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Haskell Game Object Design - Or How Functions Can Get You Apples
Published in Game Programming
By Marc Sunet - This tutorial shows how to model game objects in Haskell using closures to dodge the everyday use of subtyping and dynamic dispatch in object-orien...
Improving a Sprite-Based Rendering Procedure
Published in Graphics Programming and Theory
By Julien Jorge - So you are developing a 2D game and, suddenly, you discover that the rendering procedure is too slow. What would you do? Would you put less element...
Advice For Aspiring Indie Game Developers
Published in Breaking Into the Industry
By Chris Park - This is a question I'm getting asked with increasing regularity: what advice do I have for other indie developers, or aspiring indie developers?
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
Screenshot Saturday Showdown Top Shots
Featured Developer Journals
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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Rumor claims Microsoft abandoning most of its Xbox One DRM policies
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- Rumor claims Microsoft will make big changes to its stance on game ownership and the Xbox One online requirement.
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Huge Gameloft Windows Phone sale includes Amazing Spider-Man and Dark Knight Rises!
wpcentral.com.feedsportal.com -- The Xbox Red Stripe Deal of the Week doesn’t update until Thursday, but that doesn’t mean you won’t find a new Xbox Windows Phone deal today. The good folks at Gameloft are running a little sale of their own, with almost every single one of their...
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The Xbox LIVE Indie Games portal Submission/Editing Issue Fix
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Microsoft to backtrack on Xbox One DRM and always-on policies, sources claim
www.develop-online.net -- Console giant set to announce reversal in strategy later today
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BROADCAST: A Planner in 100 Lines Of Code: Modern AI Planning Tutorial (June 19th)
aigamedev.com -- This upcoming broadcast on Wednesday, June 19th at 18:00 UTC will take place online within your browser using streaming audio/video: “With the additional processing power of next-generation consoles, or cloud-based server computation, tech...
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XBLIG Support
Planning in Games: An Overview and Lessons Learned
Win the opportunity to be mentored by Ian Livingstone OBE and Any Payne OBE along with a month’s free PR support with Microsoft’s “Power Up” competition!
The Xbox LIVE Indie Games portal Submission/Editing Issue Fix
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Indie game Gunpoint recoups dev costs in one minute
www.develop-online.net -- Pre-order sales cover $30 purchase of Game Maker
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PlayStation 3 firmware 4.45 update reportedly bricking consoles
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- Details are still minimal right now, but it seems that the 4.45 update for PS3 is locking up systems.
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Steam may let users share games in future
www.develop-online.net -- Client code suggests shake-up of game ownership rights on digital distribution platform
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Canabalt, Deep Sea devs release Lunar Lander-inspired Capsule for PC
indiegames.com -- Adam Saltsman and Robin Arnott have made their previously Venus Patrol-exclusive, suffocating sim Capsule available for sale this week for Windows and Mac. According to Adam's blog post, Capsule takes about 2 hours to complete and is described as...
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Title: “Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor Power Management Part 2b: Package C-States, The Details”
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Sony academic program to fund Gamer Camp scholarships
www.develop-online.net -- SCEE offering to cover course fees and provide work at one of its in-house studios to successful applicants
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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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Nvidia’s bold plan to conquer new graphics territory: licensing its chips
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- Seemingly out of nowhere, graphics chip maker Nvidia has announced one of the biggest changes to its business in some time.
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25 portable charging stations coming to NYC to help juice you and your phone
wpcentral.com.feedsportal.com -- Here’s some eco-friendly news if you’re a New Yorker or plan on visiting New York City in the near future. AT&T is rolling out charging stations that aren’t connected to the electricity grid. Instead those stations will be powered by our local sta...
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Re-imagining Apps for Ultrabook™ (Part 6): Multi-Device Design
Enter the psychedelic nightmare of The Shoe's on the Other Foot (Freeware Pick)
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Oh Clock, an alarming app with voice commands
Google Play Developer 8-Step Checkup
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PS4 system architect Mark Cerny to keynote Develop in Brighton
www.develop-online.net -- Industry veteran to discuss creating the PS4 and why indies are key to the console's future
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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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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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Plan and carry out a prison break in Escape from Bacon Bay (Freeware Pick)
Tale of Tales' latest game asks you to make love to your tablet
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Slick PlayStation 4 video shows off new interface, video sharing, and more
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- The PlayStation 4 won over gamers at E3 with its price and stance on used games, but there's still a lot we don't know. Thankfully, a new video shows off some of its new features in greater detail.






