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Designer Diary - Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money
Designer Diary - Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money
Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money is an unusual idle game that violates many of the genre's design conventions. This is an inside account of the game's journey and the key design decisions that led to its success.
Oct. 21, 2017
The Anti-Pattern of Optional Goals in Tasklists
The Anti-Pattern of Optional Goals in Tasklists
How optional goals and tasklists conflict with each other.
Oct. 20, 2017
Translating a Game 2/3: Preparation and Tools
Translating a Game 2/3: Preparation and Tools
Part 2 of 3, on what it takes to translate a video game. This part deals with getting off to a good start, preparing your strings, tools, etc.
Oct. 20, 2017
Can Capcom's Puzzle Fighter Deliver a K.O?
Can Capcom's Puzzle Fighter Deliver a K.O?
Renowned Japanese developer Capcom has brought back it's 90's classic Puzzle Fighter game to mobile, but how does it stack up?
Oct. 19, 2017
Multi-Threading The Truth
Multi-Threading The Truth
Adding high-performance multi-threading support to a complicated data structure.
Oct. 18, 2017
The Full Throttle Remastered FMV Pipeline: Part 1
The Full Throttle Remastered FMV Pipeline: Part 1
This blog post is a multi-part overview of the FMV Pipeline for Full Throttle Remastered. Starting from the 20-year old LucasArts archives, we'll go through a series that investigates how we were able to achieve our remastered FMVs.
Oct. 18, 2017
Working with generic room-based matchmaking
Working with generic room-based matchmaking
Most major platforms offer similar generic room-based matchmaking. In this post I explore how they work and discuss the pros and cons of using these systems instead of building your own from scratch, based on our experience developing Awesomenauts.
Oct. 17, 2017
Design approach in citizen science games, until EVE Online
Design approach in citizen science games, until EVE Online
I discussed with developers and scientists their approach to design citizen science games. The conversation revealed some issues that the game industry could help solve.
Oct. 17, 2017
VRDC 2017 takeaways: VR music for the game composer
VRDC 2017 takeaways: VR music for the game composer
Strategies for implementing music in VR projects were offered during the Virtual Reality Developers Conference this year. Video game composer Winifred Phillips discusses tools and tips from these talks, while also sharing insights from her own projects.
Oct. 17, 2017
Video Game Deep Cuts: On Color Cycling Morty & Divinity
Video Game Deep Cuts: On Color Cycling Morty & Divinity
Some of the highlights include the making of Rick & Morty's VR game, a classic 2D game art podcast, & discussing Divinity: Original Sin 2's success.
Oct. 16, 2017
Interview with Maxime Durand on Assassin's Creed: Origins and Discovery Tour Mode
Interview with Maxime Durand on Assassin's Creed: Origins and Discovery Tour Mode
Historian Bob Whitaker talks with Maxime Durand, Ubisoft's resident historian, about Assassin's Creed: Origins. Topics include historical research, Ancient Egypt, and using games for education.
Oct. 16, 2017
Bringing Galaxy on Fire 3 to Vulkan: Vulkan on Android
Bringing Galaxy on Fire 3 to Vulkan: Vulkan on Android
Blog series on how we brought our game to Vulkan. This is post 4 of 5 where we cover a few Android-specific peculiarities.
Oct. 16, 2017