Making an RPG is a big undertaking. A complete computer role-play game requires a lot of code and content creation. It's easy to get fired up and inspired to start making your game but fire and passion wane. Far more projects are abandoned than finished. How are you going ...

Zelda does lock and key puzzles very well and it's worth taking a little time to see exactly how it achieves this. We can apply the ideas and techniques we discover to our own games. Critically playing games you've enjoyed is a great way to tease out game ...

Recently I read a tweet that made me think about how games have a kind of dual nature. On one side games are a personal expression by the creators and on the other, they're an experience consumed and co-created by the player.

Developers give a lot thought about what ...

A lot of our knowledge and beliefs are adopted uncritically and unconsciously as we grow up. If we critically examined some of these beliefs we'd immediately see them to be ludicrous. Modern culture comes from a long line of earlier cultures rising and declining, spreading humanity around the globe ...

When making your RPG, a consistent, fleshed out game-world improves the player experience and makes development easier. But where to start? This brief article will you give all the prompts you need to start building something awesome!

How do you make interesting, consistent and vivid worlds?

The layer technique helps ...

Everyone loves adventures; magic crystals, orcs, world saving, the return of ancient magics, being the chosen one and so on, but isn't there more out there?

JRPGs tend to stick to fantasy or Japanese styled sci-fi settings. Let's freshen things up a little! Here are five suggestions for ...