Basically, a mobile-camera phone game where you use the phone's camera (powered by an Nvidia GPU, of all things), to see the real world in the eyes of some dude on helicopters. Your mission is to kill the zombies in the real world as told by the phone (makes more sense in the video).
Basically, a mobile-camera phone game where you use the phone's camera (powered by an Nvidia GPU, of all things), to see the real world in the eyes of some dude on helicopters. Your mission is to kill the zombies in the real world as told by the phone (makes more sense in the video).
Also, it turns out that candies kill zombies
This reminds me of Charles Stross's book Halting State. His near-future fiction is coming to life!
Submitted by Ryan Sumo on Fri, 2009/07/10 - 21:41.
On water/swimming. I remember having my character swim for hours in oblivion to increase his athleticism. I left a paperweight on the "up" button while dozing off and letting him do all the work!
Submitted by Ryan Sumo on Sun, 2009/07/19 - 08:52.
Thought this might be interesting for the programmers.
Justin and Jason talk with Christopher Park, founder of Arcen Games and developer of a space-based RTS game called AI War: Fleet Command, about how he was able to release a sophisticated computer game in under seven months and create a formidable artificial intelligence in only a matter of weeks. The discussion also covers the marketing of an independent game, cooperative game play, multi-threading, optimizing .NET, LINQ, GPUs, SlimDX and the future of artificial intelligence.
Submitted by Ryan Sumo on Mon, 2009/07/27 - 22:33.
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Originally posted by MrValdez Wizard talks about making a Magic the Gathering video game. Programmers might be interested in how they implemented the card mechanics:
Submitted by Sony Valdez on Mon, 2009/07/27 - 23:14.
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Originally posted by RyanSumo Haha i read the first sentence and thought a "real" wizard was making a game.
They are real Wizards! Living in the Coast. Making Magic.... distributed to other duelers. Also, if you look at the back of a card, it was designed to look like a tome. So when you draw from your deck, you pull from your book of spells.
Submitted by Sony Valdez on Mon, 2009/07/27 - 23:18.
The art of King Of Fighter XII.
They talk how they made the art (pixel artists rejoice). In addition, you can view the individual animation on each character frame-by-frame and at 100%, 200% or 400% (!) scale.
Submitted by Ryan Sumo on Tue, 2009/07/28 - 20:19.
If any of you are fans of Fallout 3 or Oblivion, you might want to take a trip down memory lane and try out these classic games from bethesda, FOR FREE! Clickety click and download Daggerfall an/or Arena, the 2nd and 1st ame of the Elder Scrolls series (of which Oblivion was the 4th) :
Submitted by Sony Valdez on Tue, 2009/07/28 - 22:01.
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Originally posted by RyanSumo If any of you are fans of Fallout 3 or Oblivion, you might want to take a trip down memory lane and try out these classic games from bethesda, FOR FREE! Clickety click and download Daggerfall an/or Arena, the 2nd and 1st ame of the Elder Scrolls series (of which Oblivion was the 4th) :
Submitted by Ryan Sumo on Thu, 2009/07/30 - 03:02.
That is a really cute Prime.
On the free games trend, Mechwarrior 4 and its expansion is being released for FREE! Mechwarrior 4 was the last mechwarrior game of note and I remember playing it back in 2002 or so and loving every second of it. If you're a fan of big mech and micromanaging your weapons payload, keep an eye out for this release!
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I'm excited about this new rogue-like MMO. Yeah, you heard me. With the @ character and everything.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsQC9reFbdQ
More info: http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=MnemonicRL and http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.development/browse_frm/thread/15d38821db7665b5?pli=1
Game design: How Half-Life 2 Episode 2 guides the players to look at something interesting
http://gangles.ca/2009/05/26/guiding-the-eye/
The current issue of Edge magazine had a free Pixel Art Poster filled with pixel arts of numerous video game characters
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/06/game_characters_abound_edges_f.php
A picture of the poster:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jellymedia/3594764983/sizes/l/
Low res image:
http://www.edge-online.com/files/edgepixelposter.jpg
A downloadable hi-res images of the poster's corners:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=16251640&postcount=71
A detailed examination of the poster:
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/06/detailed_shots_of_edges_pixel.php
Why "Next-Gen Games" Went Gray, Brown, And Grey.
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/PhilippeRinguetteAngrignon/20090606/1708/Why_quotNextGen_Gamesquot_Went_Gray_Brown_And_Grey.php
^ das Link ist kaputt.
GDC austin 07 podcasts
http://www.gdcradio.net/free_gdc_recordings/
Various podcasts on the topic of being in and getting into the game industry.
I blame automatic parsed URLs. Try this:
http://tinyurl.com/prg9ye
Augmented Reality Zombie Shooter:
http://tr.im/oObU
Basically, a mobile-camera phone game where you use the phone's camera (powered by an Nvidia GPU, of all things), to see the real world in the eyes of some dude on helicopters. Your mission is to kill the zombies in the real world as told by the phone (makes more sense in the video).
