Industry
Boss Fight Design Secrets: 5-Act Structure for Great Battles
Great boss fights are not just harder enemies with bigger health bars. They are carefully staged encounters bu…
Game Design
10 articles tagged “Game Design”
Indie
Pippin Barr’s 8 New Free Browser Chess Variants Are Delightfully Unhinged
Pippin Barr is back with eight more free browser-based chess variants, and they sound like the kind of ideas y…
Industry
Endless Legend 2 Update Gives Diplomacy Memory With Permanent 'Badges'
Endless Legend 2’s latest update gives diplomacy the long-term memory it’s been missing, introducing permanent…
Indie
Enshrouded Forging the Path: Adventure Sharing, Combat Overhaul & More
Enshrouded’s Forging the Path update is a big swing: Adventure Sharing lets you upload and browse player-made …
Industry
When Social Media Helps: Devs Share Bite-Sized Game-Dev Tips on Bluesky
Social media isn’t always a boss fight; sometimes it’s the friendly NPC who hands you a clutch buff. A recent …
Industry
Valve's Erik Wolpaw: AI Won't Replace Game Writers (But Could Aid NPCs)
Valve veteran Erik Wolpaw believes AI won’t dethrone human game writers anytime soon, but he does see potentia…
Industry
Former Bungie Art Director Joseph Cross Stands By Marathon’s Art
Former Bungie art director Joseph Cross has voiced strong confidence in Marathon’s visual direction despite a …
Guides
Arc Raiders Could Get Giant Walking Arc Bosses, Can Servers Handle It?
Colossal Arc silhouettes already stalk the horizons of Arc Raiders, and the community is buzzing about the day…
Features
Alan Rickman 'So Fed Up' With Playing Villains, Emma Thompson Reveals
Emma Thompson recently reflected on her late friend Alan Rickman’s career and how he grew weary of being typec…
Features
Pathologic 3 Revealed: Time-Jumping To Rewrite Fate in This Bold New RPG
Pathologic 3 has been officially announced, shaking up the franchise with a fresh, ambitious approach to story…