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Video: Making _ Her Story_ and using the player's imagination as a narrative tool
In this GDC 2016 talk game designer Sam Barlow shares lessons learned from making Her Story and explores why the most powerful game engine in the world is your player's brain.
Aug. 15, 2016
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Marvel Contest of Champions bringing in over $25M a month
Free-to-play brawler Marvel Contest of Champions has become Marvel's highest grossing game of all time, across every platform.
Aug. 15, 2016
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Next PS4 update bringing improved video sharing and custom folders
With the beta for the PS4's upcoming 4.00 update starting tomorrow, Sony has revealed what features users can expect when it finally rolls out.
Aug. 15, 2016
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The challenge of taking Hitman episodic
Sometimes in order to maintain success in the game industry, you have to make major changes to the way you do things.
Aug. 15, 2016
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Game development as performance: Making Nuclear Throne on Twitch
For Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail, making the game Nuclear Throne was as much about live performance in front of an audience as it was about development.
Aug. 15, 2016
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Death and Consequence in Game Design
An international line-up of indie developers was brought together by the IGDA Switzerland Chapter to discuss the topic of death and consequence in game design. What emerged were varied perspectives that reflected the complex nature of death.
Aug. 15, 2016
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How to Pitch & Sell Your Game at a Con
I just returned from a successful GenCon 2016 with pre-order sales exceeding my expectations. Here is what worked, what didn’t, why, and lessons learned. Learn why the economic theories of Lemons and Signaling matter to indie game devs.
Aug. 15, 2016
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MMOWAM: Massively Multiplayer Online Whack-A-Mole
Adapted from my NodePDX presentation, II built an MMO version of Whack-A-Mole with a server-less architecture. More than 20 people can compete at the same time on a big dashboard by playing on their phones.
Aug. 15, 2016
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Valve shuffles around games bundled with HTC Vive
The Gallery and Zombie Training Simulator will replace Fantastic Contraption and
Aug. 12, 2016
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King-owned studio Z2 lays off marketing and support staff
Gamasutra has confirmed that Z2 has laid off its marketing and support staff 9 months after being scooped up in the Activision-Blizzard purchase of King.
Aug. 12, 2016
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No Man's Sky is the most successful Steam launch of 2016 (so far)
No Man's Sky has crossed 212,620 concurrent players on its Steam launch, an astronomical number for a game made by 15 people.
Aug. 12, 2016
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Get a job: Be a gameplay programmer at Cignition
Cignition seeks a gameplay programmer to work in educational games.
Aug. 12, 2016