Online Game Development

Should Game Developers Build Exclusives?

Jon Brodkin, 

December 17, 2014

9 min read

Sony’s PlayStation 4 has beaten the Xbox One in sales for most of the past year, but Xbox fans don’t have to...

For Game Developers, It’s About the Labor of Love

Jon Brodkin, 

October 16, 2014

11 min read

More people are playing video games than ever before—so many that we now have debates over who counts as a...

Valve Is the Favorite Employer Among Game Developers

Mark Feffer, 

August 22, 2014

1 min read

Game developers would rather work for Valve than run their own studio, according to a survey by the International...

How Game Developers Turn Kickstarter Failure Into Success

Jon Brodkin, 

August 21, 2014

12 min read

When you ask random strangers on the Internet to give you money, there are no guarantees. That’s true in almost...

SourceForge Interview: A New Game Engine

Dice Guest, 

August 6, 2014

11 min read

Over at SourceForge, the August Project of the Month is the community-elected VASSAL Engine, described as “a game...

Do You Need a Degree to Work in Games?

Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, 

July 23, 2014

4 min read

Recently, the International Game Developers Association reported that 40 percent of the respondents to its...

The Trials and Triumphs of Creating Your Own Game Studio

Jon Brodkin, 

July 8, 2014

14 min read

Most parents probably don’t dream of their kids becoming video game developers, but it’s a real career—and...

Diversity’s Not So Hot in the Game Business, Either

Mark Feffer, 

June 30, 2014

2 min read

Young and hip as it may be, the world of game development is as white and male as the rest of tech, according to a...

These 10 People Make a Lot of Money Playing Video Games

Mark Feffer, 

June 3, 2014

1 min read

Playing video games and making a six-figure income for your trouble? It's good work if you can get it, and enough...

A NoSQL Alternative: Disk Folders

David Bolton, 

April 23, 2014

5 min read

One of the joys of programming is that there are often many different ways to accomplish the same goal. That comes in...