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The secret to a strong tutorial: Make it fun!
The secret to a strong tutorial: Make it fun!
Stardock producer and former Civilization lead designer Jon Shafer breaks down the essentials of a good tutorial and offers tips on getting consumers to play your game.
April 16, 2012
Star Command dev shares realities of costs after Kickstarter funding
Star Command dev shares realities of costs after Kickstarter funding
Though indie game developer War Balloon surpassed its Kickstarter funding goal for Star Command, an honest breakdown of its costs reveals that a fraction of those donations went toward the actual game.
April 16, 2012
Old-school RPG Legend of Grimrock covers dev costs in a few days
Old-school RPG Legend of Grimrock covers dev costs in a few days
Days after releasing Legend of Grimrock, Almost Human Games says that development costs for the old school first-person dungeon crawler have already been covered "many times over."
April 16, 2012
EA eases controversial penalty for banned Origin users
EA eases controversial penalty for banned Origin users
Electronic Arts has revised the controversial banning policy for its digital distribution service Origin, and now allows banned users to access their games and other features.
April 16, 2012
3ds Max integrates Mixamo animation store
3ds Max integrates Mixamo animation store
Autodesk has integrated Mixamo's 3D character animation service into the latest version of its 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design animation software as an embedded store.
April 16, 2012
ConsultantLive's online game tests medical diagnostic skills
ConsultantLive's online game tests medical diagnostic skills
ConsultantLive, a diagnostic resource for health care providers, has launched an online game that tests the medical diagnostic skills of physicians and other healthcare professionals.
April 16, 2012
Backers, fans choose next game from Gabriel Knight creator
Backers, fans choose next game from Gabriel Knight creator
Noted game designer Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight) revealed the first project her new Pinkerton Road studio will take on, after fans who pledged money to her Kickstarter voted on the title.
April 16, 2012
Starhawk dev: 'Shooter genre is at a fork in the road'
Starhawk dev: 'Shooter genre is at a fork in the road'
"Honestly, I don't know if this is what players want," Lightbox president Dylan Jobe told Gamasutra in a new Starhawk interview. Are shooter fans too accustomed to the scripted Call of Duty single-player experience?
April 16, 2012
Wii RPG Pandora's Tower barely registers in UK sales charts
Wii RPG Pandora's Tower barely registers in UK sales charts
Despite a 22 percent drop in sales week-over-over, EA's FIFA Street retook the top of the UK sales charts last week, while Wii RPG Pandora's Tower launched with poor sales.
April 16, 2012
Original Space Quest creators form new adventure game studio
Original Space Quest creators form new adventure game studio
The original creators of adventure game series Space Quest have formed a new game studio, with the aim to develop a new sci-fi themed point-and-click adventure.
April 16, 2012
UK social games publisher Zattikka acquires 3 studios as it goes public
UK social games publisher Zattikka acquires 3 studios as it goes public
Zattikka, the social game developer behind the Monty Python collaboration title The Ministry of Silly Games, today floated on the London Stock Exchange, marking the first social games studio in the UK to do so.
April 16, 2012
In-depth: Software rasterizer and triangle clipping
In-depth: Software rasterizer and triangle clipping
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, game programmer Simon Yeung looks at using software rasterizers for occlusion culling, and xplains the math behind the clipping of triangles.
April 16, 2012