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PSA: Book your travel and accommodations in time for GDC 2017!
Heads up folks: If you're planning on attending GDC 2017 next year, book your travel and accommodations sooner rather than later -- you can access discounted rates via the GDC Travel hub!
Dec. 15, 2016
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The Math of Idle Games, Part II
Part II of a 3-part, in-depth series on the math of idle games, this time looking at alternative growth models and generator relevancy.
Dec. 15, 2016
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The Luck and Loss Behind Loot Boxes
The trend of using loot boxes in F2P or monetized games has grown lately, but is this the lesser of the F2P evils or just the same song and dance as before?
Dec. 15, 2016
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Making an entire game in Tilt Brush
Imagine you could create 3D objects for your game by sketching them out by hand? With Tilt Brush you can! Read here how I got these hand drawn sketches into Unity, along with the pros and cons I found with using this approach.
Dec. 15, 2016
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The Ultimate Choice in RPGs: Gameplay
A look at the history of choices in RPGs, the highlights and where we're heading.
Dec. 15, 2016
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On Champ Diversity in League of Legends
Do we think champ diversity is important to players? Is it important to Riot? Why? How does it stack rank with the rest of our goals?
Dec. 15, 2016
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Military consultant speaks to what games get right -- and wrong -- about killer robots
"You'll be like: 'That's not realistic,' and people will say: 'But that's how robots are supposed to look,'" military futurist P.W. Singer tells Waypoint. "Science fiction shapes the way we think."
Dec. 14, 2016
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White House hosts Girls Make Games game dev workshop
Last Wednesday the White House hosted ~20 girls in a special Girls Make Games workshop in an effort to support women in game development and inspire girls to consider careers as game makers.
Dec. 14, 2016
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5 events that impacted the game industry in 2016
From Vivendi's hostile takeover efforts to Tencent's $8.6 billion Supercell buy, Gamasutra considers how some of the most significant events of 2016 will impact our industry for years to come.
Dec. 14, 2016
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A dev is trying to crowdfund legal action against Crytek over unpaid wages
A former Crytek dev who says he wasn't paid for months is looking to crowdfund money to take the company to court and reclaim the money he alleges Crytek still owes him.
Dec. 14, 2016
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Come to GDC 2017 and see how Riot creates its League of Legends champs
Riot Games senior development manager Jeremy Lee will be delivering a talk at GDC 2017 that promises to be a remarkable behind-the-scenes look at Riot's work.
Dec. 14, 2016
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Get a job: 2K is hiring a Senior Rendering Engineer 2
The Core Technology Group at 2K is looking for an experienced Senior Rendering Engineer to develop new techniques for real-time rendering in Novato, California.
Dec. 14, 2016