Game Development Essentials - GDE Series

Game Development Essentials - GDE Series The Game Development Essentials series focuses on all aspects of game dev, design, art, audio, and more!

The fourth edition of Game Development Essentials: An Introduction takes readers on a fascinating journey through the game development process and the industry itself. All the current trends and technologies are covered—including: next-generation platforms PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S; usability and accessibility; virtual, mixed, and augmented reality; and development tools and techniques. Ga

me Development Essentials: An Introduction is the starting point for anyone who’s interested in learning everything there is to know about the thriving, fast-moving game industry.

08/11/2025

No tears, please. It’s a waste of good suffering.

PC Gamer's Morgan Park spoke with Pigeons at Play creative director Liam Cribbs and modeler Ryan Yan about the studio’s ...
08/07/2025

PC Gamer's Morgan Park spoke with Pigeons at Play creative director Liam Cribbs and modeler Ryan Yan about the studio’s co-op FPS Mycopunk – which evolved from a student project with zero funding into a published title under Devolver Digital.

"You put yourself in a situation to be lucky. And I think we absolutely did that."

08/06/2025

Which I find somehow more upsetting than Buckshot Roulette.

08/05/2025

A review of the 2025 indie co-op cooking game Diner Bros 2 developed and published by JAYFLGAMES.

08/04/2025

The next Ghost Recon game is reportedly switching engines, with its new engine of choice breaking a years-long Ubisoft tradition.

On PC Gamer, Jeremy Peel says that he has abandoned modern live-service games for Failbetter Games' Fallen London (Echo ...
08/01/2025

On PC Gamer, Jeremy Peel says that he has abandoned modern live-service games for Failbetter Games' Fallen London (Echo Bazaar) – a text-based browser game that launched in 2009.

I’ve found my new favourite book, only it’s interactive and I choose where it goes, if the constables will let me.

08/01/2025

I dive into how womanhood and femininity is explored in Elden Ring

07/31/2025

In a Develop talk on product/market fit, former Deep Silver head of communications Martin Wein described a time when the product disastrously failed to fit the

07/30/2025

Finding funding for those indies is another matter.

07/26/2025

The Kickstarter campaign for Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist has come to an end, nabbing developer Resolute Games over $170,000 to bring its ambitious VR MMORPG to life. The one-month campaign celebrated early success when it launched on June 24th, quickly garnering the project its minimum funding goal...

“Citizen science” games such as Eterna and Foldit can leverage humanity’s innate problem-solving drive by allowing every...
07/24/2025

“Citizen science” games such as Eterna and Foldit can leverage humanity’s innate problem-solving drive by allowing everyone to contribute to scientific discoveries – accelerating progress in fields such as cancer research.

– Jeff Yoshimi on The MIT Press

By inviting players to tackle real scientific problems, games can offer a hand in solving medicine’s toughest challenges.

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