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Coming Up to Speed
Coming Up to Speed
It takes a lot of effort to learn everything you need to know to communicate in a new role. Here are a few of the strategies that worked well for me!
Dec. 6, 2017
Video: Reliving the horror: Taking Resident Evil 7 forward by looking back
Video: Reliving the horror: Taking Resident Evil 7 forward by looking back
Capcom's Koshi Nakanishi and Peter Fabiano speak at GDC 2017 to discuss the new direction and development cycle of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.
Dec. 5, 2017
Classic Postmortem: Obsidian's Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Classic Postmortem: Obsidian's Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
13 years ago this week LucasArts published Obsidian Entertainment's Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. To mark the occasion, read this fascinating postmortem of the game from 2005.
Dec. 5, 2017
Weekly Jobs Roundup: Supergiant, Sucker Punch, and more are hiring now
Weekly Jobs Roundup: Supergiant, Sucker Punch, and more are hiring now
This week's roundup of game development job openings includes companies looking to hire engineers, designers, producers, and programmers.
Dec. 5, 2017
Architecture of System for Reading Input Devices (Part 2)
Architecture of System for Reading Input Devices (Part 2)
In this article we’ll consider creation of simple game Pong for 2 players. It has the option to assign to action more than one key of keyboard, and not only of keyboard. We’ll consider a mouse and several connected joysticks.
Dec. 5, 2017
Ostensible Improvements: When Better Isn't
Ostensible Improvements: When Better Isn't
A look into design changes in sequels that should result in better games but don't.
Dec. 5, 2017
Different Kinds of Difficulty: Continuous and Aspirational
Different Kinds of Difficulty: Continuous and Aspirational
With Cuphead reigniting discussions about difficult games it is worth spending some time examining some of the ways in which a game can be difficult.
Dec. 5, 2017
Video: Skill, matchmaking, and ranking systems design
Video: Skill, matchmaking, and ranking systems design
Activision's Josh Menke speaks at GDC 2016 to discuss how skill can be properly used for matchmaking, and suggests best practices for ranking systems.
Dec. 4, 2017
Google Doodle celebrates 50 years of kids coding
Google Doodle celebrates 50 years of kids coding
Google Doodle features the first kid-focused coding doodle in collaboration with Google Blockly and MIT Scratch. The visual block programming languages are used to teach computer science concepts to kids.
Dec. 4, 2017
Sony launches in-home PlayStation VR trial program
Sony launches in-home PlayStation VR trial program
Virtual reality can be a hard sell for players unfamiliar with the tech, but Sony has launched a new promotion that could help land its PlayStation VR headset in the homes of more players.
Dec. 4, 2017
Epic Games lawsuit over Fortnite cheats ends in settlement
Epic Games lawsuit over Fortnite cheats ends in settlement
The first of the duo of lawsuits brought against alleged Fortnite cheaters by Epic Games has been resolved.
Dec. 4, 2017
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp apparently started life as a town planner
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp apparently started life as a town planner
Unseen 64 contributor Liam Robertson has published a video suggesting the earliest iterations of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp were wildly different to the finished product.
Dec. 4, 2017