I am a gameplay programmer living and working in Southern California. I am interested in most aspects of games, with an emphasis on programming and design.
I think your scope is just different from Mr Gilbert's, though I think his definition is closer to the industry standard. A vertical slice as you describe sounds like it is limited to the first implementation of a single feature, which makes some sense, as long as the feature is ...
It is an impossible problem. The LoL community is a subset of the internet as a whole, which is overwhelmingly toxic. Comparing it to experiences I have had in HoN or the original dota or even xbox live, LoL certainly seems like a better environment, though this was the case ...
As you point out, your final solution is very game-able. A possible alternative might be to have poison add an amount of damage per tick or whatever unit of time you are using to determine damage done rather than trying to add the full amount at once. For example, assuming ...
Right on. I think we are in agreement, though I think I fall somewhere between you and Josh in terms of how much of an issue I had with this fight. For every other boss in the game I felt triumph and accomplishment when I figured out their mechanics and ...
