Developer Insights

"There are lots of successful games, and then there are games that didn't have the opportunity to succeed. Our goal was to create that opportunity."

Sifu's Paul-Emile Boucher sheds light on what went into developing the game's art direction.

The composer for this standalone expansion to the Kingdom series tells us how he developed its vintage sound.

The developer talks with us about the challenges of making a game that can fuse any two creatures.

These developers are pushing the limits of an outdated console that was famously hard to develop for.

Encouragement, routine, and reinforcement are crucial to retraining neural pathways.

Cross-platform play is essential to a game like We Were Here Forever. Here's a look at the infrastructure that makes it work.

"The blocks that form this game's narrative and gameplay aren't universal or mythic. They are the result of figuring out early on what the game was and what it wanted to do, and then designing a system to accomplish that."

"Painting everywhere is a technically expensive thing to do, and it can be very difficult to achieve if you’re not entirely focused on it as a goal of your project."

Read the first chapter of this debut book on the ins and outs of getting onto the games narrative career path.

The latest game in the Voxel Trilogy was built with a lot more resources, prompting a refreshed approach to key art and effects.

How do you craft an environment filled with tension in the absence of direct conflict?

Striking the right balance between two genres means knowing what you want before development even begins.

How the game was designed to motivate players through systems and environment.

Having a set of design pillars to draw from can add structure and insight into your process and perhaps even get you through a narrative pinch.