Time - System Design for Mobile Free-to-Play
Explore practical system design for mobile free-to-play games, focusing on time as a universal resource and its impact on player progression, economy, and game balance.
Emergent Storytelling Techniques in The Sims
Explore techniques used across The Sims generations to empower player-driven storytelling, including AI, autonomous feedback loops, and story progression systems.
Games as a Service is Dead
Explore the evolution and monetization strategies of mobile games, focusing on the "games as service" model and effective app store optimization techniques.
The Sound of Anthem
Explore BioWare's audio implementation and dynamic mixing techniques for Anthem, focusing on creating immersive soundscapes for a living, hostile world and heroic characters.
Writing Tools Faster - Design Decisions to Accelerate Tool Development
Discover strategies to accelerate tool development through optimized design decisions, focusing on performance improvements, multithread access, and efficient UI libraries.
Freeform Animation Rigging - Evolving the Animation Pipeline
Explore Unity's Freeform Animation Rigging, enabling non-destructive motion preservation while modifying control rigs. Learn innovative workflows for flexible character animation in game development.
The Forest Paths Method for Accessible Narrative Design
Discover a workflow for integrating game narrative with design components, enhancing storytelling and player engagement in game development.
Aesthetic Driven Development - Choosing Your Art Before Making a Game
Discover how Coldwild Games leveraged Twitter for market research, designing a game based on audience-preferred aesthetics before gameplay development.
Custom Tool Time - Make More in Less Time
Learn to boost productivity in game development by creating custom tools, with insights on when and how to implement them effectively.
Successfully Use Deep Reinforcement Learning in Testing and NPC Development
Explore deep reinforcement learning for game testing and NPC development, focusing on effective approaches, cost mitigation, and real-world applications in Unity projects.
Clash of Clans - Bigger, Better, Battle Pass
Explore Supercell's two-year journey developing a Battle Pass for Clash of Clans, covering key updates, design goals, and strategies for player engagement and retention.
Machine Learning for Optimal Matchmaking
Explore TrueMatch, a machine learning approach for optimizing matchmaking in real-time, balancing player skill, wait times, and other metrics for improved gaming experiences.
Game Server Performance on Tom Clancy's The Division 2
Explore technical challenges and solutions for game server performance in Tom Clancy's The Division 2, focusing on parallelization and multithreading techniques for improved efficiency.
The Kine Postmortem
Explore the journey of transforming a passion project into a multi-platform puzzle game, focusing on design goals, mechanics, and polish in game development.
Reading the Rules of Baba Is You
Explore the unique sentence-based rule system of puzzle game Baba Is You, its implementation, iterations, and challenges faced during development in this insightful talk by developer Arvi Teikari.