I ve decided to create a newsletter to let me think out loud about the intersection of videogames and digital property rights because I m fascinated by the topic and disappointed that it s become all about NFTs I reckon it s so much bigger than that

   This article discusses the process of creating rhythmic and melodic diversity in a system based on horizontal segmentation for the music of Lineage M The Elmor by video game composer Winifred Phillips

   EA broke up with FIFA but this will have little impact on ï EA Sports FCï gamesï future success Meanwhile FIFA is about to learn about the complexities involved in making a successful game Omdia s games analyst provides his thoughts in this piece

   Elden Ring s design is going to be studied for months but for this post I want to be the dissenting opinion that Elden Ring s take on soulslike combat may be flawed in an unusual way

   In April Omdia polled over consumers in the US UK and Germany to gain insight into their awareness and uptake of cloud gaming services Compared to our findings from a similar survey in November there has been a surge in awareness

   A modern classic that s almost years old let s find out how it works

   Yesterday Microsoft said that more than million people have streamed games over Xbox Cloud Gaming but does this actually tell us anything meaningful Omdia s principal games analyst George Jijiashvili provides his thoughts in this opinion piece

   Game designer Keith Burgun has been making Roguelike X inspired games with randomly generated maps since In this article he explains why he won t be doing that anymore

   In this article series video game composer Winifred Phillips shares the content of her GDC lecture Composing for Lineage M Modular Construction in Game Music Topics include one shots interchangeable components cohesive pacing tonal center

   Townscaper the procedural town building toy has been a huge indie success story I explain how the game can generate towns so easier and gain further insights thanks to my interviewing its creator Oskar Stalberg

   Free to Play Design has become a major aspect of game development and mobile games and in my upcoming book I started to talk about defining a code of ethics for making a game that s fair for both consumers and developers

   Many studios develop games on behalf of publishers who entrust them with the task of designing and developing a game for one of their franchises Publishers start by selecting a list of studios likely to develop this project and send them an RFF

   Learn how to make your expensive Unity scripts cost nothing while they are offscreen

   A handy list of all the accessibility sessions at GDC

   Elden Ring is the current hot topic and for today s piece I wanted to talk about how From Software made an excellent open world game by ignoring the conventional trends of the genre

   FPS design has seen a huge shift in the last few years thanks to Doom Eternal and push forward combat and I wanted to talk about what this methodology does different compared to previous games

   Video game composer Winifred Phillips previews her upcoming GDC lecture Composing for Lineage M Modular Construction in Game Music Phillips draws connections to several of her previous GDC talks including videos of of her GDC lectures

   Design analysis excerpt from my video review of Ghost of Tsushima focusing on combat stealth open world design

   Learn about the lovely KISS Command Pattern in Unity I can t live without in my games This pattern will empower you to easily connect your gameplay systems without all the complexity that comes from asynchronous systems Best of al

   Over years later what can we learn from digging through the Mario source code