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Wooga launches into the midcore fray with new studio Black Anvil Games
Wooga launches into the midcore fray with new studio Black Anvil Games
The German mobile publisher continues to expand its business with an entirely new studio within its Berlin HQ -- and it has a mobile strategy title on the way.
March 10, 2016
Cities: Skylines sells over 2 million in a year
Cities: Skylines sells over 2 million in a year
Paradox Interactive has its fastest-selling title ever -- as the popular city-builder posts great numbers in a relatively short span.
March 10, 2016
"Find Yo Nuts" - How I screwed up my game release.
"Find Yo Nuts" - How I screwed up my game release.
A soul crushing, honest break down of everything I did wrong as an indie developer while making and releasing a game. Read on and maybe avoid some of the same mistakes.
March 10, 2016
Subverting Player Expectation
Subverting Player Expectation
A discussion on 'subverting player expectation'; doing something different with a game's mechanics and gameplay not only to make it engaging and keep it from becoming predictable, but also to strengthen story beats and communicate character emotion.
March 10, 2016
Creating natural paths on terrains using pathfinding
Creating natural paths on terrains using pathfinding
Pathfinding is not just for finding paths for AI agents. It’s also for procedurally creating paths. Here's my findings for how to create paths on terrains that are steepness-avoiding and look natural, as if they were designed by humans.
March 10, 2016
Three days with Clash Royale
Three days with Clash Royale
When Clash Royale (Supercell‘s latest effort) was released worldwide last week, I decided to give it a spin. The surprising result: I really like the game, but I also uninstalled it after 3 days. Here's why.
March 10, 2016
Beyond the State Machine
Beyond the State Machine
Jean Simonet takes a deeper look at how new language features, such as Coroutines, Closures and Continuations can help game programmers write more robust and readable Gameplay and AI code. This is a follow up to his article Logic Over Time.
March 10, 2016
How to fail in games business
How to fail in games business
The motivation of this blog post is to characterize different kinds of behaviors of game entrepreneurs and business owners which have resulted into business failures.
March 10, 2016
Unlucky 13 as Microsoft Unveils March Patch Update
Unlucky 13 as Microsoft Unveils March Patch Update
Unlucky 13 for Admins as Microsoft Unveils March Patch Update. Five critical security bulletins to address this month
March 9, 2016
Facebook Fixes Major 'Brute Force' Bug
Facebook Fixes Major 'Brute Force' Bug
Facebook Bug Allows Researcher to Hack Every Account. Social network issues grateful $15,000 bounty for beta site flaw
March 9, 2016
Alt.Ctrl.GDC showcase: Spooky Elephant's Disruption
Alt.Ctrl.GDC showcase: Spooky Elephant's Disruption
Spooky Elephant's Disruption takes players in and out of the digital world at Alt.CTRL.GDC, combining 2 games into 1 asymmetrical challenge.
March 9, 2016
Alt.CTRL.GDC showcase: Minds N Hands' The Wiz
Alt.CTRL.GDC showcase: Minds N Hands' The Wiz
WIZ is a transformable, reconfigurable Bluetooth-connected controller that gives players the option to have tactile and gesture controls on platforms like the mobile and PC."
March 9, 2016