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Self-Determination Theory and Player Affect
Self-Determination Theory and Player Affect
Why do we develop such strong attachments to in-game objects? This article examines how Self-Determination Theory can be used to explain player affect.
Oct. 10, 2018
Marketing and Session Data for Summoners Fate at PAX West
Marketing and Session Data for Summoners Fate at PAX West
A retrospective look at the marketing budget, game demo setup, and session data on Summoners Fate collected while exhibiting at PAX West.
Oct. 10, 2018
How Fallout's Developers Created the Game's S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Character System
How Fallout's Developers Created the Game's S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Character System
Tim Cain, Brian Fargo, and other Interplay developers reveal the origins of Fallout's S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attribute system in an excerpt from "Beneath a Starless Sky."
Oct. 9, 2018
Why Aquamarine's design needed 17 months to evolve
Why Aquamarine's design needed 17 months to evolve
Aquamarine, my upcoming point-and-click exploration game, began as something completely unlike what it is today. Without my 17-month process of experimentation and change, I would have never found the right structure to build around the game's core ideas.
Oct. 9, 2018
Making a Game in a Year with Matt Viglione and Robert Zubek
Making a Game in a Year with Matt Viglione and Robert Zubek
This is an exciting episode that is relevant to everyone that is interested in Indie Development. The biggest risk to any game is over-scoping and not having enough time. SomaSim founders, Matt Viglione and Robert Zubek, walk us through their process of m
Oct. 9, 2018
Video Game Deep Cuts: Uri Geller's Pessimistic Starlink 2
Video Game Deep Cuts: Uri Geller's Pessimistic Starlink 2
This week's highlights include Uri Geller vs. Pokemon, why we need pessimistic games, a look at Ubisoft's Starlink, & lots more besides.
Oct. 8, 2018
How to choose what game to make next 2
How to choose what game to make next 2
How do you choose which game to make next? These are three factors you should definitely consider.
Oct. 8, 2018
Building a Multiplayer RTS in Unreal Engine
Building a Multiplayer RTS in Unreal Engine
A detailed, but practical take on transferring bits and networking architecture for an RTS.
Oct. 5, 2018
Kliuless? Gaming Industry ICYMI #6
Kliuless? Gaming Industry ICYMI #6
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.
Oct. 5, 2018
"Hey, I have to interview someone in 30 minutes. Give me a crash course."
"Hey, I have to interview someone in 30 minutes. Give me a crash course."
Recently, a colleague came to me with a conundrum. It went something like this: "Hey I have to interview someone in 30 minutes. Give me a crash course." This is the interviewing crash course that came out of that conversation.
Oct. 4, 2018
The Three Philosophies of Stealth Game Design
The Three Philosophies of Stealth Game Design
Today's post looks at the evolution of stealth gameplay into three different philosophies of game design
Oct. 4, 2018
Crimson Company: From Vision to First Edition
Crimson Company: From Vision to First Edition
Crimson Company is a competitive card game without decks, hands and private collections. Through the introduction of "board drafting", it aims to combine the strengths of the best card battlers, while also tackling some of their central design problems.
Oct. 4, 2018