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''Game Developer'' publishes daily news, features like post-game post-mortems and critical essays from developers, and user-submitted blog posts. The articles can be filtered by topic (All,Trade Center Resource
While it does post news found on typical video game websites, ''Game Developer'' provides articles for professional game developers on the disciplines of design, audio, public relations, and art. The site encourages professionals to publish blogs in order to share their expertise with other developers. The editorial staff also takes part in conducting interviews with developers and hardware designers, such as '' Dragon Quest'' creator Yuji Horii, Nintendo 3DS designer Hideki Konno, and '' Portal'' writer Erik Wolpaw.Post-mortems
Project post-mortems, articles in which developers recount the successful and unsuccessful elements of a specific game's development, provide direct insight in all aspects of game design and educate other developers on various risks and important tips. Many post-mortems have been published, ranging from independent games such as ''Okabu'' and '' The Path'' to major studio projects such as '' ÅŒkamiden'' and '' BioShock''. There are currently over 150 collected post-mortems dating back as far as 1997. There have been unusual post-mortem articles published, including "A Story of GameLayers, Inc." that reveals the tumultuous development and eventual cancellation of aGuidelines
''Game Developer'' offers the opportunity for users to publish blog articles on their website. To ensure a high standard of quality, interested authors are required to collaborate with their editorial team. Contributors retain the rights to their content after publishing it with ''Game Developer''. Users are also allowed to comment on articles, but there is a strict set of rules. Comment guidelines are designed to keep user discussions of a given article on the topic and prevent comments from devolving into flame wars (hostile interactions on the Internet), as seen on other community-driven websites where comment regulations are looser. Users are encouraged to post only constructive thoughts that add to the conversation.''GameSetWatch''
''GameSetWatch'' is an alternative video game weblog and sister site of ''Game Developer''. It is dedicated to collecting curious links and media for offbeat and often ignored games from old and new consoles, as well as digital downloads such as iOS, and indie spaces. ''GameSetWatch'' was founded by Simon Carless in November 2005. It was up and running for six years until its semi-permanent hiatus in November 2011. The site stopped as the creators saw an overlap of content with their sister site ''IndieGames.com'' and because they felt the mainstream gaming blogs were covering more of the "weirder" and alternative video game news. Those that contributed to the launch included IGF chairman Brandon Boyer, '' GameTrailers'' stalwart Michael McWhertor, ''Game Developer'' news director Frank Cifaldi, Alice Taylor, as well as ''Game Developer'' magazine EIC Brandon Sheffield.IndieGames.com
''IndieGames.com'' started in October 2005. ''IndieGames.com'' is ''Game Developer''s sister site dedicated to reporting on indie games. It became the UBM TechWeb's main method to deliver news about independent games after ''GameSetWatch'' closed. In September 2018, ''IndieGames.com'' split from its longtime owner UBM. The writers started a new independently ran website called ''Indie Games Plus'' and carried over the older ''IndieGames.com'' posts to the new website.Interviews
The interviews section of the site features interviews with indie game creators and developers. The interviewees answer a set of questions posed by the interviewer including questions regarding their inspirations and hardships. The page is also split into three categories: desktop, console, and mobile to organize the interviews by platform interests.Features
The features section of the site consists of posts by the writers and editors of the site. Articles are written on any topic in the indie game sector. It was announced in September 2014 that there would be a collaboration with the Games We Care About Twitter page to help gamers discover alternative games recommended by developers and peers. There also is a Best of Features page that highlights some of the more notable freeware and indie games of current and previous years.Reviews
The Reviews section of the site is written by Michael Rose starting in February 2009. It features reviews on the games mentioned in the "Best of Features" page to give readers a look into the game before playing it themselves.Awards
As ''Gamasutra'', the site and its team of editors won aSee also
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