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There Has to be Another Way to Make Indie Games
Another promising indie game fails and I start thinking of ways not to fall victim to the same issues.
Oct. 31, 2017
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How the ESRB is Promoting Children's Gambling
The ESRB recently declared that "elements of chance" in today's games are not gambling. No regulation is required and parents don't need to know about it. Here Ramin Shokrizade explains what an "element of chance" really means.
Oct. 31, 2017
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The Perfect Organism: The AI of Alien: Isolation
The xenomorph AI in Alien: Isolation set the benchmark for antagonists in horror games. I take a look at the AI techniques used and the design choices made to maintain the terror throughout the campaign experience.
Oct. 31, 2017
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Never be ashamed of your process if the result is good
A lot of people feel insecure about the way they they create. In the past I never dared record the cello songs I wrote. This post is about setting aside my creative pride and focusing on the result instead of on whether I consider my methods 'cheating'.
Oct. 31, 2017
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'Your game flopped' – is that true?
"This and that game did not sell a million copies, so it must be a commercial fail" - a sentence you may read a few times. But it is so far away from truth. Let us try to understand the breakeven.
Oct. 31, 2017
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Trailer Quick Tip: Humility
The gameplay trailer for The Mortician's Tale does something that's easy to overlook. It humbly represents the game. In this quick-tip, we look at that approach, how to glean from it.
Oct. 31, 2017
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Video Game Deep Cuts: Mario's Half Million Daily Runs
Some of this week's article/video highlights include a tech breakdown of Super Mario Odyssey, a very solo Steam dev who's sold half a million copies, and the culture of 'daily runs' for games.
Oct. 30, 2017
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Staying Afloat - Keeping Up Sales in Early Access
You know how to sell and launch your game, but how do you keep up those sales after launch? This was our challenge after launching We Need To Go Deeper into Steam Early Access, and these are our successes and failures in trying to keep the game afloat.
Oct. 30, 2017
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How we manage scenes and takes on Angest for GearVR
This article will cover how we planned to manage both Take & Event Systems to meet the need of having multiple arrangements in the same scene. Also, how these systems made scripting and debugging easier for both GDs and QA team.
Oct. 30, 2017
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Results from Steam Developer's Survey 2017
Over 220 Steam developers share their thoughts on the platform.
Oct. 28, 2017
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So 52.45% of People Playing my Indie Game Have Pirated it…
Three weeks after release, I shared this statistic with a few online dev communities. The response and questions that followed surprised me more than the piracy itself. Here’s full details of how I got the number, and what I make of it.
Oct. 27, 2017
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Designing Unique Tactical Combat Mechanics for Summoners Fate
A great way to innovate is by solving a problem for the player. Learn how my collaborations with players inspired 3 unique tactical combat mechanics never before seen in the tactics genre.
Oct. 27, 2017