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Hide Objects Blocking Player View
Published in Game Programming
By Christopher Rolfs - In most isometric-esque RTS-style game views, sometimes pesky walls can pop into view, hindering the player’s connection with the protagonist. This...
Rendering and Simulation in an Off-Road Driving Game
Published in Game Programming
By Pavel Zagrebelnyy - This paper describes some tech details in Spin Tires, a game about a big truck driving through mud/water, crushing trees and everything else on its...
Useless Snippet #1: Transform Vec3f by Matrix4x4f
Published in General Programming
By Jim Drygiannakis - The goal of this snippet is to multiply a batch of Vector3f’s with the same 4×4 matrix
GDC 2013: Interview with Jakob Schmid
Published in Interviews
By deisgn3 - design3 talks with Jakob Schmid, audio designer of the hit-game 140, about his game, the tools used to develop it, tips for budding game makers to...
Lone Wolf Killers
Published in Production and Management
By Mason McCuskey - What are some of the reasons development teams most often fail to produce a finished product? Find out so you can work to avoid them
Ten Things to Achieve When Starting 3D Programming
Published in Game Programming
By Vasily Tserekh - I started 3D programming a few years ago. I was new into this world and I didn’t know what to learn and where to start. Now that I have acquired so...
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Last week we launched our Steam Greenlight campaign to get Leadwerks into the hands of the Steam community. This week, we're rolling out the second stage of our plan with a Kickstarter campaign to bring Leadwerks to Linux. This will let you build...
I've spent the past decade developing games in my spare time (which I don't have much of) with unique game play that aren't side-scrollers, first-person shooters, RPG's, MMO's; and aren't even multi-player. Recently I felt the urge to just break o...
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Microsoft launches new advertising strategy – you might just click on it
wpcentral.com.feedsportal.com -- A team at Microsoft advertising set out last year to create “a series of new and truly unique ad experiences.” Today, they are finished and are presenting prototypes from their journey. Five iconic brands including All Saints Clothing, Mercedes-Be...
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Future Fossil formed by Abertay grads
www.develop-online.net -- Studio says its formation would have been tougher without Prototype Fund
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Survive Disasterpeace's, Jasper Byrne's bullet beats in Bean's Soundodger (Browser)
indiegames.com -- Basketbelle and ...But That Was [Yesterday] developer Bean has released his elegant bullet dancer Soundodger on Adult Swim today, with over 20 songs to weave through. You use the mouse to avoid the rhythm-based firepower, and you hold down the lef...
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Hitman developer cuts half of staff, refocuses on series
www.gamesindustry.biz -- IO Interactive lays off employees and cancels other development projects
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GamesBeat’s E3 2013 Game of the Show … plus staff picks
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- Editor's Pick Our E3 2013 Game of the Show may not be that surprising, but our overall top three is. They're all from the same genre.
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5 must-play indie games from E3 2013
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- Here are five from last week's E3 you'll want to keep an eye on.
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Schools may soon buy the Surface RT directly from Microsoft for $199
wpcentral.com.feedsportal.com -- If you find yourself wanting to snag a Surface RT for the upcoming school year you should check out the following deal. It’s bonkers. The most basic Surface RT goes for $499, but if you read on you can get it for three hundred dollars less at an i...
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Oculus gets $16 million in funding
www.develop-online.net -- Virtual reality headset gets investment to speed development
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Sneak Peek: ✿+☮=❥, bringing the ultimate Liquid Daffodil experience to your Windows Phone
wpcentral.com.feedsportal.com -- Liquid Daffodil should be a name many of you know by now. They’re one of the more pervasive and popular developers for Windows Phone, having made such unique apps as glƏƏk!, Add to Contacts, flyby! and JamTiles, to name just a few. When a develope...
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E3 2013: The year of the open world
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- This year's E3 featured a multitude of titles with nonlinear gameplay in sprawling environments. Here are pretty much all of them.
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Sound is 'cost-effective' driver of quality experience
www.develop-online.net -- Historically audio hasn't been important for majority of developers, says Dolby evangelist
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Samsung updates Photo Editor and RSS Times for Windows Phone
wpcentral.com.feedsportal.com -- Samsung has released updates for two of its apps available for Windows Phone. RSS Times and Photo Editor have been bumped to 3.0.1.0 and 1.0.0.449 respectively. The main change in RSS Times is the backend system being switched from Google to FeedA...
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Trailer: Blocks That Matter follow up puzzler, Tetrobot and Co., shows blocks still matter
indiegames.com -- Swing Swing Submarine's Tetrobot and Co. debuts its first gameplay trailer, showing the point-and-clicky nature of its puzzle solving. Developers promise players will have to learn physical and chemical properties of tons of elements to traverse s...
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Bleszinski: Sony 'just playing on internet outrage'
www.develop-online.net -- Gears of War creator says AAA model unsustainable with used game sales
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Our favorite swag from E3 3013
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- E3 2013 is in the books, so now it's time to sit back and evaluate the loot developers and publishers handed us.
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Adventure Game Pick: Jack Haunt: Old Haunting Grounds (Evolving Poet Media)
indiegames.com -- If you've been looking for something (please, do excuse the choice of words) quirky yet old-fashioned and fondly remember the oddball feel of many of the earlier indie adventures, well, Jack Haunt: Old Haunting Grounds is something you should be i...
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