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Use limitations to make great game art: Advice from the 2015 Game Career Guide
Use limitations to make great game art: Advice from the 2015 Game Career Guide
In this edition, game developer and artist Randy O'Connor offers advice on making art for games within the limits of your abilities, budget and time. Those limitations are actually a great strength!
Sept. 11, 2015
Get a job: Disruptor Beam is hiring an experienced Unity Engineer
Get a job: Disruptor Beam is hiring an experienced Unity Engineer
Boston-based Disruptor Beam seeks an experienced Unity developer who can help launch and operate scalable dev environments for mobile/online games based on the Star Trek and Game of Thrones licenses.
Sept. 11, 2015
State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k for failing to deliver
State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k for failing to deliver
“Washington state will not tolerate crowdfunding theft,” said the state AG. “If you accept money from consumers, and don’t follow through on your obligations, my office will hold you accountable.”
Sept. 11, 2015
Video: Disney animator draws in VR using ex-Double Fine engineers' app
Video: Disney animator draws in VR using ex-Double Fine engineers' app
Game artists may appreciate this brief, charming video of veteran Disney animator Glen Keane sketching in virtual reality with an HTC Vive dev kit running the 3D art app TiltBrush.
Sept. 11, 2015
Machine Zone and Kabam resolve trade secret lawsuit
Machine Zone and Kabam resolve trade secret lawsuit
Mobile developers Machine Zone and Kabam have ended their legal battle, with both companies releasing a joint statement explaining that they have "amicably resolved the matter."
Sept. 11, 2015
Lara Croft Go dev: Remake how you felt playing a classic game, not the game itself
Lara Croft Go dev: Remake how you felt playing a classic game, not the game itself
Lara Croft Go dev Antoine Routon describes how he and his team tried to recreate what they remember it feeling like to play the earliest Tomb Raider games, rather than the games themselves.
Sept. 11, 2015
New mobile analytics platform aims to help devs hunt 'whales'
New mobile analytics platform aims to help devs hunt 'whales'
A former App Annie employee has launched his own analytics platform, Whally, that's designed to identify and track 'whale' players who invest significant amounts of time into mobile games.
Sept. 11, 2015
EA shuts down Flight Control, Real Racing and other early mobile game hits
EA shuts down Flight Control, Real Racing and other early mobile game hits
This month Electronic Arts abruptly ceased supporting and selling 23 of its older mobile games, including several notable early hits like Flight Control and the original Real Racing.
Sept. 11, 2015
Co-op communication in Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Co-op communication in Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
What was the secret to making the challengingly chaotic two-player couch co-op of Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime coherent and "finishable?" Enabling better communication and letting players pick their roles.
Sept. 10, 2015
Get a job: NetherRealm seeks an Unreal Engine Technical Artist
Get a job: NetherRealm seeks an Unreal Engine Technical Artist
The makers of Mortal Kombat are looking for a technical artist well-versed in Unreal Engine to join the team at its Chicago, IL studio to work with the art team on creating in-game assets.
Sept. 10, 2015
Video: Valve's advice for designing great VR game interactions
Video: Valve's advice for designing great VR game interactions
At GDC Europe 2015 Valve's Yasser Malaika shares what Valve has figured out about how to create VR experiences that are fun to interact with, noting some surprising lessons learned along the way.
Sept. 10, 2015
Miyamoto reveals some Mario secrets
Miyamoto reveals some Mario secrets
With the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. right around the bend, its original creative lead sheds some light on tiny secrets of the franchise.
Sept. 10, 2015