Game Dev

Behind the Three-Letter Tweet That Pissed Off the Entire Games Industry

Aug 8 •

YouTubers Can't Save All the Indie Games

“The systems we have available just aren't built for this kind of volume.”

Jul 25 •

The Word-of-Mouth Magic Behind Breakout Hits Like Balatro

LocalThunk says the streamer Dan Gheesling changed everything for Balatro. I asked Gheesling for his POV.

Jul 18 •

How to Get YouTubers to Play Your Game

How a dev netted 6,000 Steam wishlists with an unusually clean cold email

Jul 11 •

Interview: Panic's Decade-Long Journey to Build a Handheld

Greg Maletic on how COVID nearly killed the Playdate (and Untitled Goose Game saved it).

Jun 27 •

How Much Game Can You Fit in 2.7 Inches?

Conversations with artists pushing the limits of the world's tiniest games console

Jun 13 •

Nintendo and the Last Hardware Exclusives

A few thoughts inspired by the launch of the Switch 2

Jun 6 •

Valve's 30% Platform Tax is Bad for Small Developers

It's time to follow Epic's lead by offering 0% fees on each dev's first $1 million.

May 30 •

Gaming’s Great Downsizing and the Garage-Band Game Economy

Brendan Keogh explains the post-2008 collapse of the Australian games industry and how it might prefigure changes coming for the rest of the world

May 23 •

How to Get Your First 1,000 Players: White Knuckle Edition

And a very useful trick to level up your Discord onboarding

May 16 •

GTA 6, Black Mirror, and the Platonic Ideal of the Video Game

What could games ultimately become? Rockstar Games and Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker offer diverging visions.

May 9 •

The Steam Reviews for "Blue Prince" Are Hilarious

"Now on 100+ hours of play... I still have a lot of mixed feelings about the game, and it has some weird game design decisions..."

May 2 •

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