Game Career Guide Features

A Guide For Aspiring Level Designers

Josh Bridge — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:25:00 +0100

Working on a level design demo reel? Level design director Josh Bridge (Dead Rising 2) explains the common pitfalls of design and presentation, to find the right balance for showing your work.

Industry Hopefuls: Prepare Intelligently!

Lewis Pulsipher — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:45:00 +0100

Game design educator Pulsipher devises a list of things every aspiring game student should know, and take to heart, in his or her quest for a quality education.

Game Design Challenge: DS Platforming Innovation

GameCareerGuide.com staff — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:05:00 +0100

Ready to innovative in touch-screen platforming? Our latest challenge aims to bring new life to the genre on the Nintendo DS, asking for a stylus-only platformer design using an all-new mechanic.

Results from Game Design Challenge: Creating Fun Communication

Danny Cowan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:53:00 +0100

Can nonverbal communication create a satisfying play experience? That's the question our latest Game Design Challenge sought to answer, as people take a crack at a new system for talking without words.

How to Pick Indie Game Collaborators: 11 Things to Watch Out For

Russ McMackin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:40:00 +0100

In this practical article, game modder and indie developer McMackin discusses how you pick your colleagues when creating an independent developer or, in his case, an FPS engine modding team.

Postmortem: CMU ETC's Trino

Trino Team — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:02:00 +0100

In this special student postmortem, Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center students discuss the making of the arcade-influenced XNA Community Games action title Trino.

Thesis: Game Design and Architecture

Christopher W. Totten — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:45:00 +0100

Can game design improve the process of designing real-world architecture? For his Masters thesis, Chris Totten explores the question with a little help from Valve.

Postmortem: The Nameless Mod

Jonas W�ver — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:05:00 +0100

Working on a mod project for one of your assignments, or just to get your feet wet? The Nameless Mod is one of the most esteemed out there, and this postmortem describes its genesis.

Game Design Challenge: Creating Fun Communication

GameCareerGuide.com staff — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:26:00 +0100

Fantasy means multiple races, global audiences mean global player bases -- bring these two ideas together by designing an engrossing and creative MMO communication system!

Results from Game Design Challenge: The Crisis of Credit

GameCareerGuide.com staff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:45:00 +0100

In the latest Game Design Challenge, Game Career Guide's readers tackled the global credit crisis with proposed shooters, simulations, and multiplayer action games. Inside are the contest's best entries.