Rampant Games

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Not that all (or even most) of my gaming is in VR. I’m still retro-gaming regularly and I am really looking forward to the PC release of Persona 5 next month. While a lot of approaches and conventions have solidified for certain genres of games, there’s still nothing set in stone, especially as the tech keeps improving.

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Game Errors

MARCH 13, 2023

Steam is the most popular game client software for Windows 11/10. Millions of players install and launch Windows games with the Steam client software. However, sometimes Steam games won’t launch on Windows 11/10. When games don’t start, nothing happens when users click to launch them within Steam.

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Game Daily

MARCH 5, 2023

For those of us who care about gaming , an enduring difficulty presents itself. A giant, heaving blob of jargon and corporate-speak has arisen around gaming’s future that confuses more than it enlightens. Metaverse is often used as a synonym for gaming’s future, which is understandable. How do we frame the future?

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

AMD FSR, or in its long form, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, is a technology that is meant to improve the overall quality and boost the performance of games. I tested it in some games, and it worked. Disclaimer: Not every game has FSR, and some Nvidia GPUs (30-series and above) will work better with DLSS in most cases.

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Moonmana

APRIL 24, 2023

Discover the phenomenon of web3 IPs that, unlike traditional gaming platforms, allow players to engage with gaming in ingenious ways. What is Web3 gaming? The world of gaming is wonderful indeed. We’re talking about web 3 gaming. So what is web3 gaming , and what drives the popularity of these blockchain games?

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The Liquid Fire

JUNE 22, 2023

Overview State Machines have been one of my favorite patterns to control the flow of my game overall, but rarely will you ever think a pattern is perfect. Consider the following snippet and consider how it would look using StateMachine in comparison: // In the old pattern, this "parent" flow could have been a nested state machine.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 7, 2024

Spine is a 2D skeletal animation tool for game development and other animation projects. Abhishek had to reinvent the pose to what can be called ‘resting but still ready for action’ (if you hire game designers from us, this is how you will find them during lunch hour.) Our game app developers could hardly wait to adopt him!

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If you like weird, retro indie games or RPGs, it’s worth a look.) Video games function best as power fantasies. This is a statement that can generate controversy, though fifty years of video game history show that it is true. We've seen debates about whether video games can be art. Video games that sell?

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Stuttering in games is something players often discuss on support forums. When screen stuttering occurs, it generates delays for players’ input actions that make games feel slow, unresponsive, and laggy. Regular and severe stuttering can result in notable FPS drops in games and seriously impact gameplay.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Over the past year and a half I’ve been diving hard into a huge number of different RPGs: Nearly all the 1-player Final Fantasies, Dragon Quest, Trails in the Sky, the Tales games, Scarlet Nexus, a really cool Japanese GBA game called Magical Vacation, and a lot more. The working title of the game is Free Tiya Bannet!

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The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 30, 2023

The chatty girl who destroys the world at the top of the game is called Link. I think one of the big problems with game criticism now is that it's so rushed. Another big problem with game criticism is that, "Who cares? When a hawt new game comes out, there is a 2-3 week window where everyone rushes to get out their Hot Takes.

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Real Programming

JULY 12, 2022

Video games have changed a lot over the years. The days of parents worrying about their kids pumping too many quarters into arcade games at the mall are long over. The games kids play today are a high-art form all their own with incredible graphic design, script writing, problem-solving play, and more. Games Are Fun.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In this tutorial you’ll create a zombie horde shooter game with Unreal Engine 5 using blueprints. The game is simple but is packed with tons of behind the scenes features that will allow you to understand the “why” behind the “how” a game is created in Unreal Engine 5. Creating The Project.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In this article, game designer Sande Chen reports on research findings regarding remote learning during the pandemic. As the parent of little ones and an expert in educational games, I welcomed the opportunity to hear the latest research from Patricia K. As early as 2003, Kuhl and her graduate students showed that 9 to 10.5

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Designer Notes

APRIL 2, 2023

I gave an Old World postmortem at GDC 2022, which is available on YouTube: However, I fully scripted the talk ahead of time, so I decided it would be worth taking the time to post the slides online, in three parts to have mercy on your browser. However interesting this was, it’s not a game I could make.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

As if developing a game by yourself wasn’t daunting enough, Pat Naoum decided to completely handpaint his debut game The Master’s Pupil. But the end is here, the game is out now on steam. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.”

