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Sony's PlayStation strategy - exposed!
Let's take a deeper look into Sony’s platform and content strategy, as the company orients itself even more singlemindedly around its video game IP and subscriptions.
June 2, 2021
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Building the AI features for Wolcen: Bloodtrail
A behind-the-scenes look at how Kythera AI worked with Wolcen Studio to develop AI features for the "Bloodtrail" update to their gothic fantasy ARPG, including our algorithm to find "interesting" paths through procedurally generated levels.
June 1, 2021
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How Forza's Drivatar Actually Works
The Drivatar system is designed to reproduce how people race in the Forza series. But how does it actually work?
June 1, 2021
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Yvora: Starting your own Game Studio
Yvora is a video games startup created by an IT industry veteran. We have big plans, and wanted to share our experiences with other game developers… beginning with a six step guide to starting your own video game company.
June 1, 2021
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Dig Shallow Graves
Thoughts about API design.
May 28, 2021
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8 Tips For Animating Active Ragdolls
I've been working with and experimenting with Active Ragdolls for over a year now, and have taken the time to note down some of the tips and techniques I have discovered while trying to animate them.
May 28, 2021
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Game Dev Digest Issue #96 - Programming and preparing your game
Game Dev Digest Issue #96 - Programming and preparing your game. The latest from the free weekly #Unity3d/#gamedev newsletter.
May 28, 2021
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Player pleasure: exciting rewards
The reward mechanism of the game is a very important part of game design. However, too few rewards will bring frustration to players, and too many rewards will destroy the balance of the game or the economic system
May 28, 2021
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Rendered #5: NVIDIA Omniverse and a Volumetric Video Standards Association
Creative production gets much needed "modern" tooling, Google demos 3D Telepresence, and a Volumetric Format Association aims to solidify volumetric video formats
May 28, 2021
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Video games & TikTok: how to get discovery right 2
TikTok, the shortform/mobile video social app which sports hundreds of millions of MAUs worldwide, is great for game discovery. But how? We talk to Jenny Windom about it.
May 27, 2021
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How to retain players after tutorial: not only satisfactory, but also stunning
When doing tutorial playtesting, we focused more on usability problems and detecting potential obstacles, but a game should not only stay on making players feel satisfying, it should make players feel stunned by its special features and unique design
May 26, 2021
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Step-by-step: Programming Incrementally
Programing by making small incremental changes.
May 24, 2021