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Video Game Deep Cuts: The Nex Shadow Of The Outsider
Some of this week's longform article/video highlights include pieces on Nex Machina's intense gameplay, Shadow Of War's Nemesis system, & the latest Dishonored game's choices.
Sept. 25, 2017
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Bea The Bullet Dev Log #1 - Designing Interesting and Efficient Levels For a Time Trial Game
What does it take to create an environment that minimizes manpower needed to create it while still being varied for the player? In this dev-log I take an in-depth look at the design process behind Bea The Bullet and how we overcome some of these obstacles
Sept. 25, 2017
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100 Days of VR: Day 12 Creating AI Movements For Enemies In Unity
Today We’re going to create the navigation AI for our Knight Enemy to chase and attack the player.
Sept. 25, 2017
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Bringing Galaxy on Fire 3 to Vulkan: Introduction and Fundamentals
Blog series on how we brought our game to Vulkan. This is post 1 of 5 giving an introduction and talking about DescriptorSets as well as synchronization.
Sept. 25, 2017
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Considering Moving to Seattle as an Indie Game Dev? My one Year Retrospective
If you want to move to Seattle to pursue indie game development, I’m now you one year into the future. Here are all the pros, cons and what I learned from living in Seattle for a year.
Sept. 22, 2017
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Simple Physics-Based Motion with Springs
How do you move an object to a desired position by applying forces? With a Simple Physics-Based Position Controller
Sept. 22, 2017
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Bach, Monsters, and Medicine
In this essay, Pieter Smal analyses his soundtrack for the South African indie game Monsters and Medicine.
Sept. 21, 2017
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How much does it cost to develop a videogame?
In a recent Kotaku article a discusion spread: How much does it cost to create games? In this post I'd like to clarify a few things, let the readers do the math and think about costs in general.
Sept. 20, 2017
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Prototyping a Dynamic Camera System
A brief overview of our prototyping process for creating a dynamic camera in Unity supporting player control, camera physics, and cutscene animation.
Sept. 19, 2017
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Super Sketch Sisters Melee: Designing for 2D VS Designing for a 3D VR Space
There is a pretty big jump between creating work for a 2D composition for a once-off design brief & creating work for virtual reality. This time your audience can literally engage with your work on a previously inconceivable level.
Sept. 19, 2017
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How to Network if You Suck at Networking
Not all of us are natural networkers. If you fall into that category, here are some tips on how to network so you can get your game noticed and hopefully make some great contacts.
Sept. 19, 2017
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An Interesting Journey in Creating a 2D Isometric Platformer
A way to make a full 2D isometric platformer, an overview of my work on the 2D isometric approach with Unity.
Sept. 19, 2017