No matter how good your gameplay is or how fleshed out your world is, your players will flounder in your game without a clear direction and a story in which to engross themselves. As the game …
5 Tactics to Create Game Characters with Depth
Like any storytelling medium, games have the potential to transport gamers to a world of our choosing. Such as one of the timeless novels, like Lord of The Rings or Alice in Wonderland, in games we …
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How to Storyboard Your Game
No, storyboarding is not holding someone down and reading them your story until they beg you to stop, drowning them from your outpouring of words. Storyboarding is not another form of torture (or …
What is a Game Engine?
A Game Engine is defined as being a set of software tools or API's built to optimize the development of a video game. This will typically include a game loop or at the very least a 2D or 3D rendering …
Starting Your Game with a Story
Storyline and plot development are central to a successful game. Gamers want to be immersed in a cool universe with impossible physics filled with mind-boggling characters that possess face-melting …
Overcoming Game Design Limitations
Game design constraints is a topic that deserves some analysis. This is one of those seemingly hidden forces that greatly impacts every aspect of a game. As a designer, whether you realize it or not, …