GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 10, 2023

Some of the leaders behind the Forza Horizon series have formed a new AAA games studio in Leamington Spa called Maverick Games. He is joined by other ex-Playground veterans including executive producer Tom Butcher, CTO Matt Craven, content director Gareth Harwood and audio director Fraser Strachan.

AAA 101

AAA Studios UX Games 101

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Interesting approachability / accessibility UX here. Felt like they had to cut down 50% of their planned content, which is never easy. Even AAA has given up on immersive sim RPGs , so any dev deserves praise just for attempting this genre I think. A lot of the city feels empty and unused.

NPC 130

NPC Fighting Art Dev 130

Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Juliana Loh Juliana Loh is an independent Producer/Artist whose background includes branded entertainment, UX and art direction. His latest book is Gaming SEL: Games as Transformational to Social and Emotional Learning (bit.ly/GamingSEL). GamingSEL). For more, please visit MatthewFarber.com.

Writing 52

Writing Educational Education UX 52

Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Dense narrow spaces = too much content packed together and repetitive encounters. So these are leftover placeholders that lead to cut content. Expendable companions.

Open World 130

Open World NPC Cutscenes Terrain 130

Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

Juliana Loh Juliana Loh is an independent Producer/Artist whose background includes branded entertainment, UX and art direction. His latest book is Gaming SEL: Games as Transformational to Social and Emotional Learning (bit.ly/GamingSEL). GamingSEL). For more, please visit MatthewFarber.com.

Writing 52

Writing Educational Education Game Designer 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. Lack of power progression means that the games monetize mainly through cosmetics and thus rely on a murderous content treadmill of visual exciting seasons. The high production values are not enough to cover the poor UX.

Cross platform 52

Cross platform Platformer Puzzle Mobile 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

Web editor running the "Ninja Adventure" demo from the eponymous CC0 asset pack by Pixel-Boy and AAA. This is particularly useful for files which you intend to process yourself from scripts based on their raw contents (e.g. not imported) by Godot's import system. 3D editor improvements. Minimap support in GraphEdit.

Collision 52

Collision Baking Lightmap Render 52