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How to make people play your game during a convention
Tips and tricks to help people play your game, have a smooth experience and leave your booth with a smile.
June 12, 2019
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So You Want to Have a Kick-Ass Steam Page
A detailed dive into everything your Steam page should feature in order to be as efficient as possible.
June 12, 2019
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The Secrets of Skeleton and Shark AI in Sea of Thieves (Part 2 of 4)
Skeletons and sharks, two distinct AI systems in Sea of Thieves with their own interesting design secrets.
June 12, 2019
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A Tool for Game Accessibility and Depth Analysis - Part 1
This is the first part in a three-part series describing a method for viewing, analyzing, and comparing depth and accessibility of games. The first part is an overview of the method.
June 12, 2019
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A Tool for Game Accessibility and Depth Analysis – Part 2
This is the second part in a three-part series describing a method for viewing, analyzing, and comparing depth and accessibility of games. This part delves into more details.
June 12, 2019
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Level Design Patterns in 2D Games
This post discusses six common level design patterns present in 2D videogames that we found from analyzing over thirty 2D games.
June 10, 2019
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Video Game Deep Cuts: Combo Breaking E3 With BitSummit Flair 2
This week's roundup includes a look at some great community events - from the fighting game scene's Combo Breaker to Japanese indie dev scene's BitSummit, as well as a peek at the first ever E3 Expo, kids apps, D&D in 2019, & lots more.
June 9, 2019
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Kliuless #38: Google Reveals Stadia Details
Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I share broadly within Riot. This edition is the public version that I publish broadly every week as well. Opinions are mine.
June 7, 2019
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To Tame A Legal Issue: What Developers Can Learn From The Iron Maiden/Ion Maiden Trademark Lawsuit
The band Iron Maiden is suing publisher 3D Realms over the game title Ion Maiden. I will discuss some legal best practices for developers to use in order to avert trademark controversies, using the Iron Maiden case as an example of pitfalls to avoid.
June 7, 2019
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Building a Pirate's Paradise: The AI of Sea of Thieves (Part 1)
In this first of a four-part series, I explore the numerous AI systems running under the hood of Rare's online pirate adventure game and the work required to maintain the experience for players across the Sea of Thieves.
June 4, 2019
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From simplicity to complexity and back again: The design and development of Rogess
A detailed reflection on the design and development of Rogess by Pippin Barr and Jonathan Lessard using references to its source code, development history, and the developers's email correspondence.
June 4, 2019
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Admiring the Game Design in Hyper-Casual Games
Game Designers - here's what you can (probably) learn from hyper-casual games, no matter how much you hate seeing them on App Stores.
June 4, 2019