Category: gamedev

31 Aug

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Solo dev: Bizdev edition

by perfectMinute

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I’ve been working on getting the non-gameplay aspects of Beat Farmer figured out of late, and that has meant getting some of the basics figured out...

20 Jul

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New Project!

by perfectMinute

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I started working on a new game this past week. So far it’s a lot of fun. I had almost forgotten that feeling that comes...

15 Apr

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On Horizon Zero Dawn, Cultural Appropriation, and Game Design

by mgmb

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First, read this, because the writer’s perspective is better-informed than mine and elaborates the issues here in a way I’m neither capable of nor interested...

05 Jul

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Roleplaying – Islands of Content

by mgmb

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This is the second in my series of posts on roleplaying. Last time I talked Emotional Experiments, which I’ve tried from both sides of the...

13 Apr

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Games and limits

by mgmb

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I was talking to LGW about GTA the other day. That game pushes boundaries, obviously, but the play discussed here takes that to its extreme,...

13 Feb

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On being a web tycoon

by mgmb

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I have what you might call a substantial number of domains to my name Most of these are tied to one or more projects, but...

16 Jan

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Forecast and Stretch Goal

by mgmb

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My workplace spends a fair bit of time on setting goals. I’m pretty new to the environment, and the goals thing in particular is still a...