Gree releases open source tool for bringing Flash animation to Unity, HTML5  
by Eric Caoili [10.18.12]
Mobile social game company Gree has rolled out Lightweight SWF (LWF), a new open-source tool for creating Unity- and HTML5-based smartphone apps with Flash content.
Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Art

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Video: Sony Online's tricks for getting the most out of social media  
by Staff [10.17.12]
The house that EverQuest built has learned a lot about keeping its players engaged, taking risks that sometimes work out and sometimes fall flat. Take a tour of their dos and don'ts in this free GDC Europe video.
Console/PC, Art, Exclusive, Video, GDC Europe

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ESA scholarships promote diversity in the game industry 5
by Eric Caoili [10.17.12]
Helping bring more diversity to the game industry, the Entertainment Software Association Foundation has awarded 30 scholarships to women and minority students aspiring to become game developers.
Console/PC, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing

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Why people are playing: Dishonored 29
by Leigh Alexander [10.17.12]
Gamasutra takes a look at how a shrewd blend of best-practices and brand-new ideas is bringing Arkane Studios' and Bethesda Softworks' Dishonored to the forefront of audience conversation.
Console/PC, Programming, Art, Design, Business/Marketing, Exclusive

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This Week In Video Game Criticism: From color language to Civilization  
by Kris Ligman [10.16.12]
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including the color language of games, teaching kids history through Civilization, and more.
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Design

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Reminder: 2012 Front Line Award nominations end today  
by Staff [10.16.12]
Today's your last chance to nominate your favorite tools and middleware to be a part of Game Developer magazine's 15th Annual Front Line Awards.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production

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Unity gets gigantic catalog of animations courtesy of Mixamo 3
by Frank Cifaldi [10.16.12]
The Unity Asset Store's catalog just got a whole lot large with the inclusion of several hundred animations from independently run 3D animation studio Mixamo, which can be imported directly into the Unity Editor.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Art, Business/Marketing

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Get a job: Wargaming, others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board  
by Eric Caoili [10.15.12]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Wargaming America, Firebrand Games, and others.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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Two days remain to enter 2013 IGF's Main Competition  
by Staff [10.15.12]
Organizers are reminding that submissions for the 2013 Independent Games Festival Main Competition, which reveals winners at GDC 2013 in San Francisco next March, will close in just two days.
Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production

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In-depth: Angle-based SSAO 1
by Simon Yeung [10.15.12]
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, game programmer Simon Yeung shares the results from his implementations of angle-based SSAO, or Screen Space Ambient Occlusion.
Console/PC, Programming, Art

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Live from the Game Developers Choice Online Awards 3
by Frank Cifaldi [10.10.12]
MMO, social, mobile and free-to-play games had their night at the Game Developers Online Choice Awards in Austin on Wednesday evening. See all of the winners -- and what they had to say -- right here.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, GDC Online

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Respecting women players without 'girling it up' 17
by Leigh Alexander [10.10.12]
Big Fish's popular hidden object games, who they're for and why people like them yields some surprising lessons about offering deep storytelling to an audience of adult women and casual fans.
Social/Online, Programming, Art, Design, GDC Online

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Rich storytelling and 'the new episodic' in the mobile space 5
by Leigh Alexander [10.10.12]
Translating rich, AAA-style storytelling to the compact, quick-cycle mobile space is a challenge, but Alex Seropian and colleague John Scalzi have some tricks to take advantage of the platform.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Design, GDC Online

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Rockstar sets up new art unit with Technicolor India  
by Eric Caoili [10.10.12]
Grand Theft Auto developer and publisher Rockstar Games has partnered with outsourcing firm Technicolor Digital Productions to set up a new artwork and animation unit in Bangalore, India.
Console/PC, Art, Business/Marketing

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Stories from the trickiest sequels: Challenges and successes  
by Leigh Alexander [10.10.12]
Storytellers who led major franchise inheritances like Fallout: New Vegas and Deus Ex: Human Revolution discuss the unique challenges -- and things they wish they'd done differently.
Console/PC, Programming, Art, Design, GDC Online

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SWTOR's complex challenge: BioWare story in an MMO world 27
by Leigh Alexander [10.09.12]
Translating BioWare's signature story approach to the MMO environment was Star Wars: The Old Republic's big challenge. Lead systems designer Damion Schubert explains how the team tackled it.
Programming, Art, Design, GDC Online

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Raph Koster's Theory of Fun, ten years on 7
by Leigh Alexander [10.09.12]
Ten years ago, Raph Koster relied on math and science to search for fun, and the result was one of the best-selling game design books of all time. What does fun mean to the veteran designer now?
Console/PC, Social/Online, Programming, Art, Design, GDC Online

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Remaking Rayman: Camera, character, controls 5
by Staff [10.09.12]
In the October issue postmortem of Game Developer magazine, designer Chris McEntee writes about what went right and wrong when Ubisoft revived the Rayman franchise with Rayman Origins.
Programming, Art, Design, Production, Exclusive

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Game Developer opens nominations for its 2012 Front Line Awards  
by Staff [10.08.12]
Nominations for Game Developer magazine's historic 15th Annual Front Line Awards are now open, continuing the publication's tradition of honoring excellence and innovation in tools for game development.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing

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Get a job: Facebook and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board  
by Eric Caoili [10.05.12]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Facebook, Electronic Arts Montreal, Retro Studios, and others.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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