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Over 1M Battlegrounds cheaters were banned in January alone
Over 1M Battlegrounds cheaters were banned in January alone
Bluehole has an entire team dedicated to combating cheaters, and plans to release a new internally-developed anti-cheat solution soon.
Feb. 5, 2018
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Voiceball
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Voiceball
Voiceball will have players using the waveform of their voices to knock a ball back and forth, competitively making odd noises to score goals.
Feb. 5, 2018
Vote now for the 2018 IGF and Game Developers Choice Audience Awards!
Vote now for the 2018 IGF and Game Developers Choice Audience Awards!
Cast your votes now for both the Game Developers Choice Audience Award and the Independent Games Festival Audience Award -- you have until voting closes next Monday, February 12th at 11:59 PM PT!
Feb. 5, 2018
Video: How DOOM sells character design through full body animation
Video: How DOOM sells character design through full body animation
In this GDC 2017 talk, id Software's Jake Campbell explains a few of the techniques used to make the unique animations of DOOM in a modern game environment.
Feb. 5, 2018
Get a job: Work on Destiny as an Environment Artist
Get a job: Work on Destiny as an Environment Artist
Vicarious Visions is looking for artists to assist with worldbuilding in the Destiny universe through the creation of awe-inspiring visuals and in-game environments.
Feb. 5, 2018
Video Game Deep Cuts: SOS - Bubsy Meets Tetris
Video Game Deep Cuts: SOS - Bubsy Meets Tetris
This week's Video Game Deep Cuts highlights include a video profile of SOS creators Outpost Games, an analysis of Bubsy's Japanese translation and a longform Tetris documentary, among others.
Feb. 5, 2018
Evolution of War | The AI of Total War (Part 2)
Evolution of War | The AI of Total War (Part 2)
In my second article on the AI of Total War, I look at the rise of modding for AI behaviour, as well as the complete engine rewrite in 2009's Empire: Total War.
Feb. 5, 2018
Steam Winter Sale Data and the Effects of a Front Page Feature
Steam Winter Sale Data and the Effects of a Front Page Feature
Examining Cogmind's traffic and rankings during Steam's biggest sale of the year, with additional focus on one day of being featured on the front page and its impact on exposure, wishlist activity, conversion rates, and revenue.
Feb. 5, 2018
Simplifying a Game Design
Simplifying a Game Design
Almost always, when I talk with groups of people about game design, I quote Antoine de Saint-Exup'ery:"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." How do we achieve this?
Feb. 5, 2018
Episodic design 2.0 - Gameplay and storytelling at its best (Part 1)
Episodic design 2.0 - Gameplay and storytelling at its best (Part 1)
Episodic games have the reputation of offering great storytelling but weak gameplays. Does it have to be that way? No. In this 3 parts feature, I will explain how we could merge mainstream gameplays with the effectiveness of episodic storytelling.
Feb. 5, 2018
Difficulty Balance in Development Process
Difficulty Balance in Development Process
This post is about balancing the ups and downs of game development process, mentioning common patterns in development teams based on the past three years of our lives with Swaps and Traps.
Feb. 5, 2018
Night in the Woods' co-creator explains improv game design
Night in the Woods' co-creator explains improv game design
We chatted with Night in the Woods co-creator Scott Benson about some of the inspirations for his cult-classic game.
Feb. 2, 2018