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Titan's Environment in 'Afterlight'. A technical Approach
"Afterlight" has a strong narrative aspect that its achieved by a carefully balanced mix of actual Titan's documentation and its creative interpretation. Here it is a technical breakdown about its lighting and environment
May 22, 2019
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The Creative Gaming Revolution
A new paradigm of game design is gaining steam - Creative Gaming is a booming alternative to challenged-based design, and its impact will forever change the video game industry.
May 22, 2019
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China’s Shark Tank: Gaming Authority Now Requires A Business Plan Before Your Video Game Can Launch
The new approval process requires you to share extensive information about your game. Not presenting all relevant information could slow the approval process or cause an otherwise China-ready game to be rejected.
May 21, 2019
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2019
Summary of some of the great things the industry was doing for GAAD 2019
May 20, 2019
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Kliuless #35: Microsoft & Sony Partner in Streaming
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.
May 20, 2019
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Bittersweet Game Design - The 'How'
When fun isn't enough
May 20, 2019
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Video Game Deep Cuts: A Plague (Tale) On Minecraft Earth 2
This week's roundup includes new articles on AR game Minecraft Earth & intriguing new action adventure A Plague Tale: Innocence, as well as pieces on Rage 2, strategy guides, the intrigue behind Ingress & more.
May 18, 2019
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A Formalist Study of the Contradiction Between Hard Fun and Accessibility
An attempt to formulate a rigorous formalist reply to the accessibility debate that Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice sparked.
May 17, 2019
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What Would Mavis Beacon Do? Punish You.
A short essay looking at the design of the game Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment: Teaches Typing.
May 17, 2019
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ELIMINATION from Design to Analysis
This is a postmortem for our game "ELIMINATION" talking about the design of the game and the level generator. It also supported by an analysis of the collected player data to validate our design.
May 16, 2019
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How we managed a successful game launch with a near-zero marketing budget (includes first month sales stats)
A detailed account of the work needed to take a completely unknown indie game (Nova Drift) and achieve a reasonably successful launch, mainly thought streamer outreach.
May 15, 2019
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How to Make Grinding Enjoyable
When a game becomes a grind is usually a sign of trouble, but there have been games exclusively designed around it that show the very best ways to motivate someone to grind
May 15, 2019