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...

In this final part of our series about interactive storytelling, we'll talk about the future of storytelling in videogames.

A look at the various digital game publishing platforms available and which one is best suited for your game.

In part 2 of this series on using vertex shaders and the depth buffer to create stylized water, we'll cover applying buoyancy to objects, adding water lines...

Learn how to use vertex shaders and the depth buffer to create stylized water with foam lines and refraction using PlayCanvas!

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a virtual reality game using Unity 3D. Virtual reality games are popular, fun, and can take your game...

Learn how to create an animated movie scene by scene in Blender. We'll discuss environments, lighting, animation, and text, before rendering and exporting.

Unity supports several technologies and components. Learn how water works in Unity, and how to use it to create vast and rich terrain environments.

Losing a game because the rules weren't clear isn't fun. Here's a look at how some games make things frustrating, and how to avoid it.

From Hackers and Medics to Sonic and Knuckles, classes are no longer limited to RPGs. Learn what class means, and how to enhance gameplay with class design.

Learn to use Physijs to add game physics to a 3D scene created using Three.js. We'll create a simple game where we drive a cart around collecting items.

Unity supports several technologies and components. Some of the key components are the terrain engine system. Unity's terrain system allows you to create...

Read about the basic building blocks of a multiplayer economy, and how designers keep them balanced.

Welcome to the final entry in our series exploring the creative software we have at our disposal outside the familiar world of Adobe. In this article we’ll...

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.