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Composing video game music for Virtual Reality: The role of music in VR
Composing video game music for Virtual Reality: The role of music in VR
The 1st of a 4-part series. Video game composer Winifred Phillips shares ideas from her GDC 2018 talk, Music in Virtual Reality. Part 1: The role of music in VR, with discussion of Presence, positional audio technologies, & tips for using ambient music.
April 16, 2018
Why Fortnite Will Fall, But Battle Royale Will Rise on Mobile
Why Fortnite Will Fall, But Battle Royale Will Rise on Mobile
Fortnite Battle Royale is a massive phenomenon on PC and console and now also on mobile. However, I believe key factors will limit the long-term sustained growth and success of Fortnite on the mobile platform.
April 16, 2018
An Analysis of Dead by Daylight's Emblem System: Predicting the New Meta
An Analysis of Dead by Daylight's Emblem System: Predicting the New Meta
In this article, I will be analyzing Dead by Daylight's Emblem system, a recently released scoring system which aims to redefine how players succeed in the game. In particular, I will be looking at how the rules will define the future meta of the game.
April 16, 2018
Working with Pixel Art Sprites in Unity: Animations
Working with Pixel Art Sprites in Unity: Animations
On-going series about building an alternative workflow for working with pixel art in Unity. This time I go over how I easily define and play 2D sprite animations in script.
April 16, 2018
Atari VCS: Riddle of the Sphinx
Atari VCS: Riddle of the Sphinx
Excerpt from 21 Unexpected Games to Love for the Atari VCS. Riddle of the Sphinx shows developers for the Atari reaching for complexity of design and theme, a far cry from the Pong and Tank clones the system was made for.
April 14, 2018
Postmortem of Anime Matsuri Expo
Postmortem of Anime Matsuri Expo
As an indie developer with your first commercial project, it is difficult to know what to expect and what to prepare for. This postmortem was a way for me to share with other indie developers my personal experience as a first time indie game exhibitor.
April 13, 2018
Early Access without Steam?
Early Access without Steam?
Looking at 6 months of early access sales on itch.io for Nowhere Prophet. All the numbers and graphs you could want.
April 11, 2018
Collaborating on an indie sensation - Cuphead
Collaborating on an indie sensation - Cuphead
This postmortem is about the contribution we, at iLLOGIKA studios, gave to the highly-anticipated indie title, Cuphead from Studio MDHR.
April 11, 2018
How do you approach writing romance in games?
How do you approach writing romance in games?
An interview on writing romance, featuring Samantha Wallschlaeger (Guild Wars 2, Mass Effect: Andromeda, SWTOR), Ben Gelinas (Speed Dating For Ghosts, Dragon Age, Mass Effect), Ed Sibley (miniLAW, Love Island), & Jared Rosen (The Tingler, Dream Daddy).
April 11, 2018
Economy as Gameplay
Economy as Gameplay
How the creation and growth of an economy as a tool for achieving your goals forms the backbone of multiplayer gameplay in Eco.
April 9, 2018
A History of Game Analytics Platforms
A History of Game Analytics Platforms
The evolution of game analytics from development telemetry to big data.
April 9, 2018
How to Create A Terminal System in UE4
How to Create A Terminal System in UE4
We are trying to explain with this article how terminal and puzzle systems, which are the “Core Mechanic” that we used within the TARTARUS game, work.
April 9, 2018