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Hollow Knight and the art of consistency

How to build a world where anything can happen

Aug. 1, 2018 Alex Wiltshire

23 comments

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Why it feels great to hit things in Vermintide 2

Little rats and burly men

May 23, 2018 Alex Wiltshire

20 comments

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The problem with building a car in Jalopy

Game dev is hell

April 16, 2018 Alex Wiltshire

18 comments

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Why Celeste's dash feels great

Dash it all

April 3, 2018 Alex Wiltshire

4 comments

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How Deep Rock Galactic mines fun from absolute darkness

Mining the light fantastic

March 19, 2018 Alex Wiltshire

11 comments

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Into the Breach's interface was a nightmare to make and the key to its greatness

The UI is your greatest weapon

March 5, 2018 Alex Wiltshire

25 comments

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Why revealing all is the secret of Slay The Spire's success

Blending Rogue-likes with CCGs

Feb. 19, 2018 Alex Wiltshire

17 comments

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How Iconoclasts makes platforming flow

Kinetic engineering

Feb. 5, 2018 Alex Wiltshire

1 comment

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How Gorogoa is a game about fitting things together

Land of Tiles

Jan. 22, 2018 Alex Wiltshire

4 comments

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How killing permadeath in Darkwood led deeper into the forest

Turbulent tales

Jan. 9, 2018 Alex Wiltshire

27 comments

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How an amputation saved Quadrilateral Cowboy’s life

Kill your darlings

Dec. 11, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

8 comments

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How Total War: Warhammer's Mortal Empires engineers a world of unending war

How to build an empire

Nov. 20, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

21 comments

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How What Remains Of Edith Finch guides players with words

A simple solution

Oct. 9, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

5 comments

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How multiplayer makes Divinity: Original Sin 2's singleplayer great

It's all about freedom

Sept. 25, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

31 comments

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How Tacoma tells a non-linear story with ghosts

Press play

Sept. 11, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

10 comments

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How Everything conjures infinity with camera tricks

Everything explained

Aug. 25, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

6 comments

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How Viscera Cleanup Detail makes menial work fun

The mechanic of a bloody mess

July 28, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

12 comments

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How a cargo plane sets up Playerunknown's Battlegrounds for greatness

It starts aboard that flight

June 30, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

45 comments

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Don't hate on tutorials

June 16, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

85 comments

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How Crawl found the fun in unfairness

Tipping the balance

April 28, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

8 comments

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Charting the puzzle depths of Cosmic Express

On the joys of multiple solutions

April 7, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

2 comments

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How Hitman's Hokkaido level was made

Inside the clockwork machine

March 24, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

14 comments

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How Unexplored generates great roguelike dungeons

A game deserving of more attention

March 10, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

13 comments

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How SteamWorld Heist brought skill into turn-based tactics

No more dice rolls

Feb. 24, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

16 comments

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Why road-building in Cities: Skylines is a pleasure

Where we're going, we'll need loads of roads

Feb. 10, 2017 Alex Wiltshire

33 comments