Not game related, but thanks for the link on how to workout better It 's a very good read. I hate it when people mention something else that becomes the basis of their thinking without linking to the original article
The two strategies that helped my team most: 1 Keep the game very simple and very content light. 2 Sleep. Without sleep, you 'll end up wasting a lot of time writing incoherent code that must be re-written.
Punish not the people whose governments screw them over. Does pulling your game affect the Saudi government No. Does pulling your game affect the Saudi people those being hurt by the government Yes r n r nAdditionally, how do people even know you pulled the game in protest I know ...
I disagree with the other commenters. I think writing a bunch of small time-boxed games DOES teach someone how to be a finisher. It forces the creator to focus on what 's important: a playable game. r n r nI sometimes wish the commercial game development industry would work more ...
I agree 100 . The game was supposed to feel very dark and unsettling, a fact that Firaxis appears to be missing. In the original if you didn 't do a good job, some governments would cut off your funding -- and eventually side with the aliens How cynical is ...
Back when SQIII came out, I begged my parents to take me to Sierra 's offices. Somehow, they arranged a tour. I begged the PR officer to let me meet the Two Guys from Andromeda. She disappeared and some minutes later, there they were While disappointed they didn 't have ...
When you say, direct personal authorship are you referring to the player having authorial control or the game creator I would argue that Interactive Art runs a spectrum between strong creator control to strong player control. But neither end of the spectrum is necessarily arbitrarily better -- what is important ...
After thoroughly enjoying McConigal 's book, I 'm surprised her company 's first effort is so ineffective. Basically, you say thank you to someone in real life, in a very particular way, then you push a button acknowledging you said thank you. r n r nThis design is completely uninspired ...
I 'm reminded of Scott Brodie 's GDC Talk: http://vimeo.com/38468003, where he describes capturing his personal experience of starting a family and expressing that feeling to others via a game. The interesting difference between Brodie 's game and Anthropy 's is Brodie attempts to capture the feeling under the guise ...