Also, it turns out that candies kill zombies
http://tr.im/oObU
Basically, a mobile-camera phone game where you use the phone's camera (powered by an Nvidia GPU, of all things), to see the real world in the eyes of some dude on helicopters. Your mission is to kill the zombies in the real world as told by the phone (makes more sense in the video).
Also, it turns out that candies kill zombies
This reminds me of Charles Stross's book Halting State. His near-future fiction is coming to life!
Jonathan Blow interview!
Interview with Jonathan Blow on the state of indie video games:
http://presspausetoreflect.blogspot.com/2009/06/reflections-with-jonathan-blow.html
game-related talks @ TED
These are some videos from my favorite web site - TED (http://www.ted.com). Great place for great minds to come together to start doing great deeds.
David Perry on video games (2006). Available: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/david_perry_on_videogames.html
Talks Stuart Brown says play is more than fun (2008). Available: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital.html
SimCity plays with One Laptop per Child (2007). Available: http://blog.ted.com/2007/11/simcity_plays_w.php
Talks Will Wright makes toys that make worlds (2007). Available: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/will_wright_makes_toys_that_make_worlds.html
Rant: Just because its indie, doesn't give reviewers to use "its just indie" as an excuse for bad graphics/art.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-1oXLZmT3M
it's a low budget art style, but i think it looks pretty effin sweet!
Four million play Mafia Wars daily
Wow. I generally tend to ignore any facebook apps just because they're a timesink I don't really need, but this certainly has me intrigued:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/four-million-play-mafia-wars-daily
4 million's not a number you can sneeze at.
Why game designers don't like water:
http://kotaku.com/5306343/sink-or-swim-the-game-designers-conundrum
On water/swimming. I remember having my character swim for hours in oblivion to increase his athleticism. I left a paperweight on the "up" button while dozing off and letting him do all the work!
A dialogue between Jason Rohrer and Chris Crawford:
http://www.offworld.com/2009/07/weekend-watching-even-further.html
It's an hour long video on game design, but definitely good food for thought.
Watching through that video made me want to read up on Chris Crawford, and I found this intriguing article, or rather a chapter from a book he wrote:
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=99710
He's certainly an iconoclast, and I can't say I agree with all his ideas, but he does give you some interesting thoughts to wrap your head around.
techZING! 10 – AI War
Thought this might be interesting for the programmers.
Justin and Jason talk with Christopher Park, founder of Arcen Games and developer of a space-based RTS game called AI War: Fleet Command, about how he was able to release a sophisticated computer game in under seven months and create a formidable artificial intelligence in only a matter of weeks. The discussion also covers the marketing of an independent game, cooperative game play, multi-threading, optimizing .NET, LINQ, GPUs, SlimDX and the future of artificial intelligence.
http://techzinglive.com/?p=87
I've always felt that there should always be an easier way to create 3d assets, this video shows a promising alternative:
http://www.rhondaforever.com/
Wizard talks about making a Magic the Gathering video game. Programmers might be interested in how they implemented the card mechanics:
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/43c
Making of Post I.T. Shooter (an indie game created in 5 days)
http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/general/making-of-post-it-shooter
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/43c
Haha i read the first sentence and thought a "real" wizard was making a game.
They are real Wizards! Living in the Coast. Making Magic.... distributed to other duelers. Also, if you look at the back of a card, it was designed to look like a tome. So when you draw from your deck, you pull from your book of spells.
The art of King Of Fighter XII.
They talk how they made the art (pixel artists rejoice). In addition, you can view the individual animation on each character frame-by-frame and at 100%, 200% or 400% (!) scale.
http://kofaniv.snkplaymore.co.jp/english/info/15th_anniv/2d_dot/gallery/index.php
Description is in English so fans can understand.
Elder Scrolls Daggerfall released for free!
If any of you are fans of Fallout 3 or Oblivion, you might want to take a trip down memory lane and try out these classic games from bethesda, FOR FREE! Clickety click and download Daggerfall an/or Arena, the 2nd and 1st ame of the Elder Scrolls series (of which Oblivion was the 4th) :
http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm
Re: Elder Scrolls Daggerfall released for free!
http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm
Legally free, I wish to add.
Indeed. I'd download daggerfall now except...well...I'm still playing Fallout 3.
I haven't seen character mods like this done since HL1. It's also one heck of a cute Prime!
That is a really cute Prime.
On the free games trend, Mechwarrior 4 and its expansion is being released for FREE! Mechwarrior 4 was the last mechwarrior game of note and I remember playing it back in 2002 or so and loving every second of it. If you're a fan of big mech and micromanaging your weapons payload, keep an eye out for this release!
http://www.mektek.net/