Standalone expansions have seen a surprise resurgence in recent years, and their return is more meaningful than most might assume. BYMAXIMILIAN PADILLA-RODRIGUEZ SUMMARY Standalone expansions provide triple-A developers with a low-risk, cost-effective means of exploring new ideas and testing the waters for the future direction of their franchises. While standalone…
Comics as an artform and industry have been innovating ever since the 1800s, and the medium doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. BYANGELO DELOS TRINOS Today, comics are practically a way of life. Whether they’re printed on paper or posted on a dedicated website, comics are so widespread and commonplace that…
By Lead Writer Michael Chu 2017 GDC Building the optimistic future of Overwatch A quick nutshell of OW: a team-based multiplayer shooter game with a huge cast of heroes, including a time-jumping adventure-a robotic monk and a genetic engineer gorilla scientist from the moon. Go from a simple idea “a…
The economy of your game extends far beyond the contents of the in-game store. A well-constructed economy is balanced, nuanced, and embedded in the core gameplay loop, without being prohibitive to non-spenders. In free-to-play (F2P) games and games-as-a-service (GaaS), the in-game economy is both a revenue driver and the key…
Definition LiveOps are the updates, enhancements, and new content you bring into your game — in the hopes of giving your players the fresh nourishment they need to keep coming back to it. Anything you can add to the mix that heightened the feeling of freshness without detracting from the…
