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Comment on Implementing and Debugging the Perlin Noise Algorithm by How to Use Perlin Noise in Your Games » devmag.org.za

How to Use Perlin Noise in Your Games » devmag.org.za — Sat, 19 May 2012 10:34:43 +0000

[...] For more implementation tips, see Implementing and Debugging the Perlin Noise Algorithm. [...]

Comment on What I Learned from Dungeon Crawl by Desktop Dungeons: Design Analysis (Part 2) » devmag.org.za

Desktop Dungeons: Design Analysis (Part 2) » devmag.org.za — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:59:43 +0000

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Comment on What I Learned from Dungeon Crawl by Desktop Dungeons: Design Analysis (Part 1) » devmag.org.za

Desktop Dungeons: Design Analysis (Part 1) » devmag.org.za — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:59:00 +0000

[...] as a main influence in creating Desktop Dungeons. As we will see, the principles he discusses in What I Learned from Dungeon Crawl has been applied to Desktop [...]

Comment on How to Use Perlin Noise in Your Games by Implementing and Debugging the Perlin Noise Algorithm » devmag.org.za

Implementing and Debugging the Perlin Noise Algorithm » devmag.org.za — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:28:46 +0000

[...] of the most visited articles on our site – How to Use Perlin Noise in Your Games – also caused the most problems. The pseudo-code contained an alarming number of bugs (one of the [...]

Comment on Loopholes in Game Design by Julian Pritchard

Julian Pritchard — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:11:25 +0000

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 gameplay shouldn't really matter. For instance, I found a loophole in Super Meat Boy that was harder than playing the level normally. One of the key things that I've learnt is that by trying to prevent emergence,developers can often cause worse emergence without knowing the magnitude of the original loophole. Looking at Skyrim, we see that people often take a great deal of joy in the exploits they find.

Comment on Loopholes in Game Design by Amir Barak

Amir Barak — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:17:34 +0000

Insanely detailed, well written and an interesting read
Being in the process of developing a game that has a web of interconnected rules and exceptions I’d like to also emphasize how important it is to determine a core rule-set at first, simple and concise rules and only then slowly build up. Otherwise it’s far too easy to lose control of emergence and create situations where you need added rules in order to counter other rules that had to be in place because another rule was broken

Comment on Loopholes in Game Design by Jarrod Swartz

Jarrod Swartz — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:51:18 +0000

Great article! Very informative.

Comment on Flash for Free by Aditya

Aditya — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:44:57 +0000

Nothing to beat a simple tutorial with Actual Screen shots.

Comment on 11 Tips for making a fun platformer by Diorgo Jonkers

Diorgo Jonkers — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:56:28 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Ben, max and cool math
Glad you found it useful.

Comment on 11 Tips for making a fun platformer by cool math

cool math — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:18:00 +0000

Great article!!, now i have a better understanding of the game development process, thanks!