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[New Year, New GD: Inside Game Developer's new design]( Welcome, once again, to the all-new GameDeveloper.com, now updated for better readability, easier content discovery, and an all-around improved site experience. [Behind Devteamlife, the "most relatable" comic about making games]( Concept artist and comic strip creator Victor Lahlou shines a too-familiar light on common game development gripes. [How ‘Lies of P’ Music Was Made]( When creating the music for Lies of P, I focused on balancing the musical elements to not be overly flashy or excessively dull. Instead, I delicately crafted th... [Deep Dive: Creating and fine tuning the save system of _Shadow Gambit_]( Here are five key takeaways from the technical process behind this programming challenge. 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[Game Preservation: Saving digital worlds for future generation of gamers]( [Designing a New Sub-Genre]( When designing our game, I had to figure out what made an excellent escort tower defense game. [More Blogs »]( [JOB LISTINGS FOR TODAY] The University of Texas at Austin: United States [Assistant Professor of Practice in Technical Game Design]( Sucker Punch Productions: United States [Senior Programmer]( Sucker Punch Productions: United States [Senior Technical Combat Designer]( THE PYRAMID WATCH: [Game Designer (RTS/MOBA)]( THE PYRAMID WATCH: [User Interface Programmer (Unity)]( Purdue University: United States [Clinical Assistant Professor in Game Development]( [RESOURCES] [Towards the Mass Adoption of Neurotechnology in Gaming]( Qneuro founder Dhiraj Jeyanandarajan explores what primary issues Brain Computer Interface technology needs to overcome in order to go mainstream, and shares what Qneuro is doing to address them. [Raising your game by deploying AI within game localization]( Learn about the future of AI automation in game localization. [PICO Kicks Off First Dev Jam for Global Developers to Usher in a New Era in for XR]( PICO, a leading VR brand with independent innovation and R&D creation capabilities, will kick off the 2023 PICO Dev Jam on 25th of Sep, its first-ever global challenge for emerging virtual reality developers [IOGEAR KVMs: The essential tool for multitasking]( IOGEAR offers a wide range of KVM switches that can allow to control multiple computers with a single keyboard, mouse, and monitor. [Be smart about automation: the future is AI driven game testing with Keywords Studios]( Mighty Build and Test CTO Ben Britten explores the use of AI-driven tools like BuildBot, TestBot, and ProofBot. 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