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Designer Notes #65: Robin Hunicke – Part 2

Designer Notes

In this episode, Soren interviews veteran game developer Robin Hunicke, co-founder of Funomena and best known for her work on MySims , Boom Blox , and Journey. They discuss why developers overperform their authority in large companies, how they almost accidentally made Journey a competitive game, and why they decided to let thatgamecompany run out of money to ship the game.

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Opening GitHub Discussions for enhancement ideas and suggestions

Mircosoft Game Dev

For almost three years we've been using the Godot Improvement Proposals (GIP) repository to help track feature suggestions and enhancement ideas for the engine from its users. Over time, the project has accumulated over two thousand open proposal issues. Navigating this sea of ideas is a very hard task for both Godot users and engine maintainers. If you're unfamiliar with it, the proposal process consists of three steps.

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Retro Game Friday: P.N.03

Game Industry News

Hey all I’m back with a game that was rather less than memorable from the creators of Devil May Cry for this week’s Retro Game Friday. It’s P.N.03! Plot: Frankly it’s not the greatest, and even looking back I couldn’t remember much of it beyond fighting robots. That said it’s definitely a different sort of game than DMC.

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new Quake map: "Heart Like A Bird's Nest"

Radiator Blog

Heart Like A Bird's Nest is my new Quake map made for the weekend level design jam "Quake Speedmap Snack Pack 2 " organized by Fairweather a few weeks ago. This jam placed specific constraints on submissions, asking designers to map for a "slot" with a specific texture theme and weapon progression. I chose slot 1 which represents the start of a campaign with a "cr8 base" theme (grungy brick / concrete / metal industrial sci-fi) and shotgun / nailgun (+ optional super shotgun / grenade launcher s

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The Frail Gamernerd's Guide to the Super Bowl

The Bottom Feeder

The pomp and glory and cruft hanging off the game have grown so much bigger than the game itself. You bring the bread, we’ll bring the circus. Last Sunday was Super Bowl MVXCLIIXXXL, my nation's second-biggest secular holiday. As we always do, we invited all our nerd friends over for a party. We had a lot of fun, and I got all reflective about what the Super Bowl means to me.

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4.3 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

In parallel to our work on Godot 3.5 ( with a first beta ) and 4.0 ( now at alpha 2! ), we backport important fixes to the stable 3.4 branch for use in production. A number of such fixes have been queued since the 3.4.2 release , so we're getting ready to release Godot 3.4.3, and this second Release Candidate is your chance to help us validate it. Jump to the Downloads section.

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The evolution of special effects in cinema

Filmustage

We are used to talking about directors, cinematographers and actors because they are the most visible in the filmmaking process. However, filmmaking is a complex process in which a huge number of people are involved. What about those who work on costumes and sets? And the stunts? All these are talented people who know their craft, and today we would like to focus on something without which contemporary cinema would be inconceivable: effects.

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Fast Iteration on Epic Scenes with Boy Sichterman

Game Dev Unchained

Boy Sichterman is a Concept Designer from Frankfurt, Germany. HIs expertise centers around fast 3D concept design and he utilizes all types of shortcuts to achieve ‘that look’ as quickly as possible. This is obviously a advantageous skill to have to realize a vision quickly to a finished state, which helps finding out what works and what doesn’t.

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2022 Predictions #4 Casino Games Brace for Impact

Deconstructor of Fun

This prediction is written by Michail Katkoff and in co-operation with the powerful analysts at Sensor Tower. Access all previous predictions here. And don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter! This report wouldn’t be possible without the help from our friends at Sensor Tower. An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. Data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only.

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Movie Monday: The Karate Kid

Game Industry News

Hey all I’m back with another classic for this week’s Movie Monday. It’s The Karate Kid! Plot: The plot is pretty solid, and while it’s very much the standard 80’s action flick stuff, it also is a coming of age story. Frankly I won’t go into the story much, if you haven’t seen this you really need to watch it.

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3 things I learned while embedding a scripting system

Harold Serrano

In this video, I share some harsh realities that you have to consider before implementing a scripting system into your game engine. Thanks.

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Autonomous AI Outraces Gran Turismo World Champs

Nvidia

Gran Turismo (GT) Sport competitors are facing a new, AI-supercharged contender thanks to the latest collaborative effort from Sony AI, Sony Interactive. Gran Turismo (GT) Sport competitors are facing a new, AI-supercharged contender thanks to the latest collaborative effort from Sony AI, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), and Polyphony Digital Inc., the developers behind GT Sport.

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All In: Disco Sets the Stakes

Game Industry News

HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. With “ All In ,” Discovery opens up the second half of its fourth season with a strangely funny installment that uses the evidence of connection between Book and Burnham to highlight how the DMA issue has divided them. The episode is as good for laughs as it is for the incredibly painful emotional set piece that forms the story’s core.