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Svyatoslav Cherkasov shares his experience in developing a dynamic game for iPhone using Flash and the Adobe Air platform, looking at tricks, hints, examples, etc.
So you're browsin' around on Gamasutra, curious to learn more about being a game designer. However, "game designer" sounds a big vague... Do you know what the game designer does on a daily basis?
In tradition with Eric Schwartz's and Ted Brown's blog posts about Skyrim's user interface, Axel Cholewa offers a small comment on what Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has to say on that matter.
Why is Angry Birds highly regarded by most creators despite being a clone of Crush the Castle, and yet Dream Heights / YetiTown are universally despised by creators? More importantly, as an indie studio how do we realistically defend ourselves?
