Motion control is the big buzzword that everyone’s throwing around nowadays, with all the big players throwing their chips onto the table. But what does this all mean other than the inevitable storm of shovelware asking players to look silly in front of their peers? Well, Ian Bogost takes an abstract look at the potential [...]
Due to my Internetlessnessity over the past few days, I’ve been worried about the e-mail/RSS leviathan that would be sure to confront me when I finally manage to scrabble back online. Fortunately, I always have a special little tactic of scouring the Game.Dev forums first and foremost when it comes to gathering news. This allows [...]
There’s been a surge of activity over at RetroRemakes.com, and since it’s been so long since we’ve mentioned anything going on there (and because I like to pretend I’m all old and wise and retro and stuff), so here’s a quick roundup of the most promising looking recent submissions and references made over there: First [...]
The guys over at the TIGForums have recently kicked off a small, satirical competition, and voting is now open. It’s the EDGE, a competition for GAMES! There are 10 final entries, and every single one of them seems as hilarious as their respective names suggest. Having given one or two of them a look, I [...]
The original version of this game spent some time at the top of Konkregate‘s most popular games list, looking very smugly at all the other games below it who scrabbled for the lower podium positions; it held a similar accolade for even longer under the strategy subcategory. Then the 1.5 update of the game traipsed onto Kongregate and [...]
Having read Herman Tulleken’s extensive tutorial on seamless tiles with great gusto and happy-joys, it’s nice to see an article on the Wolfire blog dealing with a similar topic. Any of you ever tried generating something like terrain or other repetitive surfaces? Two things usually happen: first, the result turns out to be horrendously ugly, [...]
Here’s a rather interesting little tidbit that I spotted in Gamasutra between sipping cocktails and admiring the sunset from my personal Mediterranean island. Derek Yu, a guy who we’ve repeatedly harassed for some good old conversation, has now been nagged by Gamasutra to talk about Spelunky and indie development and cool stuff. It’s a really [...]
If there’s one pet hate that I have concerning games (aside from those obnoxious troglodytes that plague multiplayer servers for just about any title you care to mention) it’s the idea of making things competitive. Now, I know that this statement alone will cause a lot of people to froth at the mouth and go [...]
We haven’t covered stuff from the GameDev.Net community in a while, so here’s something of interest that caught our eye: according to this news post, there’s a competition over at Ziggyware which requires entrants to construct their own kickass XNA tutorial. The prizes aren’t too bad either, particularly if you’re lucky enough to earn first [...]
Just when we thought that everyone had forgotten about that quaint little world-domination gem that came out of the tiny studio, Introversion surprise us with an AI API release and an attached challenge: Make the best DEFCON bot you can, using whichever method you deem best. Alternatively, you could embark on the challenge set out [...]
Nandrew: Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present to you our second Dev.Mag Collaborative Review Thing™, partially because the first one was so fun and mostly because Rock, Paper, Shotgun have not yet sued us for stealing their idea. Chippit: … and because the Wolfire guys were nice enough to unexpectedly drop a copy of Lugaru in our inboxes. [...]
This article originally appeared in Dev.Mag Issue 26, released in October 2008 Interested in making your own sound effects for videogames? This month we’ll be looking at Audacity and a few of the common effects that can be used to turn your humble blink-blonks into fantastic kaphwooms.
Just a quickie today, about a neat new book I’ve just discovered. It’s really not often I get to read a good development-related book, particularly not one that’s free, so this one is especially notable “Well played” means a good many things, as the editor of the book is quick to point out, and now [...]
This article originally appeared in Dev.Mag Issue 24, released in August 2008. One aspect of game creation that constantly seems to stump the average hobbyist developer is the matter of sound creation. Nowadays, experienced players can go onto the Internet, download a few indie games and easily pick up on what one may call “stock [...]
{ I find that the essence of great indie games comes from knowing their core rules. If all gameplay adheres to the core rules, then emergent... } – May 11, 9:11 PM
{ Insanely detailed, well written and an interesting read 
Being in the process of developing a game that has a web of interconnected rules and... } – May 11, 5:17 PM
{ Great article! Very informative. } – May 08, 9:51 AM
{ Nothing to beat a simple tutorial with Actual Screen shots. } – Apr 26, 9:44 PM
{ Thanks for the feedback Ben, max and cool math 
Glad you found it useful. } – Apr 23, 8:56 PM
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