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Viewback is a tool that helps game designers conduct usability play tests. It forwards the debug information from your game to your wireless device, where you can see it and the player can't. Now you can diagnose problems with the game while your playtester enjoys her experience. You can see change…
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January 27, 2013
I've launched a new Youtube series, Math for Game Developers. Each week I'll be showing how to solve a new problem in game development using math, and I'll be building up a math toolkit that you can use to solve any game dev problem.
1. Moving a character with vectors:
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People are fickle with their money. Even 5 bucks can be a huge barrier to getting people to forking over their hard-earned cash. But, if you have a better mousetrap that people want then generally, so long as they know that…
1. Moving a character with vectors:
Think Small
People are fickle with their money. Even 5 bucks can be a huge barrier to getting people to forking over their hard-earned cash. But, if you have a better mousetrap that people want then generally, so long as they know that…
June 13, 2011
This is a repost originally from the author's blog, Think Small
About a year ago I went to the adoption shelter and happily brought home a happy little two month old black labrador mix puppy. I'd like to say that I rescued him from a harsh existence chained to someone's back porch, but the tr…
About a year ago I went to the adoption shelter and happily brought home a happy little two month old black labrador mix puppy. I'd like to say that I rescued him from a harsh existence chained to someone's back porch, but the tr…
May 04, 2011
This is a repost of an article originally appearing on the Digitanks Blog
It can be difficult to get attention when you're a struggling indie game developer. The video game press tends to focus on the AAA titles. Little guys like me get lost in the rush. Publishers have a hojillion dollars to…
It can be difficult to get attention when you're a struggling indie game developer. The video game press tends to focus on the AAA titles. Little guys like me get lost in the rush. Publishers have a hojillion dollars to…
September 24, 2010
This article was originally posted on the Digitanks website
Okay I promised that I?d write twice a week and that?s not working out. I confess! I?m too busy to write twice a week. So, from now on we?ll work on once a week postings. This week I?ve decided to give you guys a behind-the-scenes look a…
Okay I promised that I?d write twice a week and that?s not working out. I confess! I?m too busy to write twice a week. So, from now on we?ll work on once a week postings. This week I?ve decided to give you guys a behind-the-scenes look a…
September 14, 2010
This is a duplicate of a post from the Digitanks website
Disclaimer: This is mostly a rant of disorganized and sometimes half-baked thoughts that have been going through my head for a couple weeks. It may be a bit of a confusing read and for that I apologize. Still I think there?s a nugget of wisdom…
Disclaimer: This is mostly a rant of disorganized and sometimes half-baked thoughts that have been going through my head for a couple weeks. It may be a bit of a confusing read and for that I apologize. Still I think there?s a nugget of wisdom…
September 07, 2010
Okay, it's story time.
Among the many things that occurred to me at PAX I at one point found myself standing in front of the creators of the Blamimations, Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub. Fortunate as I was to happen upon them (by standing in line at their table for five minutes) I decided to ask them a…
Among the many things that occurred to me at PAX I at one point found myself standing in front of the creators of the Blamimations, Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub. Fortunate as I was to happen upon them (by standing in line at their table for five minutes) I decided to ask them a…
August 26, 2010
I haven?t posted here in a hot minute. I?ve been extremely busy. I?ve been getting ready to go to PAX, and getting a third demo together for all of my adoring fans. On top of this, I have to walk my dog every single day.
Part of the problem I?ve been so preoccupied with the demo is because I ad…
Part of the problem I?ve been so preoccupied with the demo is because I ad…
August 10, 2010
After the demo was released, some of the people who played it have sent me screenshots of their games, so I thought I would share them here.
From SchnappleMcG:
From Raidyr:
Thanks for sending the screenies over guys!
To play the game head on over to the Digitanks website.
I was informed that th…
From SchnappleMcG:
From Raidyr:
Thanks for sending the screenies over guys!
To play the game head on over to the Digitanks website.
I was informed that th…
August 04, 2010
The base-building demo of Digitanks is now ready. You can download it on the download page. If you enjoy the demo, please take a stop by the Help Us page to see how you can assist in the development of Digitanks. Here's a screenshot of the downloadable wares in question:
Many people have asked for a…
July 26, 2010
A couple nights ago I was taking a break playing City of Heroes. After that article I wrote that mentioned the bubbler I had a hunkering for playing it again. After playing for a little while my GPU overheated and the computer shut off. Well that's happened before so I took out my trusty can of air…
July 21, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the Digitanks website.
Today?s update brings a new screenshot from Digitanks-land. Click on it to view full size.
Featured in this new shot is are the new CPU and buffer models. A long time friend of mine, Adam, is helping design and construct the models. These desi…
Today?s update brings a new screenshot from Digitanks-land. Click on it to view full size.
Featured in this new shot is are the new CPU and buffer models. A long time friend of mine, Adam, is helping design and construct the models. These desi…
July 15, 2010
This is a duplicate of a post on the Digitanks website
Lately I've been feeling like I have way to many things to do and not enough time in the day, so at the risk of sounding like a middle manager rife with meaningless anecdotes about synergizing with improved productivity, for this edition of the …
Lately I've been feeling like I have way to many things to do and not enough time in the day, so at the risk of sounding like a middle manager rife with meaningless anecdotes about synergizing with improved productivity, for this edition of the …
July 08, 2010
This article is a duplicate of a post on the Digitanks website
Studying real-world battle tactics isn?t something I do a lot, and by no means am I any kind of expert on the subject, but I do enjoy to read about the topic and watch documentaries about warfare. It?s a great way to waste time under …
Studying real-world battle tactics isn?t something I do a lot, and by no means am I any kind of expert on the subject, but I do enjoy to read about the topic and watch documentaries about warfare. It?s a great way to waste time under …
July 04, 2010
This is a duplicate of a post from the Digitanks website.
