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Kelsey's Pick - Merge Games I recently went to a remote meeting for the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) where game devs were there to answer questions for folks interested…

Cameron's Pick - TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection Konami’s TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection focuses on the oldest video game adaptions of the series, which include classic arcade beat ‘em ups, action…

Have you always wanted to leave your mark on a great game? Well now you can! Knight Crawlers is hosting a competition where you get the opportunity to name the…

Build synergistic decks, engage in strategic, tactical combat, and explore an ever-changing world! Solo developer YongJustYong and Publisher The Iterative Collective are excited to announce that Sigil of the Magi,…

The Iterative Collective is excited to announce we’ll have booth PR07 in the PAX Rising section during PAX Australia. We’ll be showcasing three of our new and upcoming games, and…

The Signal State is full of complex puzzles that have been engaging players now for an entire year. Developed by Reckoner Industries, the game is often referred to as a…

If you’re the kind of person who loves to fix things, who enjoys using your brain to methodically and logically find correct answers, and finds joy in completing complex puzzles…

Cameron's Pick - Tinykin Growing up on a farm in rural Australia, weekends would usually involve helping out picking a variety of vegetables for extra pocket money that I could…

Kelsey's Pick - Tavern Master Do you long for the bar scene but have gotten used to never leaving your house? Do you want to manage a business without having…

In part one of this special feature series, Cameron outlines the basics of achievement hunting. What are achievements? Achievements are included within games to extend the title’s longevity and provide…

Greek indie studio Traptics and Singapore-based publisher The Iterative Collective are excited to announce their partnership to release Homeseek. This survival RTS challenges you to balance resource management with exploration…

  Kelsey's Picks – The Witness & The Looker If you’ve played The Witness¸ you’ve likely come out the other side of it feeling accomplished and, if you’re like me……

  Kelsey's Pick - Niche, Breed and Evolve Niche, a Genetics Survival Game was one of the first games I covered back in my freelance game reporting career. I love…

In celebration of the upcoming launch of Knight Crawlers in a few months, we ran a contest during one of the game's open demo periods to showcase the super fun character…

Cameron's Pick: Cult of the Lamb   Cult of the Lamb puts you in the fleece of a wooly cult leader; resurrected by the deity called The One Who Waits,…

In part one, we discussed all the things a good pitch deck comprises. It seems like a lot, doesn’t it? But if you think about it in chunks, it’s really…

You did it! You made a game. (Congratulations!) It’s done or getting pretty close, and you’re ready to show it off. You’d like to approach publishers and let them to…

Kelsey's Pick: Slime Rancher You’re a thousand light years away from Earth and you’ve decided to forge new frontiers and make a fortune doing something unique to this strange and…

Cameron's first-hand experience with the course For the last two weeks, I was fortunate to attend an online training course centralized on community management mental health. The course runs through…

With the recent success story of Stray, a third-person cyberpunk-style adventure title that lets you see and interact with its world as a lost cat we thought it would be…

Cameron's Pick - Evertried This week I have been engaged in the world of Evertried, a beautifully crafted isometric, tactical rogue-lite where the player ascends a mysterious tower utilizing strategy…

Cameron's Pick - Carrion Carrion is a 2D Metroidvania with a unique reverse horror theme. You assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those…

Kelsey - What I Learned from Working My First Con I recently took a game I’ve been working on to a local con outside my city, Philadelphia. The convention is…

Kelsey's Pick - Mini Motorways I'm always in the market for a good management sim. From Banished to Sim City, Prison Architect, Oxygen Not Included, and everything in between, I'm always ready…

Ludonarrative dissonance is a slightly pretentious sounding term that is relatively new but incredibly important to keep in mind while designing your game. Coined in 2007 by LucasArt’s former creative…

Steam wishlists have become a key metric for developers and have quickly become an essential way for developers to quantify a game's potential on Steam. Here, we explore why Steam…

Cameron's Pick - Sunset Overdrive What do you do when a contaminated energy drink transforms most of the population into toxic mutants? Well, you embrace the chaos of a hyper-colorful,…

Cameron - Xbox + Bethesda FanFest (Melbourne)   This week I was very fortunate to be invited to the Xbox & Bethesda Fanfest event in Melbourne, where we were able…

Kelsey's Pick - Banished One game that’s drawn me back in during these unpredictable, pandemic-laden times is Banished by Shining Rock Software. It’s from 2014 but holds up just fine, and there…

With Steam Next Fest kicked off, we thought it would be a great time to discuss how to get the most out of your game’s Steam Page. There are a…

Sigil of the Magi hasn’t been released yet, but I’m already fully captivated. As a long-time player of Hearthstone (and an early supporter of Shardbound, which I will forever mourn),…

Kelsey's Pick - Gorogoa Gorogoa manages to tell a story without a single word in the actual gameplay. Some people say it’s less of a game and more of an interactive…

In #80 of The Iterative Digest, we explored the benefits of working with a game publisher, and now we’re following up by helping you find the best fit for you! (If…

Kelsey's Pick - The Talos Principle This 3D puzzler isn’t new, but its subject matter feels more relevant than ever. In The Talos Principle, you spend half your time solving…

  Game development can be chaotic, but there is some method to the madness. Here we can take a look at the 7 main stages of a game’s development: Planning The planning…

Cameron's Pick - Overcooked! All You Can Eat What do you get when you mix a few friends, chaos, and cooking? Overcooked! All You Can Eat, of course! I’ve been revisiting the…

The Iterative Collective is a video game incubator and publisher, so it's no secret that we believe publishers can bring a ton of value to your game. There are many…