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Developer Diaries: Working with Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf Visuals
In this article we talk about Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf visuals and how we work with them.
April 24, 2017
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Composing video game music to build suspense, part 4: drones of dread
The 4th of a 5-part series. Video game composer Winifred Phillips shares strategies from her GDC 2017 talk, Homefront to God of War: Using Music to Build Suspense. Part 4: Drones of Dread, discussing the power of low frequency sound to build tension.
April 24, 2017
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Evoking Presence
Playing a videogame can put you in a state where the borders between your self and the character gets blurry. When creating games, evoking this feeling of presence is worth trying to achieve.
April 24, 2017
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Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles An Episodic Audio Journal, Episode Two: 40 Species of Noise
A multi part development journal that will discuss the dynamic music and SFX for the open world of Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles and examine the risks and challenges encountered. Part II
April 20, 2017
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Post mortem for Meganoid 2017
Post mortem for Meganoid(2017). A roguelike - platformer released on iOS,Android and Steam three weeks ago, some insights on the launch-period stats and results so far.
April 20, 2017
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How to Break into the Game Industry Through Programming
Some basic tips to get you on the path to learning code and make use of that newly found education to (hopefully) land a job in the industry.
April 19, 2017
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Physical Design of The Machinery
A look at the physical design rules we use for C/C++ code at Our Machinery.
April 19, 2017
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Mobile Art Testing Guide
A basic guide to setting up Mobile Marketing Art Testing: from deciding if you should run a test to figuring out what to do with the results. Including examples from some of Kongregate’s own art testing.
April 18, 2017
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7 Reasons Why You Can't Stop Playing Clash Royale
I've quit and uninstalled Clash Royale more times than I can count. But I've also installed it more times than I've deleted it. This post analyzes in details the elements addictive designs that keep us hooked to this masterpiece.
April 18, 2017
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Navigating the Space of Game Design
Designing a game spawns an endless set of ideas - ideas that need to be sorted. In order to do this, you need a method of evaluating them. The following discusses five different gameplay models - ways of thinking about game design.
April 18, 2017
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EVM in games development
This article is to demystify the Earned Value Management and explain how it can be adapted for the Video Games development to become an effective tool and help your team to control the development.
April 18, 2017
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Video Game Deep Cuts: Hearthstone's Zero Dawn Shodown
This week's VGDC highlights include the making of a Hearthstone card, a couple of neat Horizon: Zero Dawn video pieces, and behind the scenes on seminal 2D fighting game Samurai Shodown.
April 17, 2017