@Alexandre - just being viewed as a guy that has game ideas seems like a very limited view of what a designer actually does because good design is definitely a demonstrable skill much like bad design . I 've never worked with an ODG, but, by your definition, this seems ...
...an unnamed source from the Japanese game industry... Keep in mind this is unsubstantiated for now since we're hearing it from an unnamed source whose only verified credential for now is knowing a member of the Japanese IGDA. Granted sales haven't been hot in Japan, but I highly doubt that ...
Terrible news. : Good games at the least require a combination of studio talent everybody who walks through the door everyday , realistic publisher expectations what they want vs. what they've paid for , sufficient development time take the time you think it's going to take and add 6 months ...
They desperately need to ditch this format and go with something more like Cinefex. For me, the death of video game journalism happened in 2002 when Next Generation went belly up.
Amen brother These days, putting a secret area in a level is more than carving out a few blocks in the side of the world and putting a breakable element in front of it. It's weeks of authoring and artwork and trying to convince your producer that the time will ...
You seemed to have missed the word discretion in my post. A perfectly acceptable solution for what you're calling behavior would be a slight modification to their approach by contacting the publisher or developer before printing the story instead of outing the source and then trying to validate the piece. ...
Thanks Evan The whole games as art argument is just an attention grabbing headline with no merit. Nobody should be telling anybody else what is or isn't art. @Jack - Hmm. There's never been a better time for people of all ages to enjoy video games Perhaps you just need ...
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud Getting Things Done by David Allen the Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven Kent Videogames In the Beginning by Ralph Baer Level Up by Scott Rogers Elements of Style by Strunk White The Ikea catalog Personally, I'd steer clear of any game design theory ...
As much as I love the Dragon Quest series, DQ IX is probably one of the weakest entries in the series due to the fact that it is entirely grind-based with very little payoff. In previous installments, grinding was necessary to advance the story and characters a more traditional approach ...
