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My personal crusade against mini-maps and other corner based HUD elements in immersive games.
My personal crusade against mini-maps and other corner based HUD elements in immersive games.
How to maintain "immersion" in games? Easy, we need to stop put critical or often used info elements in the corners of a screen! It�s breaking immersion due to peripheral vision loosing contact with game world and subconscious reconnects with reality!
July 14, 2017
Helping You Kickstart, Part I: The Pre-Campaign Period
Helping You Kickstart, Part I: The Pre-Campaign Period
This is part one of three articles that go into detail about preparing and running a Kickstarter campaign for your video game. Hopefully our positive experience of funding our game, Gibbous, will help you in your crowd funding adventure!
July 14, 2017
Game Design Deep Dive: Creating a new language for Planet Coaster
Game Design Deep Dive: Creating a new language for Planet Coaster
"When guests are happy, their language can sound smooth and spritely, yet as they become unhappy, their lexicon is characterised by heavier and harsher staccato sounds." - James Stant, Senior Audio Designer at Frontier Developments
July 13, 2017
VRDC Speaker Q&A: Trevor Blom on the development of Arizona Sunshine
VRDC Speaker Q&A: Trevor Blom on the development of Arizona Sunshine
Trevor Blom is lead programmer at Vertigo Games and will be at VRDC 2017. Here, Blom gives us some information about himself and his work on Arizona Sunshine.
July 13, 2017
Report: Oculus planning to launch a $200, wireless VR headset in 2018
Report: Oculus planning to launch a $200, wireless VR headset in 2018
According to sources speaking to Bloomberg, Oculus is planning to release a standalone VR headset next year that will occupy the space between PC and smartphone powered hardware.
July 13, 2017
VR dev nDreams picks up $3.5 million investment
VR dev nDreams picks up $3.5 million investment
The Assembly dev nDreams has secured additional funding that will support both its five in-development VR titles and its upcoming push for arcade VR.
July 13, 2017
Video: How Halo 4 achieved high-quality assets without sacrificing performance
Video: How Halo 4 achieved high-quality assets without sacrificing performance
At GDC 2014 Halo 4 dev Wes Grandmont III hops onstage to share valuable, practical advice on how you can squeeze the most beautiful, high-res assets into your game without sacrificing performance.
July 13, 2017
Get a job: Abrakam is hiring a Game Designer
Get a job: Abrakam is hiring a Game Designer
Abrakam is looking for a game designer with passion and card game expertise to help it ramp up its game Faeria and bring other titles to smartphones.
July 13, 2017
How an indie game became the star of a Nine Inch Nails music video
How an indie game became the star of a Nine Inch Nails music video
Thanks to an unexpected Twitter direct message, Jeff Minter's game Polybius landed the starring role in the video for a Nine Inch Nails single.
July 13, 2017
Opinion: Rebooting The Secret World as Secret World Legends
Opinion: Rebooting The Secret World as Secret World Legends
The very notion of this game being an MMO is being walked back, somewhat. The big marketing splashes call it a "SHARED-WORLD ACTION RPG." Not exactly catchy. SWARPG, perhaps, pronounced swar-pee-gee?
July 13, 2017
As UK retailer GAME struggles, Sports Direct snaps up 26% stake
As UK retailer GAME struggles, Sports Direct snaps up 26% stake
A short statement from Game Digital confirms Sports Direct, which is the largest sports equipment retailer in the UK, has acquired 44 million of the company's shares.
July 13, 2017
Horizon Zero Dawn dev Guerrilla Games wins big at Develop Awards
Horizon Zero Dawn dev Guerrilla Games wins big at Develop Awards
Guerrilla Games was one of the big winners at last night's Develop Awards in Brighton, taking home the Studio of the Year and Animation Awards for its work on Horizon Zero Dawn.
July 13, 2017