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Extrasolar and the perils of reverse-engineering other games’ success
Attempting to reverse-engineer successful games can be a worthwhile exercise, but there are some important things to consider, said Rob Jagnow, creator of Extrasolar.
March 18, 2014
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One Life Left vs. Gamasutra: GDC 2014 #1 - San Francisco Skyline Edition
Recorded on the evening of the 17th of March 2014, live from the 32nd floor of the Parc 55 hotel, One Life Left presents the first of its GDC 2014 shows.
March 18, 2014
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This is Project Morpheus, Sony's prototype VR headset
Sony has given a name to its long-rumored VR headset -- Project Morpheus -- and revealed a prototype version of the hardware during a Sony-sponsored GDC 2014 session led by Shuhei Yoshida.
March 18, 2014
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Molyneux shares his strategy for indie development
The creator of Populous opened up about his experiences as an indie developer and his thoughts on how to best develop and launch your own indie game during a recent talk at GDC 2014.
March 18, 2014
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Design for player relationships in free-to-play games, reap the rewards
Spry Fox's Dan Cook believes you can design for player relationships, and that doing so makes games live longer and keeps userbases steady.
March 18, 2014
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In-depth on Unity 5's WebGL publishing tech
Vlad Vukicevic, engineering director at Mozilla and Unity senior developer Ralph Hauwert fill us in on the two-year collaboration and the potential of WebGL publishing in Unity 5.0.
March 18, 2014
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'Plot is overrated': Game narrative is all about your characters
"Plot is highly overrated... focus on character." - Tom Abernathy, narrative lead at Riot Games, and Richard Rouse III of Microsoft Game Studios, discuss structure for narrative in video games.
March 17, 2014
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Postmortem: 'The many mistakes we made while making Little Inferno'
Kicking off the IGS this morning, Tomorrow Corporation's Kyle Gray talked candidly about the development, launch and marketing issues behind 2012 fireplace simulator Little Inferno.
March 17, 2014
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Castlevania maestro Koji Igarashi strikes out on his own
The developer most closely associated with the "metroidvania" genre has left Konami to found his own independent studio.
March 17, 2014
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'Beware The Hidden Costs Of Running A Successful Kickstarter'
Running a successful Kickstarter campaign can incur a tremendous personal cost. So said Steve Swink in a candid talk delivered at GDC in San Francisco this afternoon.
March 17, 2014
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Vlambeer's Performative Game Development - the way of the future
Vlambeer discusses their take on "performative development" - transparent, fan-friendly development in front of a livestreamed, early access audience.
March 17, 2014
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From AAA to academia: What industry veterans have learned
Brenda Romero, John Romero, Warren Spector and Richard Lemarchand are all veteran game designers who became educators. On a panel, the four talked about the unique challenges and opportunities.
March 17, 2014