Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just swept all five major Game of the Year awards — only the second game ever to do it after Baldur's Gate 3. Built by 30 developers for under $10M, this dark fantasy RPG vs AAA giants like Final Fantasy and Persona proves you don't need a thousand-person team to make genre-defining combat.

Hey, I'm Danny, I'm working on a detective murder mystery game. My experience with coding is some (I have been taking classes at Maestro College since March, so I am currently learning how to code). The game I want to ship is going to feature my dog Luna as one of the main characters!

Blue Prince just swept every major design award this year — GDC Best Design, BAFTA Game Design, D.I.C.E. Outstanding Independent — and it was built by one solo developer over eight years. The game combines roguelike drafting with puzzle adventure, two genres every designer told creator Tonda Ros would never work together. Here's why it won vs traditional puzzle games like Myst and The Witness. Do you play puzzle games? If so which ones?

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Heroes of Might and Magic 3 nailed turn-based strategy on its first try in 1999 — and after 25 years of failed sequels, Olden Era just proved the original formula was right all along by selling 500K copies in 3 days. Here's why HoMM3's dual-layer loop, asymmetric factions, and snowball mechanics vs Total War and XCOM make it the most resilient strategy design ever made. Have you played these games?