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Building A Better Animation System in GameMaker: Studio
During the development of Kerfuffle I needed an animation system that would afford me much more control over animation timing, and triggering actions on specific frames. This system can be hugely beneficial to ALL GameMaker developers.
May 8, 2017
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Story - What is it good for?
Do videogames really have to try to tell stories? Are they not just better off focusing on interactive systems and gameplay? In this post I argue that stories are fundamental to the play experience by supplying context. This story context is crucial in or
May 5, 2017
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Making it Work as a Solo Game Developer
Advice and guidelines for aspiring small / solo game developers, discussing misconceptions, and how to get there.
May 5, 2017
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VR Cinematic Storytelling, Part Four: Anatomy of a Scene
For our VR ghost story Séance: The Unquiet, our team set out to reinvent cinematic storytelling for virtual reality. In this fourth and final installment, we discuss pulling together our previous topics into the creation of a single pivotal scene.
May 5, 2017
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On the success of Lethal League
Game director Dion Koster reflects and speculates about the design related causes for Lethal League's success on PC in a concentrated post.
May 4, 2017
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Things to Learn from 2016 Global Mobile Market and Actions to Take in 2017
This article wraps up 2016 Global Mobile Market and I provided my thoughts about what actions to take in 2017.
May 4, 2017
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VR Cinematic Storytelling, Part Three: Character Presence
For our VR ghost story Séance: The Unquiet, our team set out to reinvent cinematic storytelling for virtual reality. In this third installment, we discuss creating character presence in VR.
May 4, 2017
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VR Cinematic Storytelling, Part Two: Music & Sound Design
For our VR ghost story Séance: The Unquiet, our team set out to reinvent cinematic storytelling for virtual reality. In this second installment, we discuss dynamic, spatialized music and sound design in VR.
May 3, 2017
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Thoughts on first-person-narrative game trailers
Since first-person-narrative game trailers struggle to show what makes the game great, let's look at what has been done well, and what can be improved with the phenomenal, 'What Remains of Edith Finch.'
May 3, 2017
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Historians react to Call of Duty WWII
Historians Bob Whitaker and John Harney discuss the reveal of Call of Duty WWII and the recent games they've been playing. Topics include history, public memory, and Irish accents in Nioh.
May 2, 2017
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Scaling Dedicated Game Servers with Kubernetes: Part 1 – Containerising and Deploying
First part in a series covering how developers can leverage the power of open source infrastructure and software orchestration, specifically Docker and Kubernetes, to manage and scale game servers over large clusters of machines.
May 2, 2017
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Unity Editor Scripting (A kick-starter guide) - Part 1
If you are a Unity developer, there are a number of reasons why you want to create tools and utilities for your game. Unity alone or any 3rd-party tool doesn’t fulfill your requirements. In this case, editor scripting saves the day.
May 2, 2017