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Murder on Space Station 52 - Paper to Pixel: Making a Scene
Many people have been speaking about the unique visual style of the game, so I wanted to break down a scene from the game and explain how I created it.
April 24, 2024
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Atomicom changes name to Starlight Games, gains Wipeout co-creator Nick Burcombe
More a relaunch than a rebrand, Starlight already has multiple projects in development as it leaves work-for-hire behind.
April 23, 2024
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Strange Scaffold's El Paso, Elsewhere is becoming a movie
Lakeith Stanfield is on deck to headline a film based on Strange Scaffold's acclaimed shooter.
April 23, 2024
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ESA says members won’t support any plan for libraries to preserve games online
Libraries' attempts and proposed plans for archiving older games don't strike a chord with the ESA, which still thinks it remains publishers' burden.
April 23, 2024
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Meta expanding mixed reality ecosystem under Meta Horizon OS banner
The company wants third-party hardware makers to leverage the platform, and is reworking key features including the Meta Quest Store and Horizon social layer.
April 23, 2024
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Atari relaunches Infogrames, immediately buys Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Infogrames has returned and is eager to acquire some franchises.
April 23, 2024
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The Six Stages of Player Rationality
To understand the impact of your mechanics, you need to know how people will react to them. This means that you have to have some kind of mental model of player behavior. The question is, in your model, how much rationality do you assume?
April 20, 2024
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Modern Wolf lays off six staff in studio restructuring
The publisher's cuts come nearly a year after the launch of Cantata in mid-2023, and it's yet to release a game in 2024.
April 19, 2024
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Devolver financials show stable 2023, despite 'quiet' first-half
2023 nearly had Devolver in the first half, but the publisher managed to recover with its newer releases and some old favorites.
April 19, 2024
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Gamedev.world launching Global Games Fund to support devs in emergent territories
'Any developer, anywhere, and in any language, deserves access to funding structures and opportunities to make great games.'
April 19, 2024
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Postmortem: The Sirena Expedition
'I’d like to talk a bit about the development of the game, and look at some of what I thought went well, along with what didn’t go quite so well.'
April 19, 2024
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Solo-Devs and risk-takers (an artistic exploration of experimental tools)
Tools outside of the mainstream, made by just one person, a group of friends, or a small team… all asking 'what if,' and then exploring how their tool can empower creation in an idealistically creative way.
April 19, 2024