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Get a job: Sony Bend seeks an experienced Animation Programmer
Sony Bend Studio, the house responsible for games like Days Gone and Uncharted: Golden Abyss, seeks an experienced animation programmer to take a senior role on a new PS4-exclusive game.
Sept. 16, 2016
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Watch Gamasutra play BioShock's first hour with level designer Bill Gardner
To commemorate the release of BioShock: The Collection this week, we sat down with lead level designer Bill Gardner to analyze the first memorable moments of BioShock.
Sept. 16, 2016
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How Valley wins big by going small
Blue Isle Studios' Valley can feel a lot like BioShock sometimes, and that's not just because it's a retro sci-fi dystopia. But by aiming a little smaller, it may succeed at some things that BioShock didn't quite land.
Sept. 16, 2016
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How Steam Review Changes Perpetuate a Vicious Cycle
The recent changes on Steam are a big deal to Indie developers. And in today's post, I'm going to talk about why and what suggestions I have about it.
Sept. 16, 2016
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Why Successful Games in China Rarely Obtain the Equivalent Success in the West
In this article, I tried to answer the question "Why Successful Games in China Rarely Obtain the Equivalent Success in the West". I explained some of the differences in taste, culture, monetization mindset, and development mentality between East and West.
Sept. 16, 2016
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What I Teach Game Dev Managers (3/3)
Most leaders I encounter in game dev (myself included) were thrust into their first leadership role with no preparation. I help reverse that trend by training managers. Here's the most comprehensive curriculum I've ever created. Part 3 of 3
Sept. 16, 2016
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How Reigns' lead developer made politics feel as goofy as Tinder
François Alliot began working on Reigns to mock the idea of complex politics boiled down to yes-or-no situations. Then Brexit happened.
Sept. 15, 2016
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How can Steam refine its revamped review system? Game devs offer ideas
Many developers that Gamasutra spoke to about Valve's recent changes to Steam reviews offered suggestions on how to tweak the new system, as well as alternate solutions to the underlying problem.
Sept. 15, 2016
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Heads up, devs: Here's the list of this year's IndieCade finalists
We're well into September, and that means the kids are back in school, the nights are getting longer -- and IndieCade is gearing up for its annual October games festival in California.
Sept. 15, 2016
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Ken Levine reflects on BioShock: 'I don't enjoy shipping games'
"If I could still get paid, I would make games and never ship them," Ken Levine tells Glixel, reflecting on his time making _BioShock_s. "I don't enjoy shipping games. I think it's kind of dreadful."
Sept. 15, 2016
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Believing is seeing: Orwell and surveillance sims
Osmotic Studios’ Orwell has players snooping through IM chats and blog posts, gathering data to assemble a profile of a suspect. The chilling consequences of your choices are made abundantly clear.
Sept. 15, 2016
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Disney lays off 250 from interactive media unit, game devs affected
The layoffs have affected an unspecified number of game devs, including those working on the recently canned Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
Sept. 15, 2016