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The Use of Gameplay Progression in Game Design
A follow up to my post on short and long-term progression; we're going to examine how new gameplay and mechanics can be used to keep the player motivated.
March 9, 2016
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@Play 84: The Rescue of Meta-Zelda
An article about the fan-made game scrambling tool Zelda Randomizer, and how it adds an air of the roguelike to The Legend of Zelda. Previously published on Kotaku.
March 9, 2016
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Rogue-like and Level Design
Lesson learned from Subaeria. A rogue-like puzzle game from the Studio Illogika.
March 9, 2016
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GDC survival guide for indies and first timers
GDC in San Francisco is the most important industry event of the year, everybody is there. It also demands so much mental and physical resources from you to both prepare and shine at the event. These are my survival guide bullet points, please add yours!
March 9, 2016
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Trust and Reasonable Expectations – The Currencies of Getting Funded on Kickstarter in 2016? Part II
In the first part of this piece, we talked about the first five aspects of what we feel are most important to running a successful Kickstarter campaign. This time, we delve deeper into the people aspect of things and setting a funding goal.
March 9, 2016
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Abstraction's Impact on Accessibility in Game Design
The Game Industry became a lot more accessible over the last decade, and part of that was a decision to abstract design and mechanics. Today's post looks at what that means and one of the best examples of it in action.
March 8, 2016
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The Perfect Soundtrack
The Legend of Zelda, Resident Evil, and Castlevania. These are games with incredible soundtracks. Each one is unique in its own way, but they all share common traits.
March 8, 2016
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Speech in Game Texts
Some survey results and insights into direct speech and indirect speech in games.
March 8, 2016
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From unemployment to finding a publisher
After working fourteen years for a small business while developing games part-time I lost my day job. This is how I turned a bad situation into an opportunity with the help of another indie game developer.
March 8, 2016
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Dear Game Developers, Twitchers, YouTubers and Bloggers, please read this.
A little tale about releasing a game on Steam and getting bombarded by fake Twitcher and YouTubers requests to get free game keys.
March 8, 2016
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Fighting Off Franchise Fatigue
Fighting Off Franchise Fatigue - Last week, Ubisoft confirmed that there would be no major Assassin’s Creed release in 2016. Is franchise fatigue to blame? Red Fox Insights weighs in.
March 8, 2016
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How To Win The Award For Best Art For Your Mobile Game
A blog post about how even a small art team can win the best art award for their mobile game's art style.
March 7, 2016