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Darius Kazemi's Blog   Expert Blogs

I like orange. Also, I'm a game developer. I run Orbus Gameworks, where we do nifty things with gameplay metrics. I have a game industry blog called Tiny Subversions where I write about networking (as in meeting people) and other general game industry topics. I am also running for IGDA Board in 2010!

Expert Blogs

Getting GameMaker to Update Twitter (A Spelunky Example)  Featured Blogs
Posted by Darius Kazemi on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:14:00 EDT in Programming
This blog post outlines how you can get GameMaker 7 to update Twitter, using Derek Yu's Spelunky as a specific example.
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An Example of Indie Game Patronage  Featured Blogs
Posted by Darius Kazemi on Wed, 06 May 2009 02:07:00 EDT in
In this post, Daniel Benmergui explains how he got a patron to fund his latest game, Today I Die, and I examine Daniel's funding model for his next game: internet patrons donate money and in return they get a unique stamp on his next game.
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Writing a Resume for a Game Company
Posted by Darius Kazemi on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:06:00 EDT in
Whenever I get a resume from a student looking for an internship, I end up giving them an impromptu resume critique. I give the same advice over and over, so I decided to just write it up here!
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Darius Kazemi's Comments

Comment In: Sexy Tiles: Sidescrollers [Blog - 07/16/2009 - 03:40]

Very cool, the tips you ...

Very cool, the tips you gave are really essential for a programmer like me who's struggling to make simple-but-pleasing tile art.

Comment In: Bytes: Tim Langdell, at it again! [Blog - 07/11/2009 - 08:28]

A board member can make ...

A board member can make sure the membership knows of his activities then cause a membership wide vote to be held on the issue. Martin, individual board members cannot call a general vote of the IGDA on an issue. I believe that a majority vote of the Board can call ...

Comment In: The Tim Langdell Debacle and the IGDA [Blog - 06/01/2009 - 09:19]

If the IGDA Board condemned ...

If the IGDA Board condemned Langdell's actions, they could possibly be opening themselves up to a lawsuit. Given the state of the organization's budget, as I understand it secondhand, they cannot really afford a lawsuit.

Comment In: Writing a Resume for a Game Company [Blog - 04/28/2009 - 03:06]

Geoff: I have very little ...

Geoff: I have very little data about the correlation between presentation and substance because I do not interview candidates whose resumes make them look like they have poor language or organizational skills. If a candidate cannot take the time to make a generally clean resume, what's their code going to ...

Comment In: Analysis: Mature Titles On DS -- Is The Audience Just Not There? [News - 04/23/2009 - 05:59]

Caleb, I don't know about ...

Caleb, I don't know about you, but I see guys in their 20s with DSes all the time, mostly on the train around Boston. I also know a lot of grown women who have DSes too. And M. Smith: maybe you'd want a portable version of GTA. I know I ...

Comment In: This Developer's Life: GDC [Blog - 04/11/2009 - 02:17]

Thanks for the shouts. I ...

Thanks for the shouts. I got my voice back last weekend, finally.

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