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Building a First-Person Shooter Part 1.2: The Player Class
Published in Game Programming
By Chris Vossen - In this tutorial we will begin to flesh out our player class by adding in a camera and setting up character physics.
Math for Game Developers: Intro to Matrices
Published in Math and Physics
By Jorge "BSVino" Rodriguez - Explores various game development techniques that utilize a basic understanding of matrices
Breaking Out of Breakout
Published in Game Design
By Thomas Duindam - For the past couple of years, me and some friends have spend one day each week working on ‘Caromble!’ 'Caromble!', a breakout/ pinb...
Techniques for Finding Unlisted Game Internships
Published in Breaking Into the Industry
By Brice Morrison - There are hundreds of game companies out there, but only the largest of them have online job websites where they list open positions. Yet, there ar...
Indie tutorial: Organizing your work as a team
Published in Production and Management
By ANtY - Let's see, we already have a game prototype and a team of quality people. What do we do now? Well, you could always actually start working on y...
Getting into Games through Education: Choosing your University
Published in Breaking Into the Industry
By Liyaan Hasan (stitchs) - The follow-up to 'Where do I begin?'. This time we look into what you should do in order to pick the best University for you, and your subj...
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In 2012 I had the pleasure to work with Meta3D Studios in developing artwork for my mobile game "Hamster Puzzler," and I'd like to share some tips on getting the most out of working with an art studio.Here's the short version: An employed studio i...
And thus this create a game series ends...We fix the last few bugs (score was not properly reset on replay, music was stuck on saving the scores). Now the game is complete and can be enjoyed as it was meant to be! Oh joy, Smila (the graphician) ac...
Introductions!Hello everehbody! This is my first journal entry/tutorial here on GameDev, and I hope I do a good job at explaining the concepts I want to get across. This tutorial series is mainly aimed at beginners (given the blog's name) and I h...
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Gamasutra Classics: Behind the scenes of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
www.gamasutra.com -- [Gamasutra Classics is a weekly article that flashes back to content published years ago, because the most valuable lessons grow better with age. This week, we look back at the origin of the long-running Tom Clancy series, just days before the new...
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APB Reloaded admin lets hacking victim decide hacker’s fate
venturebeat.com -- An APB Reloaded player reports his account got hacked in an official forum post. The aftermath offers a surprising (yet strangely fitting) twist.
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Dungeon Defenders and DLC Quest highlight this week's Best of Indie Games
www.gamasutra.com -- This week on "Best Of Indie Games," we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The delights in this edition include a percussion-focused rhythm game for Windows and Mac platforms, a hig...
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Report: EA loses lead developer for top-secret AAA social game
www.gamasutra.com -- For the past several years, EA has reportedly been working on an important top-secret project: a big-budget social game that would allow the company's Playfish division to go toe-to-toe with Zynga. That project recently encountered a bit of a hicc...
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Facebook IPO disappoints as Zynga crashes
www.develop-online.net -- The hottest IPO of the year turns cold as shares close four dollars south of open
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Top iPad game apps: Bejeweled HD leads paid charts in debut week
www.gamasutra.com -- [In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Bejeweled HD, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II and Feed Me Oil currently ranking among the platform's top downloa...
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Origin offers 90 days of free distribution to successful Kickstarter games
venturebeat.com -- By taking advantage of EA's generosity, crowd-funded games will have a chance to reach Origin's growing audience of more than 12 million users worldwide.
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Gree, DeNA stocks still down due to mechanic ban
www.develop-online.net -- Despite company health, investors fretful over 'complete gacha' ban
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ZeniMax: The Elder Scrolls Online’s main story is “100 percent solo”
venturebeat.com -- You'll encounter players galore during your travels and adventures within The Elder Scrolls Online -- except when facing a cataclysmic avatar of death towering higher than Mount Everest. Then you're on your own, champ.
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GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
venturebeat.com -- If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
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How a mod put three-year-old Arma 2 on top of Steam's charts
www.gamasutra.com -- Woe betide the developer who creates a first-person shooter with potential grand scope for expansion on the theme -- or otherwise -- and ignores the modding community. That's the message that Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind 2009's Arma 2, i...
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38 Studios makes missed payment on loan
www.develop-online.net -- Rhode Island to crack down on tax breaks as 38 Studios clears $1.125 million dollar hurdle
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Zynga stocks fall as Facebook launches IPO
www.develop-online.net -- Record low of $7.10 as investors jump ship to get in on new IPO
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Zynga shares drop, trading halted shortly after Facebook IPO
venturebeat.com -- Zynga shares halted as Facebook opens for trading.
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Judge refuses to throw out NCAA conspiracy suit against EA
www.gamasutra.com -- A federal judge has refused Electronic Arts' request to dismiss a class action lawsuit brought against it by former NCAA student athletes, who allege the publisher conspired to uses their likenesses without compensation. EA will now have to defend...
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EA offers free Origin launch for Kickstarter games
www.develop-online.net -- inXile signs deal to publish Wasteland 2 on Electronic Arts' PC platform







