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2D Space Shooter Design Lessons
For the past 3 years, I worked on a top-down 2D space shooter prototype. These are the lessons I learned about designing such a game.
Aug. 9, 2017
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The Challenges of Designing a Hard, Roguelike Game
Karin Skoog of Golden Moose Studios discusses the challenges in designing for a difficult, roguelike game. She explores questions such as - how can designers determine appropriate game balance as they become better at their own games?
Aug. 9, 2017
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Stop being a stupid indie-gamedeveloper
No doom and gloom here, but stop being an indie game developer, and start running a business! Some tips from my 13 years running a fulltime indie development company.
Aug. 9, 2017
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My ChinaJoy 2017
ChinaJoy 2017 from my perspective.The show reflects the current state of Chinese gaming market.
Aug. 9, 2017
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Statistical Seats at the Table
Diversity discussions often end up in debates over statistics, arguing whether data is valid without considering whether it's relevant and applicable. Resist the urge to segment people into binary pools. We're all in the relevant statistical segment.
Aug. 9, 2017
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You're Creepin' Me Out! Some Thoughts About Creep Camps In RTS Multiplayer
In the following article, I'm going to talk about the purpose of the creep camp, how various games have implemented them, and what makes a good creep system.
Aug. 9, 2017
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3 Big COPPA Class Action Suits Prove Privacy Tsunami is Coming
This week, surprising class action suits against Disney, Nickelodeon and Kiloo proved COPPA is not a dead issue, giving game publishers a preview what the post-GDPR world will really be like.
Aug. 9, 2017
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The multiplayer struggle is real
Developing a multiplayer game with realtime physics is very tricky. Especially if it's your first multiplayer game, and you've made some game design choices that were meant to make things easier, but made things more complex instead.
Aug. 9, 2017
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Players' Emotions
Taking emotions into account when designing games can definitely help you to enhance the player’s experience. Although the topic of emotions is an ambitious and broad topic, it also means there are countless ways you can apply it in your game design.
Aug. 9, 2017
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A Brief History of Game Jams
In her contribution to The Game Jam Guide, game designer Sande Chen traces the history of game jams up to creation of Global Game Jam.
Aug. 9, 2017
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Death to Flashy
This is the story of a large-scale project with the best possible outcome being that users don't notice any changes, and the worst possible outcome of everything breaking horribly. This, my friends, is the story of Kongregate's Death to Flashy initiative.
Aug. 8, 2017
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'Rage' - Development Postmortem
This is a development postmortem for my 80s style beat 'em up game "Rage".
Aug. 8, 2017