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Names of Large Numbers for Idle Games
When developing an idle game, you will probably need to find a way to turn a large number like 1.234 x 10^7 into something easy to read like 12.34 million. How do you do it for millions, billions, and a trillion quadrillions?
Nov. 4, 2016
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1 Million Copies and the Road Ahead
With our recent launch on PlayStation 4 and PS VITA, Darkest dungeon has now sold more than one million copies. We wanted to share some of our stats on the road there, as well as what's to come from Red Hook Studios.
Nov. 4, 2016
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Accessibility in Dialogue: A Writer’s Story
We have a look at some of the things we did, as a two-person indie team, to make Dialogue more accessible.
Nov. 4, 2016
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Dissection of Randomness in Games
In this post I break down randomness by its objective features that exist in all random elements and examine how these fields and parameters may interact and be balanced without adhering to a singular rule.
Nov. 4, 2016
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UNET Unity 5 Networking Entity Interpolation Part 2 of 6 - Clientside Input Buffering
Let's look into how we can implement input buffering for a multiplayer Unity game, which gives us more control over how we utilize network bandwidth.
Nov. 4, 2016
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Why one studio decided to shut down before its last game was done
"We noticed that we weren't in tune with the latest developments. I don't like clicker games, I don't get Twitch... We did't see options anymore. That meant it was time to move on."
Nov. 3, 2016
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Prioritizing features for Early Access release in Osiris: New Dawn
Osiris is a case study in developer focus. Brian McRae of Fenix Fire talks us through how the two-man dev team decided which features to prioritize to make a strong impression in Early Access.
Nov. 3, 2016
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Digital sales, player engagement are up in latest Ubisoft financial report
Ubisoft credits strong financial performance in the first half of the fiscal year to the success of its digital strategy with games like The Division and Rainbow Six Siege.
Nov. 3, 2016
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How League of Legends communicates action through audio clues
By using sounds like chimes and gusts of wind, League of Legends is able to quickly express information about character abilities to players and spectators alike.
Nov. 3, 2016
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Learn to create great characters for your game franchise at GDC 2017!
In his GDC 2017 Game Narrative Summit talk on "Creating Franchise Characters," veteran game dev Bob Bates will look at what great franchise characters have in common -- and how you can make your own.
Nov. 3, 2016
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Video: How (and why) to create discomfort through game design
At GDC 2016, independent designer Dietrich Squinkifer took the stage to share techniques you can use to create a more varied emotional palette in play experiences, in video games or otherwise.
Nov. 3, 2016
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Unity launches License Grant Program to support educators
Educators can now get their hands on a free Unity license thanks to the middleware company's new Unity License Grant Program.
Nov. 3, 2016