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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| Combat Analysis: Guacamelee |
| Posted by Ben Ruiz on 05/22/13 07:02:00 pm
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| As a combat designer, I do a lot of meticulous and thorough analysis of other game's combat mechanics and systems. My most recent analysis was of Drinkbox Studio's Guacamelee on PS3 and Vita. |  |
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| Kickstarter Fu |
| Posted by Jamie Fristrom on 05/22/13 05:58:00 pm
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| Some of the strategy and tactics Jamie Fristrom used when launching the Energy Hook kickstarter. |  |
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| First Blog Post, in which Robin Tears His Heart Out. |
| Posted by Robin Arnott on 05/22/13 03:42:00 pm
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| Putting something personal and intimate out in the world to be judged worthy or unworthy of funding was a trial of self-trust. |  |
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| Fingle marketing effort and numbers |
| Posted by Adriaan de Jongh on 05/20/13 02:19:00 pm
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| Game Oven's design and business person Adriaan de Jongh gives insight on Game Oven's marketing effort and sales of their debuting iPad-only game Fingle. |  |
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| Making 2D Games With Unity |
| Posted by Josh Sutphin on 05/19/13 02:06:00 pm
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| I'll present an overview of a number of techniques I've used to a create a classic 2D pixel art look in Unity. |  |
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| Even Further Down the Curation Rabbithole |
| Posted by Adam Saltsman on 05/16/13 02:42:00 pm
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| In addition to financial conflict-of-interest and our own preferences, the attitudes of our fans and followers, and the design of social media itself, also create obstacles for the spread of new and innovative designs. |  |
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| Does a Focus on Quality Make for Better PR? |
| Posted by Tom Ohle on 05/14/13 12:50:00 pm
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| There's a constant tug-of-war in the PR world between quantity and quality. Is a press release effective if only 30% of media actually open the email? Do we actually benefit (other than financially) from working on a not-so-great game? Read on. |  |
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