Lead designer of a boy and his blob reflects on title’s successes and failings

Sean Valesco, WayForward’s lead designer for a boy and his blob, wrote a lengthy post for GamaSutra about what went smoothly during development and what needs to be improved for next time.

Affordable facial animation from FacePro comes to Unreal Engine

Great news for independent developers – affordable facial animation service now fits right into the workflow of free development kit!

Indie game developers asked what the iPad means to them

A handful of cream-of-the-crop indie game developers were interviewed by BoingBoing about the implications of the iPad on their trade. Multitouch is still hot, large screens open new doors, and plenty of other reactions are shared within.

Only one button allowed at Gamma 4

Attention developers! The theme for next year’s installment of the Gamma game showcase has been announced, you now have two months to craft your single-button games…

Epic’s free Unreal Development Kit sees great success in first week

Surprise, surprise! Giving things away for free leads to myriad people acquiring said things with great speed.

UK game devs (only somewhat) concerned about piracy

Survey results published by TIGA in the UK suggest that devs are somewhat concerned about piracy, but realize that shifting models can help stop the problem.

More free dev tools – Unreal Development Kit launched

The free game development tools trend continues with Epic’s release of Unreal Development Kit.

Indie developers rejoice, Unity is free!

Unity Technologies drops the ‘Indie’ label from ‘Unity Indie,’ also drops the $200 price tag (entirely).

Gemaga interviews big-name game developers

Japanese gaming magazine Gemaga interviewed some of the industry’s biggest developers recently regarding all [...]