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Hands-on: Full-room SteamVR highly-impressive, even as a prototype
Valve Software was on hand at Game Developers Conference 2015, doing behind-closed-door demos of full-room SteamVR, and even in prototype form, the company's offering is already impressive.
March 4, 2015
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Weta Digital, Epic Games, and the future of film, games, and VR
Weta Digital head of R&D Alisdair Coull and Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri talk about the creation of the Smaug VR demo, the convergence of film and games art, and the opportunity for devs in VR.
March 4, 2015
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Carmack's perspective on the future of mobile VR game development
Oculus CTO John Carmack spent nearly two hours today speaking to GDC attendees about the ups and downs of mobile VR development, and what developers can do to make better VR games.
March 4, 2015
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The secrets behind This War of Mine's emotional impact
11 Bit Studios Pawel Miechowski talks about how disrupting players' expectations, studying their decision-making process and creating opportunities to imagine helped make This War of Mine acclaimed and impactful.
March 3, 2015
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Narrative tips for mobile games
Veteran multimedia narrative designer Christy Marx offers key takeaways from her experience with Zynga's CastleVille for telling stories in mobile games, with all their challenges and limitations.
March 3, 2015
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The rise of games you (mostly) don't play
"Idle games," or games that virtually play themselves, are a nascent genre that sometimes become unexpectedly popular. Anthony Pecorella with Kongregate explains.
March 3, 2015
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Unity focuses on small teams doing big things at its GDC event
Unity's GDC press conference was geared toward not just showcasing Unity 5, but marrying the company's longtime message of democratized development with a focus on how damn good Unity games can look.
March 3, 2015
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Sony's Project Morpheus release window announced
During Game Developers Conference week, Sony announced a commercial release date for its virtual reality headset, codenamed Project Morpheus.
March 3, 2015
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Space Oddity: Deconstructing the curious design of Gravity Ghost
Ivy Games' lush 2D space physics puzzler Gravity Ghost wears its nonviolent nature on its sleeve, but creator Erin Robinson says it has its roots in one of the earliest shooters ever made: Asteroids.
March 3, 2015
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Online community and culture wars: What do we know?
What can we learn from the significant community challenges the gaming community faces? Online gaming veterans Raph Koster, Gordon Walton and Rich Vogel share fascinating sociological lessons.
March 2, 2015
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How Divinity: Original Sin resurrected a fallen series
At GDC 2015, Swen Vincke, creative director of the critically acclaimed co-op role-playing game Divinity: Original Sin, described how the game brought Larian Studios back from the brink of disaster.
March 2, 2015
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500 games launched per day on iOS last year (and other digital sales facts)
With digital marketplaces becoming increasingly crowded, Mike Rose, of tinyBuild dug into the current state of indie sales expectations for digital platforms.
March 2, 2015