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Come on and slam at the GDC 2018 NBA Jam Classic Game Postmortem!
Come on and slam at the GDC 2018 NBA Jam Classic Game Postmortem!
Mark Turmell, a longtime game designer and programmer who's been making games since the '80s, will be at GDC 2018 in March to present a fascinating Classic Game Postmortem of NBA Jam!
Jan. 9, 2018
Weekly Jobs Roundup: Wargaming, Naughty Dog, and more are hiring now!
Weekly Jobs Roundup: Wargaming, Naughty Dog, and more are hiring now!
Companies like Wargaming, PlayQ, Gunfire Games, and Naughty Dog are hiring engineers, designers, producers, and more on the Gamasutra job board.
Jan. 9, 2018
Improve your storytelling chops at the GDC 2018 Narrative Summit!
Improve your storytelling chops at the GDC 2018 Narrative Summit!
With GDC 2018 months away, organizers highlight great Game Narrative Summit talks on everything from writing sex in games to what Mike Laidlaw learned about storytelling 14 years at BioWare.
Jan. 9, 2018
Classic Tools Retrospective: Tim Sweeney on the first version of the Unreal Editor
Classic Tools Retrospective: Tim Sweeney on the first version of the Unreal Editor
Tim Sweeney talks to David Lightbown about UnrealEd, one of the most popular level editors in the games industry, which was used to build levels for Unreal, Deus Ex, Gears of War, BioShock, Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, and Mass Effect, and many, many more.
Jan. 9, 2018
Minimalist container library in C (part 1)
Minimalist container library in C (part 1)
How to implement a minimalist library of container types in C.
Jan. 9, 2018
The limitations of matchmaking without server logic
The limitations of matchmaking without server logic
Generic matchmaking systems on Steam/Playstation/Xbox make development easier, but limit how much control you have over matchmaking. This post discusses several approaches we tried in Awesomenauts and why we ultimately developed our own from scratch.
Jan. 9, 2018
Splatoon 2: How it Encourages Movement
Splatoon 2: How it Encourages Movement
Breaking down how the Splatoon series on how the encourage movement in their multiplayer. Making this the dominant strategy to win. All this has been done with Objectives, Mechanics, etc.
Jan. 9, 2018
How to actually finish your first game this year
How to actually finish your first game this year
Your first game should be simple they say. What does "simple" even mean?
Jan. 9, 2018
Endless Space 2 - E.N.F.E.R. Alternate Reality Game
Endless Space 2 - E.N.F.E.R. Alternate Reality Game
Amplitude put together an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) for the release of Endless Space 2, based on an in-game AI character. It turned out to be larger, more complex, more fun, and more work than we expected. We would definitely do it again...
Jan. 9, 2018
Hundreds of Android Gaming Apps are Tracking Your TV Viewing Habits
Hundreds of Android Gaming Apps are Tracking Your TV Viewing Habits
More than 250 Android gaming apps are currently listening to what you watch on TV including shows, ads, and movies.
Jan. 8, 2018
New Malware Campaign Launched to Disrupt Winter Olympics 2018
New Malware Campaign Launched to Disrupt Winter Olympics 2018
The 2018 Olympic Winter Games will be held in Pyeongchang in February 2018 but malware attacks against the event have already begun.
Jan. 8, 2018
How do you do 'loot boxes' right? F2P MMO game devs weigh in
How do you do 'loot boxes' right? F2P MMO game devs weigh in
As much as recent high-profile stumbles have been monopolizing coverage, tons of smaller devs have been doing loot boxes for a while now; here, they speak to Gamasutra about what they've learned.
Jan. 8, 2018