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When extra budget increases your visual quality
When extra budget increases your visual quality
The difficulty of maintaining Art Direction consistency when project's scope and visual quality increase.
March 7, 2016
Do we really need game testers?
Do we really need game testers?
Do we really need game testers when we move to a more Agile way of developing games? If the development teams own the quality of their product and do their own testing, is there really a place for dedicated game testers?
March 7, 2016
A different type of time management for indie developers
A different type of time management for indie developers
A different type of Time Management for indie developers. How to apply some time management techniques to achieve your goals. My experience with these methods. I want to describe my own technique
March 7, 2016
Game Design Framework: On the way to good Game Design
Game Design Framework: On the way to good Game Design
My article about production culture impact on Game Design, and the most common problems which game designer have to overcome during interaction with the team.
March 5, 2016
9 Tips on Localizing Audio
9 Tips on Localizing Audio
In this article, we will share some tips on how to interact with recording studios and localization services, how to optimize and accelerate the process, and how to reduce the risks as well as the costs of audio localization.
March 5, 2016
Privacy: How will GDPR and Privacy Shield Impact the Game Biz?
Privacy: How will GDPR and Privacy Shield Impact the Game Biz?
How will the new EU GDPR privacy regulation and the updated US-EU privacy agreement affect game studios? Unlike the US COPPA law, which only affected 'child directed' games, both regs will force game publishers to take active steps to protect privacy.
March 5, 2016
Ultimate Chicken Horse: Pre-Mortem
Ultimate Chicken Horse: Pre-Mortem
Today I'm doing a pre-mortem, a sort of "what I've learned leading up to launch" for our game Ultimate Chicken Horse. I'd love to know if people had similar experiences, and I can compare this to when I write a proper post-mortem.
March 5, 2016
Devs Answer: What board games should you study?
Devs Answer: What board games should you study?
Board games can be an inspiration for good game design. We asked developers to recommend some with valuable design lessons.
March 4, 2016
How The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is like a Pixies song
How The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is like a Pixies song
"The Pixies song 'Tame' is just super quiet verses and then totally explosive choruses. We really wanted to achieve this polarized, dynamic effect in our game."
March 4, 2016
Sega's Western mobile division hit with layoffs
Sega's Western mobile division hit with layoffs
Sega has laid off a number of staff at its Western mobile division, Sega Networks Inc., including members of its San Francisco-based studio, Three Rings Design.
March 4, 2016
Epic Games co-founder attacks Microsoft for trying to 'monopolize' PC development
Epic Games co-founder attacks Microsoft for trying to 'monopolize' PC development
"They’re curtailing users’ freedom to install full-featured PC software, and subverting the rights of developers and publishers to maintain a direct relationship with their customers."
March 4, 2016
Palmer Luckey: Oculus support will hit Mac when 'Apple releases a good computer'
Palmer Luckey: Oculus support will hit Mac when 'Apple releases a good computer'
"It just boils down to the fact that Apple doesn’t prioritize high-end GPUs. You can buy a $6,000 Mac Pro with the top of the line AMD FirePro D700, and it still doesn’t match our recommended specs."
March 4, 2016