Game Design Advice

JANUARY 29, 2021

It seems undeniable at this point that we’re living in demented times. Our political order is slowly dissolving around us. Huge portions of the populace involuntarily lead monastic lives and even then thousands of people are dying a day. GameStop is somehow a thing that people care about. What is happening? Why is it that on every side it feels like things are slipping away, and yet at the same time it feels like we’re caught in an interminable stasis?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

After 4 months of development it's time to aim for the 3.2.4 stable release to bring the numerous new features and even more important bug fixes to all Godot users. So here's a first Release Candidate to get broader testing of everything that has been iterated upon in the past 6 beta builds. You can try it live with the online version of the Godot editor updated for this release.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 26, 2021

Nsight Graphics 2021.1 is available to download. [link] We now provide you with the ability to set any key to be the capture shortcut. Nsight Graphics 2021.1 is available to download. We now provide you with the ability to set any key to be the capture shortcut. This new keybinding is supported for all activities, including GPU Trace. F11 is the default binding for both capture and trace, but if you prefer the old behavior, the original capture keybinding is still supported (when the ‘Frame Capt

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 25, 2021

This analysis is written by Mladen Dulanovic , Game Lead from Nordeus, and Om Tandon , UX Director at UX Reviewer. Access all of our previous predictions. Signup for the newsletter. Apply for our Slack group. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 25, 2021

I have had a script in hand I wanted to deal with. Hiring an Assistant Director wasn't my case. To break down a script, I usually use Final Draft Tagger: it has helped me before, significantly saving my time. With Tagger, I can tag all the items in the Final Draft file and then export a.sex file. After that, it can be imported into Movie Magic Scheduling.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 25, 2021

It’s no secret that if you want to make a great board game, you’re going to have to test it a bunch. Games are complex systems. You make one tweak, and twenty things change. That’s why it’s important to learn how to identify and fix problems with your board game. I’ve written before about the usefulness of documenting your playtesting.

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