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Attentat 1942: The Long Road Towards German Release
Attentat 1942: The Long Road Towards German Release
In our first development blog, we look back on how our serious game about Nazi regime in Czechoslovakia became the first officially released PC game with Third Reich symbolism in Germany after this year's policy change.
Nov. 26, 2018
Historian discusses Red Dead Redemption 2
Historian discusses Red Dead Redemption 2
Historian Bob Whitaker explores the depiction of crime and the Pinkerton Detective Agency in Red Dead Redemption 2. Topics include "testing," train robbery, and informants.
Nov. 26, 2018
Jason Canam, Household Games: Removing Accessibility Barriers
Jason Canam, Household Games: Removing Accessibility Barriers
We’re continuing our series of collaborative articles with Jason Canam of Household Games, the studio and developer behind Way of the Passive Fist to talk about making a game you love, and making it so that as many people as possible can play them.
Nov. 26, 2018
The process of modeling and developing artificial intelligence for the Conflict0: Revolution
The process of modeling and developing artificial intelligence for the Conflict0: Revolution
This post talks about a bit of the idealization process and implementation of the artificial intelligence in game Conflict0: Revolution.
Nov. 26, 2018
Having a Vision with thatgamecompany Eric Koch
Having a Vision with thatgamecompany Eric Koch
When the folks over at thatgamecompany start moving on a new project hoping to follow up the success of their previous games Journey and Flower, there was only one person they trusted to help head up development, Eric Koch. Eric’s career started out in
Nov. 20, 2018
Video Game Deep Cuts: The Grandmaster Of Fallout 76 2
Video Game Deep Cuts: The Grandmaster Of Fallout 76 2
This week's highlights include a look at the U.S. grandmaster vying for the world chess championships, a diary playing through Bethesda's oddly emergent Fallout 76, and a host of other notable pieces.
Nov. 19, 2018
Old School Musical Post Mortem / Developement
Old School Musical Post Mortem / Developement
Old School Musical is released. Yay ! It's time to go back 7 years back in time (no joke) to talk about how it started.
Nov. 19, 2018
Throw Nothing Away: Lessons from the Making of Steel Rats
Throw Nothing Away: Lessons from the Making of Steel Rats
Tate Multimedia's Michal Azarewicz writes about letting your experiences drive your design, iterating on your own passions and talents, and leaving no idea behind in the new motorbike combat racer Steel Rats.
Nov. 19, 2018
Ship it Fast - Why we developed and shipped a tiny game in 2 months
Ship it Fast - Why we developed and shipped a tiny game in 2 months
As a brand new, game crafting duo with a burning desire to become sustainable, what we needed on our side was experience, confidence and data. In this article, I will cover what we've learned so far from tackling a 2-month development and release cycle.
Nov. 19, 2018
Play, Don't Show
Play, Don't Show
In this streamlined version of a talk I gave about a year ago, let's discuss how games can use interactivity to create strong emotional bonds with the players.
Nov. 19, 2018
Kliuless? #12: NFL aka National Fortnite League
Kliuless? #12: NFL aka National Fortnite League
Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I share with other Rioters, including Riot’s senior leadership. This edition is the public version that I publish broadly every week as well. Opinions are mine.
Nov. 19, 2018
Squeaky Wheel's Productivity Tools
Squeaky Wheel's Productivity Tools
I talk about some of the productivity tools like Flock, Hacknplan, and Airtable that we use to make making games easier.
Nov. 19, 2018