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is a holiday shopper’s guide to all things Board Games. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Hobby Board Games. Tasty Humans is a 30-60 minute, tile-laying, pattern-building game for 1-4 players. Description from Board Game Geek.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 17, 2022

“Roguelike” was definitely a buzzword among game developers last year in China, and the shockwaves made by the boom can still be felt today – for example, still in May 2022, we spotted three new games that claimed to be “roguelike” entering the Chinese iOS top-grossing top 200 list. source: Wikipedia).

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Grumpy Gamer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

1) You have options on how to act and what to do after you acted, (2) these choices impact the game and future choices, both in the near future and far future; and (3) when playing for the first time I didn't feel like I had a choice, there was only thing my character would have done. Say I need to get inside the castle.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 2, 2021

The following is an excerpt from the Designer Notes for Old World. The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here. One challenge that has haunted all Civilization games since the beginning is Infinite City Sleaze (ICS).

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As if developing a game by yourself wasn’t daunting enough, Pat Naoum decided to completely handpaint his debut game The Master’s Pupil. But the end is near, the game will release on steam sometime in the foreseeable future. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Grand Theft Auto is a video gaming franchise that has gathered an army of dedicated fans through the years. It is one of the most popular games out there, but many people believe that scripting makes it better. However, as happens with every complex game that requires a lot of resources users have encountered issues.

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Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

Recently a player asked me a question regarding my game balance philosophy, and while I can often respond to queries by pointing to some previous article, despite all my writing and no doubt occasionally touching on related topics, I had yet to explicitly do any sort of summary of the philosophy behind my gamedev work. Difficulty.

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The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 1, 2022

If the end of your game is wordless and full of weird imagery, please take it slow! I have finished a lot of games lately, and I’ve experienced a lot of badly done endings. Game writers have picked up some really bad habits. Ending an RPG was easy in the old days. Most people don't finish games these days.

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Game Errors

JUNE 16, 2023

So, it’s something of an annoyance when you can’t play that game because of WoW error code BLZ51901016. One player reported that error on Reddit as follows: So, the Battle.net app loads fine usually, and then I click launch game. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 and click Properties inside the Networking tab.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Lesson 1: Breaking Down Snake Summary In this lesson, we break down the classic Snake game to understand what makes it tick. Learn the key elements that define the game and get ready to create a unique version of it yourself. It’s a pretty old game. How do you break this game down and what makes it snake?

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Game Errors

JUNE 12, 2023

And when PS4 error CE-30005-8 jumps on the screen, there’s no way you can continue installing that game. This is the kiss of death for that particular game. It often pops up on the screen when you’re trying to install a new game from a disc. The disc you’re using to install the game is not clean and has lint on it.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

First of all, many users found the old master and puppet keywords in 3.x Additionally, the old master keyword had very little usage, since remote could be used in its place with little to no effort. In this sense, the @rpc annotation alone behaves like the old puppet keyword. Simplified RPC configuration. x were confusing.

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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you really wanna go nuts, try to define what a “game” is. I mean, Hidden Object Games barely even count as an activity. And yet, we know they are games, because they have “game” in the name. things about making and writing about games for 30 years is the patterns you get to see.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 31, 2021

The following is an excerpt from the Designer Notes for Old World. The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here. The first Civilization game was like a game design thunderbolt, sent from the heavens and marking everything it touched.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 23, 2018

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Much like my old staple How to Get Big on Twitter as a Board Game Dev , I’ll be covering everything you need to know to get started on Facebook as a board game developer. Getting Started.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The following is an excerpt from the Designer Notes for Old World. The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here. The change was intended not to make the role of combat different in the game but to make it more interesting.

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Designer Notes

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The following is an excerpt from the Designer Notes for Old World. The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here. Without them, a 4X game suddenly becomes an aimless simulation where the players set their own goals.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

With increased competition from IDFA regulation changes and new games consistently entering the market, two of the biggest challenges facing publishers and mobile game studios are acquiring new players (UA) and keeping those players in your game (player retention). Why implement minigames?

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Christmas 2022 was made very special for some as Moon Active announced the acquisition of the casual puzzle game Zen Match for as much as $150M. It is hard to say if this acquisition of a single game hints at a future deal where Moon Active acquires the game’s developer, similar to Zynga's acquisition of Peak.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 17, 2022

The current massive deceleration of the Web3 space is a good moment to re-evaluate and re-think the fundamentals of Web3 gaming. The goal for all parties involved was still to achieve a massive return on investment, often relegating the delivery of the actual game that served players to a secondary objective.

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