What to read at your leisure: the gaming industry news digest for October
Autumn in the gaming industry - release time. It's time to look back and find out what the English-language gaming media wrote about in October.
Development
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Procedural generation of levels in a puzzle game of the genre.
“Shoot at something” - the author of the article will tell you how to make the bullet, grenade or character reach the moving target.
Create a game using Blend4Web. Part 6: Animation and FX.
Good luck in games: why RNG is not an option.
Dijkstra's algorithm is the shortest path.
How to create a counter for lives, times or points in HTML5 using WiMi5.
Rami Ismail believes that self-confidence is the key to success in game development.
HTML5 standard defined .
Game development is a good meditative practice.
Weapon crafting system in Mercenary Kings.
Mobile direction
Standard gameplay metrics and IAP in mobile games.
Everplay conducted a study and found that donators in mobile games are mostly men 35–45 years old.
Michael Martinez from JuiceBox Games spoke about the possibilities of mid-core games in the mobile market.
“Soon the mobile market will become dominant. And so what? ”- wondered Rob Fahey.
Graphics
An inside look: creating an art for Archmage Rises.
Costume Design in Bayonetta by Yong-Hee Cho.
A little about the design of mobile games.
It is interesting
Jerry Orbach explained the difference between Doom levels that John Romero and Sandy Peterson did.
The creators of Amnesia talked about how to design a horror game.
Kara Allison asked the developers not to treat the players as idiots.
Anita Sargsyan wrote an article about the future of video games for The New York Times . Threats against her have long ceased to be ridiculous: the unknown promised to undermine the university audience , where the feminist was supposed to speak.
Meet a man who is trying to perpetuate video games.
The site The Escapist posted a video in which Jim Sterling said: "The game Bayonetta have something to love and for what not to like."
Jamaal Ryan tried to figure out why games like Hatred have a right to exist.
Why do we still play classic games?
The evolution of death in video games.
Interview with Chris Remo , founder of Idle Thumbs.
Interbrand has published the top-100 of the largest brands in 2014. See who hit the mark.
Microsoft released Project Spark, a game creation tool.
Specialist from the company Superdata explained why research in the field of the gaming industry - it's cool!
How to organize your own game jam?
We understand licenses along with Sonny Bon, or "Can I use this asset in my game?".
The main marketing trends in social media, which should be followed in 2015.
“The review of games in the press is no longer important,” says Steve Peterson.
Robert Brill spoke about the ION platform and how brands can popularize a product with the help of opinion leaders.
What makes old games so attractive? Let's try to figure it out together with gamedev.net users.
Who won the battle of consoles?
ESA: "There is no place for threats and violence in the gaming community ."
Little Anita Sargsyan? Meet - Brianna Wu.
“You have to put up with uncertainty ,” says Jonathan Maureen from Ubisoft.
Amazon Game Studios has announced that it will release 3 games this year. The head of the studio explains the company's philosophy and projects.
“300 employees on different continents” : in the article Cyril Klyushkin from Alconost shares the experience of a large team outside the office.
How much is the music for the game?
On death, cheap resurrections and how to cope with grief.
news
The online streaming service Twitch has banned users from appearing online in inappropriate form.
Mozilla and Humble Bundle transfer indie games to the browser.
Sony plans to establish its own eSports league.
Felicia Day, the favorite of geeks, has published a detailed opinion about GamerGate. After that, her mail was hacked.
Grab the popcorn before reading: The developer of the Paranautical Activity - the game that came out on Steam in the early days - sent Gabe Neweel on Twitter for the threat. Paranautical Activity has been removed from Steam. As a result, the developer sold the rights to the code and left the company.
Atari Casino offers users to play for real money.
Apple does not consider the decline in iPad sales a big problem.
Fox postponed the hitman movie release on August 2015.
DICE Awards will award igrodelov in two more categories.
Kickstarter stopped bringing money to developers.
The company Bethesda canceled the development of Prey 2 .
At Game Connect Asia Pacific, they discussed the need to form the gaming industry as a safe and welcoming place for women.
Game news
Halo: Spartan Strike will be released on December 14th.
