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From start to finish: Bringing characters to life in OPUS: Echo of Starsong
2.5 years of character development pitfalls you can learn to avoid in 5 minutes.
Oct. 22, 2021
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Pure vertical layering for game music composers (From Spyder to Sackboy: GDC 2021)
The 3rd installment of a 6-prt series. Composer Winifred Phillips shares content from her GDC 2021 lecture, "From Spyder to Sackboy: A Big Adventure in Interactive Music." This discusses pure vertical layering examples from the Sackboy and Spyder games.
Oct. 21, 2021
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Historian talks with Ubisoft Developer about Discovery Tour
Historian Bob Whitaker talks with Maxime Durand, the World Design Director of Discovery Tour for Ubisoft, about Discovery Tour: Viking Age and the Discovery Tour series more generally.
Oct. 21, 2021
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Quick Dev Insights #01 - Indie Game Developer - James Rowbotham
This is the first in a series of bite-sized interviews with people who work in and around the games industry, from indie to AAA.
Oct. 21, 2021
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A restorative reading of Deathloop
This is a restorative reading of the game Deathloop
Oct. 21, 2021
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Game Dev Digest Issue #114 - Lessons Learned
Game Dev Digest Issue #114 - Lessons Learned. The latest from the free weekly Unity3d/gamedev newsletter.
Oct. 21, 2021
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15 years later, did indie game discovery happen like we thought?
What's changed in game distribution, tools and platforms since?
Oct. 21, 2021
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Designing for virality: Choo-Choo Charles edition
How one unsettling train and a few social media posts boosted one horror game developer overnight.
Oct. 19, 2021
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The 10 Rules For Mobile Game LiveOps
In this article, we'll get into the pitfalls that catch innocent mobile game liveops professionals like you by surprise over and over again.
Oct. 19, 2021
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Reflections on tutorial design in Puzzledorf
This article looks at how I tried to create textless tutorials and instead teach through design; to use experiences to help people learn through play.
Oct. 19, 2021
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Reflections on puzzle design in Puzzledorf
This article covers the guidelines for puzzle design that I used in Puzzledorf and my answer to the question, "What makes a good puzzle?" It's not intended to be the only answer, but instead is a guide through my journey about what worked for me.
Oct. 19, 2021
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Improving your Productivity and Staying Motivated when Working from Home or Alone
Number of developers working from home increased since the pandemic. Working alone when starting your game developer career is also frequent. If that's your case, I share a few tips to stay motivated and to improve your productivity.
Oct. 18, 2021