GreedFall was released on September 10. This is a new attempt by Spiders, known for The Technomancer, to create a truly great RPG. We tell you how its development proceeded.

To the urgent question of crunches. It is quite realistic to manage a game project in real time so as not to overwork developers. This opinion belongs to Tami Sigmund, producer of Zynga Studio.

A new selection of books for developers has been released. This time it is useful for game writers.

The authors of Unity are trying to simplify the study of the engine for new users. To this end, they have released two new classroom tools. They will allow you to master computer science and the basics of game design based on Unity.

Dota 2 had two problems with matchmaking: it did not give players an incentive to play in a team and could not balance teams by roles. A recent update has solved both.

A new version of the Unity engine — 2019 has become available.2. It includes more than 170 improvements.

Another valuable selection of contacts for developers. Dmitry Filatov provided a database of 322 vendors who are ready to help in game development.

The Unity engine is not the easiest tool to learn. The company understands this and, given the increasing competition from Unreal Engine, they are trying to lower the entry threshold for new users. The recent launch of several Creator Kit just fits into this strategy.

A separate large section has appeared on the Fiverr site for those who are looking for freelancers for a game project. Inside there are many categories, starting with game design and ending with the installation of trailers.

A lecture by Supercell game designer Antti Summala appeared on the web. He talked about creating control schemes and progression in games using the example of Brawl Stars.

Novice level designers will always need the advice of a more experienced colleague. The author of the book “Architectural Approach to Level Design” Chris Totten shared ten useful tips on Twitter at once.

When creating a new game, developers often use already used developments, in particular, assets. Recently, developers on Twitter shared the most creative examples of asset reuse.

About the importance of events and the experience of working on them, — says Vadim Charugin, game designer at Pixonic.

How a converter from Flash to HTML5 called IceStone was created and why it was decided to launch a full—fledged multiplatform publishing house on its basis, – said Igor Chavychalov, who holds the post of executive producer of the company.

On the eve of GDC 2019, which opens on March 18, Microsoft announced the Game Stack. The latter is a single ecosystem for all the company’s game development solutions.

Studio krem.productions shared the experience of creating a cinematic trailer for the game using Unreal Engine 4.

MyTona company shared with App2Top.ru experience working on locations for games in the hidden genre on the example of her blockbuster Seekers Notes.

The graphic outsourcing company OWL Studio is analyzing errors in the interface of the Echo of Combats battler, which is still in development (the game of the Russian studio Mad Devices is now at the stage of a playable alpha).

How is the work on creating fictional universes in the studio that gave the world Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny, told the narrative designer from Obsidian Alex Skokel (Alex Scokel).