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Selling packs: Evaluating and improving store through UI/UX methods
Selling packs: Evaluating and improving store through UI/UX methods
Heuristic evaluation is a powerful tool for analyzing possible UI/UX design drawbacks. Used mainly for apps, it may be applied to games too, and in this article I made an attempt to analyze Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes currency and IAP shop with this tool.
July 8, 2017
Report: 50 laid off as Gree shutters Melbourne studio
Report: 50 laid off as Gree shutters Melbourne studio
Mobile and social game powerhouse Gree International Entertainment has laid off 50 at its Melbourne office, effectively shuttering the studio.
July 7, 2017
Bandai Namco signs publishing deal with Duelyst dev Counterplay
Bandai Namco signs publishing deal with Duelyst dev Counterplay
Bandai Namco Entertainment America has agreed to publish free-to-play collectible card game, Duelyst.
July 7, 2017
Designing each of the 50 weapons in Dead Cells to feel distinctive
Designing each of the 50 weapons in Dead Cells to feel distinctive
"The basic sword is pretty boring – you just hack and slash. But then, the next iteration of that sword might be, if you’ve got less than fifty percent health, then it does critical hits at all times."
July 7, 2017
Weekend reading: 300+ pages of interviews with John Carmack
Weekend reading: 300+ pages of interviews with John Carmack
Heads up, devs: If you're looking for a little light reading this weekend, why not check out French programmer Fabien Sanglard's archive of John Carmack interviews from 1996-2008?
July 7, 2017
Devs tell the tale of making NBA Jam: 'I was down on the monster dunks'
Devs tell the tale of making NBA Jam: 'I was down on the monster dunks'
"I was down on the monster dunks," former Midway dev John Carlton recalls in a new Sports Illustrated oral history. "I loved the NBA for what it was; I didn't want to turn this into a clown show."
July 7, 2017
How Nintendo is using first-party Switch games to inspire third-party devs
How Nintendo is using first-party Switch games to inspire third-party devs
"It was important to have these three very different [launch games] to be able to transmit to the people the originality of the console," notes Nintendo's Shinya Takahashi.
July 7, 2017
Get a job: Yager is looking for a Gameplay Programmer
Get a job: Yager is looking for a Gameplay Programmer
Yager is on the hunt for a Gameplay Programmer to implement gameplay systems, write clear code, and contribute to the development of its free to play project Dreadnought.
July 7, 2017
Two years in, Steam is Rocket League's least popular platform
Two years in, Steam is Rocket League's least popular platform
According to developer Psyonix, the bulk of Rocket League's active players call the PlayStation 4 home, followed by the Xbox One and Steam.
July 7, 2017
Video: Art directing the procedurally-generated dystopia of We Happy Few
Video: Art directing the procedurally-generated dystopia of We Happy Few
Compulsion Games' Whitney Clayton speaks at GDC 2017 about research, world building, and production challenges on We Happy Few, a game set in a procedurally-generated '60 dystopian drug paradise.
July 7, 2017
Longtime game director Steven ter Heide leaves Guerrilla Games
Longtime game director Steven ter Heide leaves Guerrilla Games
During his 12 years at Guerrilla Games, ter Heide has worked on a number of games in the Killzone series.
July 7, 2017
How Yager Development moved from premium to F2P for Dreadnought
How Yager Development moved from premium to F2P for Dreadnought
The studio that brought us premium triple-A games like Spec Ops: The Line explains how they adapted to the different requirements and demands of free-to-play for their combat flight simulator Dreadnought.
July 7, 2017