In this article I tried to summarize our experience in porting a PC game made in Unity for mobiles (iOS / Android) and consoles (XBox One / PS4 / Nintendo Switch).
How Rare playtest Sea of Thieves using automated testing, enabling over 100 internal deployments before public launch.
This week's roundup includes a look at breakout indie action game My Friend Pedro, a much-deserved history of the excellent Elite Beat Agents series, on Mordhau's surprisingly hot debut & classic interviews/retrospectives around Tetris & Sam and Max.
Meet Megan, Karen and Skevin: the three boss AI systems in Sea of Thieves.
Google Stadia, XBOX's Project xCloud, Bethesda's Orion technology, and more are just scratching the surface of what's to come. Neil Schneider, Executive Director of TIFCA, shares his insights on where things are heading in the future computing world.
This week's roundup includes all kinds of E3 neatness from Los Angeles, including discussion of Nintendo's announcements, the PC Gaming Show, Microsoft's xCloud vs Google Stadia (or not!), as well as another 10+ links that aren't about E3 at all.
Skeletons and sharks, two distinct AI systems in Sea of Thieves with their own interesting design secrets.
Discusses strategies for synchronizing a data-oriented ECS with an external system that keeps state.
This week's roundup includes a look at some great community events - from the fighting game scene's Combo Breaker to Japanese indie dev scene's BitSummit, as well as a peek at the first ever E3 Expo, kids apps, D&D in 2019, & lots more.
In this first of a four-part series, I explore the numerous AI systems running under the hood of Rare's online pirate adventure game and the work required to maintain the experience for players across the Sea of Thieves.
