Mastodawn

Finding Freedom in the Open Space: How Baby Steps Learned to Walk

#BabyStepsGame #GameDesign #IndieGames #GDC #AusNews #AIGenerated

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-17-finding-freedom-in-the-open-space-how-baby-steps-learned-to-walk-e2c4d2d5

Finding Freedom in the Open Space: How Baby Steps Learned to Walk

Developer Gabe Cuzzillo reveals how a Mirror's Edge custom map and Japanese skateboarder Gou Miyagi shaped Baby Steps' level design philosophy.

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Home 1d ago

Meta Quest, ricavi in crescita nel 2025: oltre 100 giochi hanno superato 1 milione di dollari

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.galaxyaddicted.it/2026/03/meta-quest-ricavi-2025-giochi-milione-dollari/

Nina Kiel 2d ago

LinkedIn is full of bad takes, but this is the worst one I've seen in a while.

"Sometimes the best path is the one fewer people are on" is a really, really troubling statement considering that a major reason for these empty halls was... fascism.

#GDC #GDC2026 #GamesIndustry

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james is here 2d ago

This year the phrase I started using was "deprofessionalization" since the overall mood from my perspective was one of: corporate sponsors were largely absent, AI hype was already on its way out and merited little discussion, indies were not trying to chase after publisher money with a pitch since that funding has dried up, international presence was torpedoed and consisted mostly of "paid by my company or school to be here", lots of the attendees had found the day job and are in a hobbyist role right now. The only person I talked to with a growing company was doing retro remasters. The highly structured creator-consumer divide from not so long ago has blurred into content creation, modding, local events and niche scenes. Graduates from game schools have (mostly) prepared themselves to seek an entrepreneurial route.

There was still a density of action and conversation to be had, but with relatively less of a frenetic need to advance career goals backstopping it all.

#gdc2026 #gdc #gamedev

SideQuesting 3d ago

The SideQuest LIVE! March 12, 2026: THIS IS AN EX-BOX
Xbox talks about their next Xbox, Resident Evil Requiem and Pokopia sell TONS, and Ghost of Yotei is GOOD good.
https://www.sidequesting.com/2026/03/the-sidequest-live-march-12-2026-this-is-an-ex-box/
#Podcasts #TheSideQuest #gdc #gfuel #GhostOfYotei #podcast #pokopia #ResidentEvilRequiem #sidequest #SlayTheSpire2 #xbox

Thommy 3d ago

One nice gem I discovered outside of #GDC at the diversity showcase was this:

https://officialelectric.itch.io/ruin

Glitchy, classic, feels haunted. It has some similar qualities as my late friend Rani's Death Sword (https://destroyed4com4t.itch.io/death-sword) and I'm sure she would have loved Ruin (and I told the creator as such). Fuck I miss her 😔