Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Small demos are great at giving you a sense for how some features work, but they can only take you so far: most games are composed of many systems that interact in complex ways. alpha to cover turn-based combat. Over the past year, I've been working on open source demos to help people get the most out of tutorials.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 26, 2024

Any time off means you delay your game by that much time, or cut features, or reduce quality. I use several different approaches which usually depend on the scope or impact of the feature. It may start as a feature to ‘walk through’ the design, where that documentation is immediately obsolete as I write it.

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In 2017, the Alpha Zero program from DeepMind made news when it learned to play and conquer chess, shogi (Japanese chess), and Go using deep reinforcement learning (deep RL.) The Alpha Zero program used an algorithm where an untrained neural network played millions of games against itself, adjusting play based on its outcome.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 2, 2016

Open source and educational. If you are more experienced, why not take this opportunity to try to discover new features of Godot that you might not be using yet (e.g. to do some alpha-testing while working on your jam game. Contestants can partake alone or as a team. Reusing existing code and assets is allowed.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As many creatives would empathize, Eric found the professional world of architecture quite different from his educational experience. He stumbled upon an alpha build of a game called Iconoclasts. The transition, however, was not without challenges. “I loved the concepts, the design. The allure seems to be universal.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 19, 2022

What really matters for Axie Infinity’s future is whether Sky Mavis can provide credible future plans for new features that will ground the game in a more stable source of recurring revenue that meets the expectations of all stakeholders. The greatest risks are two-fold. Let’s now move on to the Axie NFTs themselves. Source: Sky Mavis.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Open source and educational. If you are more experienced, why not take this opportunity to try to discover new features of Godot that you might not be using yet (e.g. no GLES 3 support yet in the master branch though) to do some alpha-testing while working on your jam game. Contestants can partake alone or as a team.

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