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Video Game Deep Cuts: A Warframe In The Arizona Sunshine
Video Game Deep Cuts: A Warframe In The Arizona Sunshine
This week's longform article/video highlights include why Warframe is a (somewhat more) ethical approach to free-to-play, bringing Arizona Sunshine to PlayStation VR, and lots more.
Jan. 8, 2018
Why We Canned a $2M App Business to Make Indie Games
Why We Canned a $2M App Business to Make Indie Games
A few years ago, I started a company, doing all sorts of web-projects, and apps. The company eventually rose to become a $2M app business. Then, in 2016, we decided to throw it all overboard to make games. Clickbaity cliffhanger: Did it go well? Find out!
Jan. 8, 2018
How the 2018 Tax Reform Will Change Things for Indie Developers
How the 2018 Tax Reform Will Change Things for Indie Developers
The last-minute tax reform that became law won't affect your 2017 tax returns, but definitely shakes things up going forward. Indie devs will be impacted majorly: learn how and why.
Jan. 8, 2018
Will Glow the Wisp - Retrospective
Will Glow the Wisp - Retrospective
Can you talk about your game, is the pricing right and how does the game feel? These are just some of the points I am going to look at in this blog post.
Jan. 8, 2018
A UI System Architecture and Workflow for Unity
A UI System Architecture and Workflow for Unity
There are many ways to skin an Unity UI and as many to implement one. In this post, I talk about the UI system I built for Blood Runs Cold which is by no means a silver bullet, but contains some ideas that were battle tested in released mobile games.
Jan. 8, 2018
Composers and devs discuss how video game music plays into larger experiences
Composers and devs discuss how video game music plays into larger experiences
"[Musical scores are] the one part of the game where one vision can come to fruition without too many other things breaking it," explains Night School co-founder Sean Krankel.
Jan. 5, 2018
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy creative director Shaun Escayg departs Naughty Dog
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy creative director Shaun Escayg departs Naughty Dog
After seven years at Naughty Dog, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy writer and creative director Shaun Escayg has announced that he is departing the studio.
Jan. 5, 2018
Harvey Smith on growing as a developer from Deus Ex to Dishonored
Harvey Smith on growing as a developer from Deus Ex to Dishonored
In a Noclip Sessions interview, director at Arkane Austin Harvey Smith sat down to discuss game design, world building, and the growth he experienced as a developer over the years.
Jan. 5, 2018
Video: How Sunless Sea devs found success through open production
Video: How Sunless Sea devs found success through open production
In this GDC 2016 session, former Failbetter Games staffer Alexis Kennedy goes over how the company used open publishing techniques to steer themselves away from bankruptcy and toward being financially stable with their game, Sunless Sea.
Jan. 5, 2018
Humble-hosted Jingle Jam raises $5.2 million for charity
Humble-hosted Jingle Jam raises $5.2 million for charity
Game developers pitched in to donate titles to the 60 plus game bundle, allowing the total proceeds to be distributed to charity.
Jan. 5, 2018
Designer Interview: The aesthetics of frustration in Getting Over It
Designer Interview: The aesthetics of frustration in Getting Over It
“This is one of the things I’m most interested in," says Foddy. "As a game designer, the most fundamental problem you’re up against is that games don’t matter, they’re fake.”
Jan. 5, 2018
How devs design the Lego games to appeal to all ages
How devs design the Lego games to appeal to all ages
TT Games head of design Arthur Parsons opens up about how the studio designs and focus-tests its popular Lego games so that they're enjoyable (and accessible) for all ages.
Jan. 5, 2018