How sound design stealthily controls everything you do in games
Watch the Video Sound Design in Games A lot of people don’t realize just how important sound is in video games. We spend so much time talking about things like frame rates that we ignore the audio coming through our speakers 🎧 Yet, game audio has a unique way of burning itself into our […]
The Evolution of Snow in Video Games
Watch the Video The Evolution of Snow in Video Games Have you ever wondered what environmental effect gives game developers nightmares? It’s not fire and it’s surprisingly not water. It’s snow ❄️ Unlike a plain dirt road, snow is a total diva to code. It has to crush under your boots, drift in the wind […]
Balatro’s Fundamental Design Flaw
Watch the Video Belatro’s Fundamental Design Flaw Balatro came out in 2024, and by 2025, it had won The Game Awards’ Best Independent Game, Game of the Year at the Developers Choice Awards, and multiple BAFTA Games Awards. It gained a lot of recognition seemingly overnight, so imagine our shock when LocalThunk, the creator of […]
Women in Gaming: Girls Just Want To Play!
An Ongoing Issue In 2021, a study conducted by Reach3 Insights and Lenovo revealed that 59% of women in gaming from the US, Germany, and China hide their gender while playing to avoid harassment. When asked what type of intimidation these gamers were facing: 70% mentioned comments about their skills 65% referred to gatekeeping […]
Antidote Community: Top Games of 2022
As the year is coming to an end, we gathered the picks provided by you, our players, and were able to make Antidote’s Community 2022 Top 10 Video games! We divided it into 2 lists, because based on our experience, we assumed that not everyone is up-to-date with the latest video games, and sometimes that […]
Blockchain and NFTs in Gaming: The Great Debate
After the initial hype wave of NFTs and Blockchain technology being adopted on video games, we’ve seen a decline in interest and sales volume which opens a window of rationality to analyse what has happened so far and build the next generation of games based on experience enhancement potential instead of jumping on the trend […]
Women in the Gaming Industry: Representation is the beginning, opportunities are key.
On International Women’s Day, we commemorate the age-old fight for women’s rights and equality in every aspect of the world. This day is also an opportunity to keep empowering and showcasing women’s accomplishments everywhere. At times, we realise we are in the year 2022, still going through a global pandemic, and we notice paradigm […]