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Post-Mortem Red Skies
Red Skies is a very small indie title released a month and a half ago for iOS and Android. It hasn't exactly had a great success, but this post-mortem could be of interest for aspiring and beginner game developers.
May 18, 2016
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Top 5 Secrets of Mobile Ad Network Payout
Publishers are often blind to how ad networks operate and what drives their revenue. This post points some of the misconceptions.
May 18, 2016
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Banding and Dithering
I came across a very interesting presentation that talks about how to avoid "banding" artifacts in game graphics.  The author uses dithering to add noise to an image and break up the visible lines your eye can detect.
May 18, 2016
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This Week in Video Game Blogging: health and nature
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Zoya Street on how games are finding new ways to portray health.
May 18, 2016
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Is Esports a Sport? How Perception Influences Habits
Analysis from gamers across the US & UK; measuring the gaming, streaming, and purchase habits of esports fans. Featuring research from 777 naturally targeted gamer surveys, including 7,770 responses.
May 17, 2016
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Scanning a Castle Inside Out with No Budget
This article will go over how photogrammetry was used to scan a castle inside out with a minimum of equipment, a minimum of funding, and a minimum of man power.
May 17, 2016
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Behaviour trees for missions and AI
Behaviour trees are a useful way to allow designers to control various aspects of your game. In this article we look at how we use behaviour trees for Defect: SDK.
May 17, 2016
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Quest for procedural generated adventures
For Heroes of Loot 2, which launched in Early Access this week, I wanted to improve on all my previous attempts of a level-generator by not just generating interesting dungeons, but also adding solvable quests and challenges.
May 17, 2016
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How Music Can Intensify Video Games: Part One
How does music shape tension in a dramatic presentation such as a game? This blog includes insights from experts & audio examples of the tension-filled music I composed as a member of the music team for the Homefront: The Revolution first person shooter.
May 17, 2016
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Why Multiplayer Doesn't Work For All Games
Does it make sense to include a multiplayer feature in every game - even ones where it'd theoretically be fun?
May 17, 2016
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How we made our small company game jam
It was great to get out of our office for two days and focus solely on game development. I think we made three exciting games, each very different. It is surprising that all of the projects might be useful in some way in the future.
May 17, 2016
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Environmental Reuse in Games
Game environments are frequently re-used by game developers, often to damning criticism from gamers. Is there a way to do it well? What is there to be gained by padding out game length? A critical look at LoZ: Twilight Princess and Paper Mario TTYD.
May 16, 2016