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Recalling the Leviathan Axe
Recalling the Leviathan Axe
An in-depth look at how the Axe Recall mechanic was built in God of War.
May 8, 2018
An Analysis of Building in Fortnite
An Analysis of Building in Fortnite
In the wake of the meteoric rise of Fortnite, many people ask how it compares to PUBG, the extremely popular predecessor in the battle royale genre. I will attempt to analyze how the building mechanics play a role in Fortnite.
May 8, 2018
The first year as an Indie - Missing Fish Games
The first year as an Indie - Missing Fish Games
This post provides a brief history of the indie group Missing Fish Games. It's purpose is to highlight the journey of four recent graduates who banded together to continue working while breaking into the industry.
May 8, 2018
Shooting a Moving Target
Shooting a Moving Target
When shooting a projectile at a moving target, you need to aim ahead so that the target will move into the cross hairs just as the bullet reaches it. Learn to calculate it for an aiming reticle or AI control.
May 8, 2018
Video Game Deep Cuts: Flash The Artifact, Get The Saga
Video Game Deep Cuts: Flash The Artifact, Get The Saga
This week's highlights include an attempt to archive key Flash games, a deeper look at Valve's upcoming Artifact, and a super-deep oral history of Panzer Dragoon Saga, among others.
May 7, 2018
Four ways to handle UI text in Unity
Four ways to handle UI text in Unity
Unity gives you a lot of control over what your game's UI text looks like, but not all the built-in options are interchangeable. Here's a comparison of the (very) basics of the choices.
May 7, 2018
Creating Winning Video Game Theme Songs – Part 2
Creating Winning Video Game Theme Songs – Part 2
A second article in my series about vocal theme songs in video games. In this post I showcase a recent project and feature work-in-progress audio examples to illustrate points about approaching the project.
May 7, 2018
Cookin' and Servin': Exhibiting at PAX East 2018
Cookin' and Servin': Exhibiting at PAX East 2018
A reflection on our exhibiting time at PAX East 2018 with "Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!": what worked, what didn't, and what we learned.
May 7, 2018
Why is Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery so successful
Why is Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery so successful
The secret of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery success
May 7, 2018
My Library of Free GameDev Resources, Tutorials, and More
My Library of Free GameDev Resources, Tutorials, and More
Details on the GitHub repository where I keep a variety of free game development resources: assets, UE4 content, git and OS scripts, experiments, UE4 C++ code, sample World Machine files/output, etc. So: here's all that and why/what it is.
May 7, 2018
Using Steam reviews to estimate sales
Using Steam reviews to estimate sales
Back in 2014, before SteamSpy, I wrote about using Steam’s review count to estimate sales. Now that SteamSpy is unable to show the number of owners due to Valve’s privacy policy changes, the review count method has become valid again!
May 4, 2018
GPU Ray Tracing in Unity – Part 1
GPU Ray Tracing in Unity – Part 1
Learn how to create a basic GPU ray tracer from scratch in this step-by-step tutorial. Using Compute Shaders in Unity, you will be able to render spheres with perfect reflections, hard shadows and super-sampling for anti-aliasing.
May 4, 2018