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Is an April fools’ joke a good PR tool for your game?
To try answer the question, we analysed general data from this year’s jokes four very different examples in greater detail. This post should hopefully help you decide whether participating in next years April’s fool’s fun is worth your PR resources.
April 18, 2016
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Making your game stand out with Cortana on Windows 10
A walk through the capabilities and how to enable integration with the powerful Cortana speech and recognition system on Windows 10 / UWP and beyond.
April 18, 2016
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The Math Of Clash Royale
Clash Royale's progression system is deconstructed and some existential questions (like "Should I buy cards?" and "How fast can I level up?") are tackled using the power of MATH :)
April 18, 2016
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Seeing The Spreadsheet
A look at why we get tired of games, and why sometimes we don’t.
April 18, 2016
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Gaze-dependent approach for real-time ray tracing
Rendering a frame assumes that the user is able to perceive high details on the whole screen at the same time. Using the characteristics of the human eye, we can lessen the rendering load in the peripheral area.
April 18, 2016
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The importance of presentation in games and how to strengthen it
A design article that explains how developers can enhance the presentation of their games and make it more idiosyncratic and noteworthy.
April 18, 2016
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Menus, a Tutorial & a Swear-word Filter; Unusual Priorities Explained
Recently, I've prioritized unusual things such as menus & a tutorial over developing gameplay features or producing content. Here I explain how and why my approach of taking the game to as many game shows as possible drove these decisions.
April 18, 2016
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Sexual harassment in online videogames: What we found so far
A non-exhaustive overview of the sexual harassment research, helping us understand harassment in online videogames. What videogames studies have found so far and the identified paths laid out for researchers and gaming community to tackle.
April 18, 2016
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10 basic principles to sabotage your indie game (for Dummies).
Hello, the purpose of this post is to share with the community of game developers a number of tips for making sure that your game never see the light of day, especially if it's your first game.
April 18, 2016
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Narrative Design Tips I Wish I'd Known
Four Narrative Design principles that I wish I'd known when I first started.
April 18, 2016
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Crunch, Passion Killers, and Persistence: Finding Balance in Game Dev
The incendiary piece by Alex St. John decrying AAA developers wanting reasonable work schedules has gotten a lot of people talking about crunch and unhealthy attitudes towards work. The reactions unraveled talking of passion, fear, and missed chances.
April 18, 2016
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What do we know about whales
In game analytics, users who pay very large sums of money are called whales. Do you know how to find them?
April 18, 2016