Real Programming

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Kids often have hectic schedules between school, sports, friends, gaming, and other activities. Instead of spending over an hour driving your child back and forth between classes on the busy Ontario roads, you can have your kid study coding easily from home. You only need a computer with a webcam and a stable Internet connection.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2020

To make sure you don’t miss all the following prediction posts, please do subscribe to Deconstructor of Fun’s powerful newsletter. You can find the previous predictions here. Some of the best ideas in the gaming industry were inspired by other games and sometimes even created within other games.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

Pham and Max delved deep into the world of indie game development, discussing everything from the inception of the game to its surprising success. Max Fink, originally from a modding background, joined the Battle Bit team a year after its formation, bringing his extensive experience in vehicle development to the team.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

If you are a fan of Warhammer, then, like me, you have waited for this new release for quite some time. I can’t even express how excited I am to play this game for countless hours. I even upgraded some hardware pieces, especially since my previous processor was a bit outmatched by the game’s requirements.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 22, 2022

This week, we interviewed Ben Kurtin about his experience developing and releasing a VR recreation of the hit rhythm game Friday Night Funkin'. I've made several games in the past couple of years, with projects ranging from a simple 2D platformer to the very VR rhythm game being showcased here; and that was all done while I was self-taught.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

‘Tis the season of being grateful and thankful…for holiday shopping guides. This is a holiday shopper’s guide to all things Board Games. It’s so big that we’ve split it up into different sections to make it easier for you to navigate. Nothing shows up twice and all items can be found on Amazon or Etsy.

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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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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 13, 2024

Figure out what you NEED to actually make the art. Last week, I wrote a blog post about how the video game industry seems to be entering a sad and painful period of contraction. What do we teach to aspiring game makers? There will still be hits and still be growth. You gotta be GOOD.

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Radiator Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

Part 1 is an industry history of Quake's cursed development at id Software, Part 2 is a primer to 25 years of Quake community modding, and lastly Part 3 is a how-to guide for getting into Quake and enjoying its mods. Revise my earlier writing about mod communities. How do you read and understand each mod?

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

Some random notes and thoughts from Quake modding land, in this cold wintery June of 2022: Community Hubs Official Mods The Future of My Quake Maps COMMUNITY HUBS Since February 2022, I've been acting as volunteer database maintainer / editor for the main Quake single player community archive site Quaddicted. But keep a lookout for it.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 20, 2020

Riot’s Team Fight Tactics (TFT) was launched quickly to catch the emerging auto-chess genre that was gaining popularity as a mod on Twitch. Riot for sure succeeded in shipping fast, but they clearly didn’t pay much attention on the business case for the game. The game has grossed only around $4M in net revenue since launch.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 12, 2023

Maybe it’s the proximity of the summer coming to Helsinki, but as of lately Supercell is on a streak of releasing betas for their upcoming games. On May 29th, during the Squad Busters beta’s final hours (we’re working on a deconstruction of that one), Supercell started another for a new game called Floodrush.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 18, 2023

However, in the long run that may not be that relevant. I’m sure many in the industry would be shocked if we were to look at the proportions of time spent and revenue generated by single-player and upfront sales versus Online and its related IAPs. A few weeks ago, Rockstar captivated the internet with the trailer of GTA VI.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. The power of PC/console brands can not be underestimated on mobile. These games have a huge leg up in terms of organic downloads. The game’s RPI curve has flattened only a little over a month post-launch.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC. Clash Mini is one of the three Clash games Supercell announced in April of 2021. Want to hear us debate Clash Mini?

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Radiator Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

If you care about that, then you should play it first. NOTE: there are reports that my map crashes FTE Quake, so make sure you use Quakespasm or vkQuake to play. Tell Me It's Raining" is my fifth released Quake single player map, part of the Alkaline Jam where we all made sci-themed "base" maps with a mod kit called Alkaline.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here. The introduction of religion in Civ 4 or city states in Civ 5 would be examples of thematic changes.) 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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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Over the last four articles of Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game , I’ve talked about a lot of things that are more complicated than you’d think. I’ve written about the five levels of communication game developers must master. Need help on your board game?

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Zugzwang by Robert Yang This post details my process and intent for making my new release Zugzwang (pronounced in German like /ts'OOK-ts'VAHng/ ) a tactical sex dungeon roguelike cum ritual game. SPOILER ALERT: This post spoils what happens in the game. So this game too is set in a dungeon -- a divine sex maze dungeon.

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