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On Cutscenes and Viewpoint Changes
Let's go back to basics in a quick discussion on narrative, cutscenes, and viewpoint changes. What are the downsides of the old "Meanwhile..." trick in a video game story, and how do you mitigate them?
Feb. 21, 2017
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VR Game Development Problems and How We Fixed Them
VR game development is not exactly the same as traditional game development. We created SMU Guildhall's first VR game and these were some of the problems we encountered and what we did to fix them.
Feb. 21, 2017
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7 Lessons I Learned Making VR Games at Experiment 7
A small collection of best practices distilled from the past 4 years of making games with Experiment 7, Impeller Studios, and Autodesk.
Feb. 21, 2017
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How to fill your days as full time indie
The first in a series of blogs showing the process behind game development from a 13-year full-time indie developer "veteran". The series covers the basics from keeping dedicated to the work, to planning work load, running the business and more.
Feb. 21, 2017
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Design Exercise: A Better Steam
Examining Steam Discovery like any other MMO with issues in balancing, matchmaking, information availability, and unintended aggregate results from poorly considered reward structures
Feb. 17, 2017
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What Steam Direct Might Mean for us Indie Developers
Recently this week Steam has announced they are going to replace the Greenlight process with a program they call Steam Direct. As an Indie developer generating revenue via Steam it makes sense to take a closer look which impact this might have on us.
Feb. 16, 2017
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Art Tips for Building Forests
I’ve made quite a few forests over the years, and I've learned a few things you might consider to make your game forests more believable.
Feb. 16, 2017
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Localisation 101 - How we can use language to make our games more inclusive.
Hey Folks! This article will be putting forward the case for more localisation in games, but also how to do it on a budget. Hope you enjoy!
Feb. 16, 2017
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Sundered: Art Direction and Visual Storytelling in a Hand-drawn Indie Game
Here, we'll go in detail about the influences, art direction and creative process behind Sundered, the upcoming hand-drawn replayable metriovania from Thunder Lotus Games, the creators of Jotun.
Feb. 15, 2017
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Polishing Your Pitch
With GDC only 2 weeks away, this primer on effective game and company pitching is both relevant and timely. The advice within draws from our 38 years experience in the industry.
Feb. 15, 2017
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What is the current state of Vive Steam VR Market?
What is the current state of the Vive Steam VR market? Are users active with their Vive? How much games actually support the Oculus Rift? What is the average revenue you can expect? What do I know? Do I know things? Let's find out!
Feb. 15, 2017
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The Indie’s Guide to Surviving Events
Whether you're looking for feedback, exposure, press or just meeting other devs leaving your basement/office for a few days might be good for you. Since stepping out of your comfort zone isn't easy we have prepared a list of useful tips you may follow
Feb. 15, 2017