Meet the voice actors of Assassin's Creed Unity.
In the Shadow of Mordor appeared photo-mod. It's time for selfies with orcs!
One fan found an opportunity to improve graphics settings in Alien: Isolation .
Minecraft: Pocket Edition will be released for Windows Phone.
Constantin Film will release the series on the game Resident Evil.
Styx: Master of Shadows Review .
DLC to Shadow of Mordor will include new missions and new monsters.
The release of Dying Light for consoles of the previous generation was canceled .
The next part of Battlefield will be released in 2016.
Bossa Studios are developing a bread simulator. In case you still have few simulators.
Console and Mobile News
Vine appeared on the Xbox One. The service is already available in 34 countries.
Google introduced the Nexus Player.
Apple showed the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3, as well as a new display for the iMac.
The price of Xbox One Assassin's Creed Bundle has become known .
In a week , 233,483 Nintendo 3DS devices were sold in Japan .
“The window in the industry for Nintendo is already closing,” said Rob Fahey.
Twitter interesting
Company news
According to rumors, the company Razer is estimated at about $ 1 billion.
Barry Kotle left Zynga.
Satoru Iwata returned to work at Nintendo after surgery .
Jade Raymond, the producer of the first Assassin's Creed game , left Ubisoft.
Podcasts
VideoGamer UK Podcast: # 81 , # 82 , # 83 .
Giant Bombcast: about Sunset Overdrive, Xbox pricing and more.
Giant Bombcast: about Bayonetta 2, Sunset Overdrive, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Killer Instinct Season 2 and a friend.
Giant Bombcast: about Destiny, The Evil Within, 3DS, AC: Unity and a friend.
Planet Money tried to figure out: when did women stop coding?
Talking Devs # 3: Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor.
TalkingDevs # 2: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
Crowdfunding
Gabe Durham promises to release a second series of books on the development of classic video games. The project has already collected 45,000 dollars, although the goal was only 5,000.
Niklas Schwanberg is raising money for a new horror shooter.
Almost collected the required amount of the game Aerannis - action adventure with elements of stealth.
HD Retrovision LLC created a cable with which you can play old school games.
Development
')
Procedural generation of levels in a puzzle game of the genre.
“Shoot at something” - the author of the article will tell you how to make the bullet, grenade or character reach the moving target.
Create a game using Blend4Web. Part 6: Animation and FX.
Good luck in games: why RNG is not an option.
Dijkstra's algorithm is the shortest path.
How to create a counter for lives, times or points in HTML5 using WiMi5.
Rami Ismail believes that self-confidence is the key to success in game development.
HTML5 standard defined .
Game development is a good meditative practice.
Weapon crafting system in Mercenary Kings.
Mobile direction
Standard gameplay metrics and IAP in mobile games.
Everplay conducted a study and found that donators in mobile games are mostly men 35–45 years old.
Michael Martinez from JuiceBox Games spoke about the possibilities of mid-core games in the mobile market.
“Soon the mobile market will become dominant. And so what? ”- wondered Rob Fahey.
Graphics
An inside look: creating an art for Archmage Rises.
Costume Design in Bayonetta by Yong-Hee Cho.
A little about the design of mobile games.
It is interesting
Jerry Orbach explained the difference between Doom levels that John Romero and Sandy Peterson did.
The creators of Amnesia talked about how to design a horror game.
Kara Allison asked the developers not to treat the players as idiots.
Anita Sargsyan wrote an article about the future of video games for The New York Times . Threats against her have long ceased to be ridiculous: the unknown promised to undermine the university audience , where the feminist was supposed to speak.
Meet a man who is trying to perpetuate video games.
The site The Escapist posted a video in which Jim Sterling said: "The game Bayonetta have something to love and for what not to like."
Jamaal Ryan tried to figure out why games like Hatred have a right to exist.
Why do we still play classic games?
The evolution of death in video games.
Interview with Chris Remo , founder of Idle Thumbs.
Interbrand has published the top-100 of the largest brands in 2014. See who hit the mark.
Microsoft released Project Spark, a game creation tool.
