Random Encounters in Imaginary Realms

GameMaker by Yoyo

2008-06-06T03:29:22Z

This is a pretty neat tool for prototyping or even making a fast, 2D game. It's called GameMaker and it's an amazing tool that can help with rapid prototyping. Check it out!

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Interview with Omega Five's Composer

2008-05-08T04:05:53Z

Clicky, on Siliconera. Omega Five is an amazing feat. The graphics and sound are absolutely amazing, but they fit below XBLA's original 50 meg limit. Crazy huh? I've been wondering what kind of direction to give the audio guy. With art, I'm fami...

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Oh Guilty Gear, you teach me much

2008-05-07T07:44:01Z

Namely, the power of really simple techniques in sprite art. I've been trying my hand at doing sprites and going over board on selective outlining, manual anti-aliasing and just making a muddy mess. Guilty Gear does very little of this. It's a for...

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Balancing work styles

2008-05-01T07:49:42Z

Well, my indie project has me working with 2 very talented and different people. One fellow told me he's not very good at giving time estimates. The other needs hard, fast deadlines to get anything done. I haven't really thought of myself as much ...

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Fix XBLA!!!

2008-03-25T22:09:24Z

Oh Xbox Live Arcade. You had so much promise which is now...I wouldn't say totally gone, but unless something drastic happens, all I can say is it *had* so much promise. I am an Xbox360 owner. I have purchased about 10 games on XBLA. I've tried ab...

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The power of the prototype

2008-03-24T16:26:46Z

I owe huge thanks to a friend of mine for helping me prototype my game. I thought I planned absolutely everything out. There are so many fine details my initial Game Design Document left out. Like movement speeds in pixels per second. My friend an...

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Unsung Hero of Game Design at Nintendo

2008-02-05T19:30:14Z

Interview with Super Mario Galaxy's director, Yoshiaki Koizumi. It seems as though in Japan, the director of a game is like the director of the movie. Highly responsible for all aspects of where the development goes. Where he or she points, the r...

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Whirlind Tour of What's Been Happening

2007-12-02T19:34:38Z

I wanted to be better about posting here, but I haven't. For this I apologize. The Job Hunt Stats: Applications Sent = 23 Attempts at Using Network to get somewhere = 6 Interviews Held = 1 Phone Interview, 2 in-Person(outside industry position.) ...

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I love this interview

2007-05-18T22:13:38Z

Yes, I know I have been blabbing quite a bit about Earth Defense Force. To me, it is a very important game; it shows that there's still people with sense out there in the industry. Takehiro Homma is some kind of ray of sunshine and he reassures me...

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Do it Yourself Gaming

2007-05-11T21:39:30Z

Got something you want to make? Surely you do! Everyone sure does at one point in time. I certainly do right now and last night, the 2 engineers I'm working with and I got a bunch of tools up and running. They already have their IDE of choice up,...

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