Merely days after my exasperated exclamations of hopelessness, ModDB (IndieDB?) featured me in their video spotlight. My huge thanks to their team for their support. Also a huge thanks to everybody who sent their kind words. I don?t get di…
Merely days after my exasperated exclamations of hopelessness, ModDB (IndieDB?) featured me in their video spotlight. My huge thanks to their team for their support. Also a huge thanks to everybody who sent their kind words. I don?t get di…
June 29, 2010
The other day I was crawling ModDB (IndieDB?) and I came across a quizzical mod. ?A mod? can barely service to describe it accurately, perhaps if the standards for the term were set in 2003. Its screenshots look like a Quake mod, and in fact the title of the mod seems into indicate that it?s a…
June 24, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the Digitanks website.
The problem with digital tanks is that they don?t have faces.
Tanks aren?t like cars. Cars have faces. Once you see it, you can?t unsee it. Why do you think Pixar had such an easy time putting faces on the front of their automobiles? It?s easy…
The problem with digital tanks is that they don?t have faces.
Tanks aren?t like cars. Cars have faces. Once you see it, you can?t unsee it. Why do you think Pixar had such an easy time putting faces on the front of their automobiles? It?s easy…
June 20, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the Digitanks website.
Thanks to everybody who tried out the demo I posted this week. I?ve already started to receive lots of feedback on it and suggestions on how to improve it. Your input is hugely valuable to me. Some of the most common issues were the lack of go…
Thanks to everybody who tried out the demo I posted this week. I?ve already started to receive lots of feedback on it and suggestions on how to improve it. Your input is hugely valuable to me. Some of the most common issues were the lack of go…
June 17, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the Digitanks website.
I'm proud to announce that there is now a small demo of Digitanks available for download. If you download it you can make many Digitanks very happy.
This demo is really just a prototype. I plan to expand it in the future with more tanks, more wea…
I'm proud to announce that there is now a small demo of Digitanks available for download. If you download it you can make many Digitanks very happy.
This demo is really just a prototype. I plan to expand it in the future with more tanks, more wea…
June 11, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the Digitanks website.
I'm hard at work last couple days getting Digitanks ready for the competition that I mentioned I would be submitting the game to. That deadline is Tuesday but I'm going to have everything wrapped up by Sunday night. There's also the IndieCade dea…
I'm hard at work last couple days getting Digitanks ready for the competition that I mentioned I would be submitting the game to. That deadline is Tuesday but I'm going to have everything wrapped up by Sunday night. There's also the IndieCade dea…
June 05, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the Digitanks website.
Before we go into why your idea is too big, let's first take a moment to smell the roses and listen to the birds singing, the wind blowing, and the sound of tanks blowing up, because I just added the ">first slew of audio sound effects to Digi…
Before we go into why your idea is too big, let's first take a moment to smell the roses and listen to the birds singing, the wind blowing, and the sound of tanks blowing up, because I just added the ">first slew of audio sound effects to Digi…
June 02, 2010
One of the first visual improvements I made to Digitanks was to add bloom. Ah, bloom, the often used and eternally abused layman's visual enhancement. It makes a simple-looking scene look more sophisticated by taking out that embedded polygonal look and imbuing the frame with gradients and natural,…
June 01, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the Digitanks website.
This is part 2 of a 2-part series. You can read part one here.
Before I get on with part 2, I'd like to introduce a new ">development video I've put together.
Are your eyes bleeding yet? No? Well I guess I've got more work to do then. Hurry up w…
This is part 2 of a 2-part series. You can read part one here.
Before I get on with part 2, I'd like to introduce a new ">development video I've put together.
Are your eyes bleeding yet? No? Well I guess I've got more work to do then. Hurry up w…
June 01, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the read part one here.
This is part 2 of a 2-part series. You can read part one here.
Before I get on with part 2, I?d like to introduce a new development video I?ve put together.
This is part 2 of a 2-part series. You can read part one here.
Before I get on with part 2, I?d like to introduce a new development video I?ve put together.
Are your eyes bleeding yet? No? Well I guess I?ve got more work to do then. Hurry up with…
May 31, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the Digitanks website.
First things first I'd like to bring you the newest screenshot from the in-development prototype of Digitanks. Click the thumbnail to expand the full image. As you can see I've been hard at work. On the ground you can see some craters from some …
First things first I'd like to bring you the newest screenshot from the in-development prototype of Digitanks. Click the thumbnail to expand the full image. As you can see I've been hard at work. On the ground you can see some craters from some …
May 28, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the Digitanks website.
Today I'm going to share the process of developing a design for the tanks in Digitanks. But first, a quick announcement: I've set up a Steam group and a Facebook page, and I invite everybody to check them out.
It was important to me that I get a …
Today I'm going to share the process of developing a design for the tanks in Digitanks. But first, a quick announcement: I've set up a Steam group and a Facebook page, and I invite everybody to check them out.
It was important to me that I get a …
May 27, 2010
This is a post duplicated from the Digitanks website.
Today I bring you the ">first ever video I've created of the current progress of the game. If your jaw doesn't drop while watching it, that's okay, it's only a prototype.
Now that that's done and over, I thought I'd talk briefly about my playte…
Today I bring you the ">first ever video I've created of the current progress of the game. If your jaw doesn't drop while watching it, that's okay, it's only a prototype.
Now that that's done and over, I thought I'd talk briefly about my playte…
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