Yobob Games
AUGUST 12, 2022
No one Talks about the Stamina Bar in Farming Games. What the Stamina Bar Does. The Stamina bar is often a secondary thing in gamers minds. It’s like, Oh, so my energy goes down if I use this. And they continue on with the game. So if you’re mining, you just have that stamina bar in the back of your mind as you carefully whack away the stones and your stamina drops down little by little.
Raph Koster
AUGUST 12, 2022
T his paper on “Mastering uncertainty: A predictive processing account of enjoying uncertain success in video game play” is very worth a read if you are interested in the frontiers of figuring out what “fun” is. Luckily for me, it doesn’t say I’ve been on the wrong track for decades. It does raise interesting questions given its framework — I’d love to see slot machines explained — though there is some stuff on affect that likely ties in.
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Radiator Blog
AUGUST 12, 2022
I made a new single player Quake 1 map called "Breakfast Under The Balloons" for the community map pack Coppertone Summer Jam 2 , where mappers were encouraged to make sunny summer-y themed maps using the popular community rebalancing mod Copper. I like making sunny maps anyway, and the first CTSJ back in 2020 was when I made my first Quake map, so the event has a special place in my heart.
AWS Games
AUGUST 12, 2022
Game developers look for ways to improve online multiplayer experience while balancing availability and cost effectiveness. Containers and Kubernetes help modernize game server hosting running on virtual or bare metal machines to improve compute allocation density, optimize data-transfer cost and maintain high performance. Our containerization approach includes the game-server lifecycle, such as packaging game binaries and assets, as well as running and disposing of the game server.
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