In Star Trek: The Next Generation, there is a famous episode called “Darmok”. In that episode, the impossibly wise and well-spoken...

Few who have played Fran Bow would think it’s a game born out of chaos. It’s a remarkably well-realised game where the themes and ideas...

Some people know when they’re very young what they want to be when they grow older. Others find their calling much later. Anna Högberg...

Robin Eyre, the 3D artist at Iron Gate Studio, is not only a videogame-artist self-learner. He also has self-learned topics as diverse...

After graduating from the Game Development Animation program at the University of Skövde, Lisa Kofjord began hunting for jobs driven by...

It took Robin Eyre 7 years of disciplined self-learning to become the 3D artist of the new videogame hit Valheim from Iron Gate Studio....

“Even though burnout is something that happens a lot in the industry, I don't want other people to go through it, so it’s important to...

"The hardest thing I've been through as a game developer is a burnout." Sofie Wikström, Art Director of The Station - A Thunderful...

“I love immersing myself in magical worlds full of compelling characters, heroes, and villains with different personalities and stories.”...

In the late 1980s, Fawzi Mesmar was a 5-year-old boy in Jordan playing his first video game, Atari 2600's Space Invaders, and dreaming of...

Mesmar shares some of the learnings and tips from his career with us. He tries to apply these in his day-to-day life to become a better...

Every gamer has wished to be their favorite character. To fulfill this, game developers are increasingly aware of how inclusion,...

Behind the “It’s me Mario'' Mario Bros, “For Demacia” Garen-League Of Legends, or “Hadouken” Ryu-Street Fighter, there is more than an...

Play a videogame muted for a few minutes: “You think that you make free choices, but a sound designer is telling you: check this thing...

Helping players understand and navigate gameplay is a delicate balance of explicit and implicit communication. To get the balance right,...

When we spoke to Sound Designer Cajsa Larsson, we heard echoes of our interview with audio entertainment company Wanderword’s Lead...

Fast Travel Games made strategic decisions early on that have contributed to their success shipping four titles in 4 years - including...

It can be tricky to find your feet at a big studio as a games professional just starting out. The departments and managers you interact...

Weihua Shao used her Friday Stories event to inspire games students and professionals about the opportunities available to Swedish...

The experience of developing a game in collaboration with a publisher is difficult to understand from the outside. Can you set creative...