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Game Design Deep Dive: Color as identity in Push Me Pull You
"In a frantic local-multiplayer game, readability is hugely important. In our case, where there are two teams of two players on-screen at all time, it can be tricky to keep track of your character."
Aug. 12, 2016
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Video: How Star Wars: Battlefront was built with real props & locations
Find out how the Star Wars Battlefront team worked to incorporate real-world locations and props from the original Star Wars films.
Aug. 12, 2016
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Publisher Nordic Games rebrands as THQ Nordic
Just over two years after it purchased the THQ trademark, publisher Nordic Games has rebranded as THQ Nordic.
Aug. 12, 2016
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Firefly Games targets Hollywood following $10M investment
L.A. and Shanghai-based mobile developer-publisher Firefly Games has raised $10 million to bolster the development of titles based on Hollywood IPs.
Aug. 12, 2016
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Gen Con Highlights: The Dark Eye and Polaris
Spotted in GenCon’s expo hall: Polaris and The Dark Eye, a pair of venerable and popular tabletop RPGs from France and Germany that have been translated into English.
Aug. 12, 2016
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Creating an Art Style
More than meets the eye: a look into the exploration of art styles, how game design influences art, and ultimately creating a style to meet your needs.
Aug. 12, 2016
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50 Tips and Best Practices for Unity (2016 Edition)
This article describes many strategies for working with Unity to make your projects simpler to understand, harder to break, and quicker to ship.
Aug. 12, 2016
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5 Things We Learned About The Appeal of Competition From Over 239,000 Gamers
We use data from over 239,000 gamers to explore how the appeal of Competition in gaming does and does not change with age and gender.
Aug. 12, 2016
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Pokémon GO's Impact on Smaller Developers
App Annie reported that Pokemon GO did not have a sustained negative impact on other mobile game revenue and engagement. We tried to verify this claim with our customers... and got mixed results.
Aug. 12, 2016
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On Presenting A GDC Talk
Breaking down my experience submitting and presenting a talk at the 2016 Game Developers Conference.
Aug. 12, 2016
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Riot takes aim at League of Legends cheating software in new lawsuit
Riot is suing a group of German hack creators for creating software that lets players cheat at League of Legends and targeting a Riot employee on social media.
Aug. 11, 2016
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Devs, submit your great ideas for a GDC 2017 Design talk
Hey game designers, GDC officials are seeking great submissions of intriguing Design talks for the GDC 2017 Main Conference, from now through August 18th.
Aug. 11, 2016