Gamedev

Devblogs

• Gamasutra
• Gamedev.net
• Casey Muratori
• Riot Games Engineering
• Gaffer on Games
• Project Giants

Game Design

• Game Design Basics
• Art of Game Design
• Enemy Design in Zelda Link to the Past
• Raph Koster
• Game Design Articles at Gamedeveloper

Level Design

• The Level Design Book

Interacting Systems

• Chemistry Engine in BOTW (GDC presentation)
• Systemic Game Design by TurboHermit
• Temperature System in Embark
• ECS in Godot

Art

• Video Game Art Styles
• Miniboss Pixel Art Tutorials
• Hand Painted textures in Krita

Lighting & Cinematography

• CG Cinematography Book
• Lighting in Game Environments
• Game Cameras
• Godot 2D Lighting Tutorial

Shaders & VFX

• The Book of Shaders
• Pixel Art Particles
• Screen Shake in godot

AI

• Godot Behaviour Tree

Accessibility

• Game Accessibility Guidelines
• Accessible Status Effects

Crafting

• DHQ Crafting in Games (analysis)
• 3 Approaches to crafting systems

UI

• Game UI Database
• I Like Interfaces
• Fontspace
• Video Game Interfaces
• 3 Golden Rules of Input
• Game UI By Example - the Good or the Bad
• CC By 8.9 Game Icons

Voxel Modelling

• Goxel
• Vengi

Prototype Assets

• Kenney Prototype Textures
• Kenney Assets
• Kaykit Prototype Bits

Physics (Ropes)

• Simulating a Rope
• Rope using Jakobsen's Verlet technique
• Smooth paths with Catmull-Rom splines

Movement

• Programming Step Climbing

Hitboxes

• A Study in Hitboxes

Top-up

• Animating top-up games in Unity

Godot

• Godot tutorials
• Godot Forums

Animation or Tweening

• Godot Tweens by Example

Programming Patterns

• Game Programming Patterns
• Red Blog Games
• Red Blob Blog

Full-game Tutorials

• How to make an RPG
• GDQuest

Critical Analysis

• Supreme Commander Graphics Study