What role does healing play in games, and how does it affect gameplay? A look at one of the most overlooked aspects of game design: keeping the players alive.

Backgrounds are an important element for many designers. In this tutorial, I'll be showing you how to create three dramatically different backgrounds from a...

What is a game, and what matters when designing one? A look at the most fundamental aspects of game design—the elements which are vital to creating an...

What is a game? What matters when designing one? Here's a look at the elements of game design, and how to ensure your game follows the most fundamental game...

In the second part of this series we extend and improve the time-rewinding-system, make it more stable, and add a nice blurring effect to make the rewinding...

Incremental games are fascinating and perplexing. Marked by minimal player agency and periods of inactivity, they seem to defy conventional logic about good...

Amazon Lumberyard (or just Lumberyard) is a free, multi-deploy platform engine that offers deep integration with both the Amazon Web Services (AWS)...

There are so many assets needed when creating a game. Speed up your process with pre-made asset sets, sprite kits, user interfaces, and more! Whether you're...

We'll take a look at how to build a game that features time-rewinding like it was used in Prince of Persia - Sands of Time, and the other surprising ways...

If all the coverage of this week's E3 expo has inspired you to improve your game design skills, read on. In this article, I'll introduce you to five of our...

What makes a game difficult, and what attracts different players? A look at how to ensure your game has mass appeal, and what separates casual and hardcore...

Game development tools have evolved. Even young kids can design and code games, with a little help from a grown-up. Discover the benefits of learning how to...