Joshua Vanderwall Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

GDC 2014

Hearthstone Aims for Simplicity in Both Art and Play

While those who’ve seen the latest addition to Blizzard’s roster – the digital-only Collectible Card Game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – no doubt ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 21, 2014

GDC 2014

Competing Interests: Mixing Story into Multiplayer

Christina Norman worked on the Mass Effect trilogy before moving on to Riot Games. With a proven track record for telling strong stories, ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 20, 2014

GDC 2014

Narrative, Racing, and Platforming Games are Dead

I started to get skeptical just a few minutes into a talk by Scott Rigby and Troy Skinner – game consultants from Immersyve ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 20, 2014

GDC 2014

Papers, Please Dominates GDC and IGF Awards

Every year at GDC, the Game Developers Choice awards honor game developers for their achievements in a number of categories from Innovation to ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 20, 2014

GDC 2014

Tricks of the Trade – Maintaining the Free to Play Illusion

Mobile development studio Last Day of Work’s Arthur Humphrey saves monetization for later in the player experience. I’d never heard of Last Day ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2014

GDC 2014

89% of All MOBA Players are Playing League of Legends

The “Awesome Video Game Data” talk at GDC 2014 was full of trends you probably already know about, but the magnitude of these ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2014

GDC 2014

How to Create Companion Apps That Don’t Suck

I’ve been skeptical of companion apps pretty much since I heard of the idea. Whether you’re lending cover fire via a linked iPad, ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2014

GDC 2014

Clockwork Empires – Simulated Colonies and Elder Gods

With SimCity leaving such a bad taste in the collective mouths of gamers, it’s hard to say whether we’re longing for a sim ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2014

GDC 2014

Getting Past the “Ship With Shame” Stage at Bethesda

Bethesda Senior Designer Joel Burgess offered some insights into his company’s iterative design processes. Every developer and publisher has their own design philosophies, ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2014

GDC 2014

BioShock Infinite‘s Elizabeth Uses Theater Technique for AI

Irrational Games Lead Programmer John Abercrombie shed some light on the AI that made Elizabeth more than just Booker’s portable ammo dispenser. John ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 18, 2014

GDC 2014

Creativity From Performance Art to Procedural Worlds

You don’t need words to have a narrative. An experience can convey more than you could ever get across with words. Indie games ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 18, 2014

GDC 2014

Kongregate CEO: Android “Just as Important” as iOS

Despite much talk of Android’s fragmentation, the fact is that iOS has similar issues across its extensive line of devices, and both platforms ...

By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 17, 2014

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