We're Indie, we like Microsoft. Too Controversial?  |
| Posted by James Silva on 05/23/13 12:00:00 pm
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| We're a small indie developer that's published three games through Microsoft in the last five years, and our experience has been nothing but great. Pass that along, please, because it's currently the best kept secret in the industry. |  |
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| The Procession of Progression in Game Design |
| Posted by Josh Bycer on 05/23/13 11:10:00 am
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| Progression in Game Design can be tracked between the player themselves and the game. In today's post I'm going to take analyze the two and their intended effects on game design. |  |
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| Xbox One: a flawed plan, well executed |
| Posted by Nicholas Lovell on 05/23/13 09:43:00 am
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| The Xbox One misses the mark because it is the culmination of a strategy formulated in the 1990s. It is a weapon to win the battle of the living room, when the real battle is for the personal screen. |  |
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| Letting the Player Find the Fun |
| Posted by Ben Serviss on 05/23/13 09:15:00 am
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| Are hand-holding tutorials holding games back? Starseed Pilgrim offers lessons in increasing player discoverability. |  |
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| Using Small Studios As Stepping Stones In Your Career |
| Posted by Brice Morrison on 05/23/13 08:25:00 am
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| Many students have a favorite game or a favorite game studio: Nintendo, Infinity Ward, Rockstar. However when I advise students and parents, I always make sure to tell them not to limit themselves. You should look at small studios as stepping stones. |  |
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| HDR Audio in Wwise: Best Practices (so far) |
| Posted by Rev Dr Bradley Meyer on 05/23/13 01:48:00 am
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| Learn some best practices learned (so far) in using the new HDR audio feature in Wwise 2013.1. Originally published here: http://bit.ly/11OdWRS |  |
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| Choosing the best middleware for your Unity based multiplayer or MMO game |
| Posted by Ashkan Saeedi Mazdeh on 05/23/13 12:50:00 pm
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| Here i try to define different kinds of multiplayer games from a technical point of view and then name possible features of available middlewares which should help the reader to know what he/she needs in order to make the project a reality.When you want t |  |
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| Take Your Planet to Work Day! (dev just got real) |
| Posted by Matthew Hodge on 05/23/13 12:45:00 pm
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| Tomorrow (Friday the 24th) I will be starting a social experiment in audience building. I'm going to live stream my work day. I'll be working on animation and modelling for two projects, and some scripting in Unity3D. Chat will be available... |  |
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| The Power of Friendship while Being an Asshole, or the Doormat NPC |
| Posted by Mark Filipowich on 05/23/13 09:04:00 am
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| Maybe a game doesn’t have to explore every facet of interpersonal relationships but it should certainly hold the player accountable for being an asshole. There should be more to relating to a game’s NPCs than sitting down and nodding. |  |
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| Xbox One: why single-use codes are good for indie games |
| Posted by Olivio Sarikas on 05/22/13 08:23:00 pm
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| Are single-use codes the worst idea Microsoft had so far?
Yes! It´s Zune-tastic.
But this move by Microsoft opens some great opportunities for indie game developers. |  |
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| The World of Lennus: A Game Design Analysis |
| Posted by Zack Wood on 05/22/13 06:13:00 pm
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| An analysis of the game-world created by SNES cult classic "Paladin's Quest" (AKA Lennus). |  |
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| Xbone - A Call To Arms |
| Posted by Gerald Belman on 05/22/13 05:07:00 pm
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| Xbox was hard enough to say. Xbox 360 was even harder. Now we've got Xbox One. But the brave men and women of the internet are fighting back. Just when you thought they were beaten, they give you: the Xbone. |  |
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