Specialist from the company Superdata explained why research in the field of the gaming industry - it's cool!
How to organize your own game jam?
We understand licenses along with Sonny Bon, or "Can I use this asset in my game?".
The main marketing trends in social media, which should be followed in 2015.
“The review of games in the press is no longer important,” says Steve Peterson.
Robert Brill spoke about the ION platform and how brands can popularize a product with the help of opinion leaders.
What makes old games so attractive? Let's try to figure it out together with gamedev.net users.
Who won the battle of consoles?
ESA: "There is no place for threats and violence in the gaming community ."
Little Anita Sargsyan? Meet - Brianna Wu.
“You have to put up with uncertainty ,” says Jonathan Maureen from Ubisoft.
Amazon Game Studios has announced that it will release 3 games this year. The head of the studio explains the company's philosophy and projects.
“300 employees on different continents” : in the article Cyril Klyushkin from Alconost shares the experience of a large team outside the office.
How much is the music for the game?
On death, cheap resurrections and how to cope with grief.
news
The online streaming service Twitch has banned users from appearing online in inappropriate form.
Mozilla and Humble Bundle transfer indie games to the browser.
Sony plans to establish its own eSports league.
Felicia Day, the favorite of geeks, has published a detailed opinion about GamerGate. After that, her mail was hacked.
Grab the popcorn before reading: The developer of the Paranautical Activity - the game that came out on Steam in the early days - sent Gabe Neweel on Twitter for the threat. Paranautical Activity has been removed from Steam. As a result, the developer sold the rights to the code and left the company.
Atari Casino offers users to play for real money.
Apple does not consider the decline in iPad sales a big problem.
Fox postponed the hitman movie release on August 2015.
DICE Awards will award igrodelov in two more categories.
Kickstarter stopped bringing money to developers.
The company Bethesda canceled the development of Prey 2 .
At Game Connect Asia Pacific, they discussed the need to form the gaming industry as a safe and welcoming place for women.
Game news
Halo: Spartan Strike will be released on December 14th.
Meet the voice actors of Assassin's Creed Unity.
In the Shadow of Mordor appeared photo-mod. It's time for selfies with orcs!
One fan found an opportunity to improve graphics settings in Alien: Isolation .
Minecraft: Pocket Edition will be released for Windows Phone.
Constantin Film will release the series on the game Resident Evil.
Styx: Master of Shadows Review .
DLC to Shadow of Mordor will include new missions and new monsters.
The release of Dying Light for consoles of the previous generation was canceled .
The next part of Battlefield will be released in 2016.
Bossa Studios are developing a bread simulator. In case you still have few simulators.
Console and Mobile News
Vine appeared on the Xbox One. The service is already available in 34 countries.
Google introduced the Nexus Player.
Apple showed the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3, as well as a new display for the iMac.
The price of Xbox One Assassin's Creed Bundle has become known .
In a week , 233,483 Nintendo 3DS devices were sold in Japan .
“The window in the industry for Nintendo is already closing,” said Rob Fahey.
Twitter interesting
Company news
According to rumors, the company Razer is estimated at about $ 1 billion.
Barry Kotle left Zynga.
Satoru Iwata returned to work at Nintendo after surgery .
Jade Raymond, the producer of the first Assassin's Creed game , left Ubisoft.
Podcasts
VideoGamer UK Podcast: # 81 , # 82 , # 83 .
Giant Bombcast: about Sunset Overdrive, Xbox pricing and more.
Giant Bombcast: about Bayonetta 2, Sunset Overdrive, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Killer Instinct Season 2 and a friend.
Giant Bombcast: about Destiny, The Evil Within, 3DS, AC: Unity and a friend.
Planet Money tried to figure out: when did women stop coding?
Talking Devs # 3: Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor.
TalkingDevs # 2: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
Crowdfunding
Gabe Durham promises to release a second series of books on the development of classic video games. The project has already collected 45,000 dollars, although the goal was only 5,000.
Niklas Schwanberg is raising money for a new horror shooter.
Almost collected the required amount of the game Aerannis - action adventure with elements of stealth.
HD Retrovision LLC created a cable with which you can play old school games.
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