Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Last month, game industry documentary makers 2 Player Productions debuted a massive 32-part YouTube game dev doc series Double Fine PsychOdyssey , chronicling the development of Psychonauts 2 from its earliest glimmers of pre-production in 2015 to its final release in 2021.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 7, 2023

Writing games was always the impossible dream for me – like being an actor or an astronaut or a dinosaur. Once you have the concept for a game – if it’s an interesting concept – there is always an abundance of ideas that materialize out of nowhere. Why did you become a solo developer? WHAT THAT MEAN?

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

He took some online courses on programming and he was in business, as a solo dev operating under the name of Frambosa , only six months later. So, his solo debut game Billy Bumbum might be the first and last game he made as a one-man-dev-team. But for me it might be different than for other solo devs. This is never a good thing.”

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

This guide comes in four parts: What are some guidelines for writing good rules? What are some guidelines for writing good rules? Rule writing can be business-like, resembling technicial writing in a lot of ways. Brandon: What are some guidelines for writing good rules? How do you test your rules?

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Brand Game Development

MAY 7, 2018

Then write a catchy and short bio like you would on Twitter. It may gain a lot of followers, but your leads will probably be bad and the whole concept is deceptive. You can upload your photos and write your captions to a scheduler such as Buffer. Tweak your Name and Username to your satisfaction. Click Submit.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

Why writing rules is different than other kinds of writing How to structure a rule book Making rule books clear and concise Your player’s first experience and your rule book Dealing with rule book skimmers Parting advice. Brandon: Both in consulting and in creating books, you’ve done quite a bit of writing.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 13, 2018

After a year of documenting the Highways & Byways development process through the Dev Diary, this is not the post I wanted to write. I would have much preferred to write a post about how Highways & Byways funded on day 1. Was it the basic concept? Writing this post was like performing an exorcism.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 28, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. To me, a mechanic is the concept behind the game and the rule is the way that it’s handled to ensure balance. I’m making this up as I go along and even as I write this very sentence.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

A mechanic is the concept behind the game and the rule is the way that it’s handled to ensure balance.” Be direct when writing rules. Use present tense, active voice, and second person when writing rules. The post How to Make Board Game Rules appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Use keywords consistently.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 17, 2023

Staying motivated isn’t hard at all for the solo dev. “It Write the idea down in as much detail as is feasible – what it looks or smells like, how it should seem or feel, what effects it should have on the viewer, or on the code. It took him 4 years to create his game and in that time he learned some valuable lessons. “If

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Brand Game Development

JULY 13, 2020

I’ve wanted to write about Exit Games for a while, but it’s tricky! You see, the whole concept of the game is that you are trapped in [insert place] and you have to solve riddles to get out. We’ve seen the industry adapt to concepts as alien as digital play-testing. Need help on your board game?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Thanks for joining us for another exciting and epic issue of the Kristala Dev Blog. The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 26, 2019

It’s only after starting and successfully running a marketing agency and having two successful Kickstarter campaigns that I feel like I understand it well enough to write about it. This concept is called product-market fit. I’ve mentioned the AIDA model before in How to Get Big on Twitter as a Board Game Dev.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 17, 2017

The following excerpt is from Games Speak through Mechanics, Not Rules (Dev Diary: 04/28/17). To me, a mechanic is the concept behind the game and the rule is the way that it’s handled to ensure balance. I’m making this up as I go along and even as I write this very sentence. Games tell stories – whether they mean to or not.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 29, 2023

I’ve probably learned enough lessons over the course of my career to write an entire book, and then some. In fact, thanks to your question I think I might try writing a series of “lessons learned” posts when the fancy strikes me. Each of these people is looking for something of value to them within the context of the situation.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2023

So our solution was to 3D scan all the things we built in order to then process them in a more conventional game dev sense.” Then we took one summer to write a big outline and collect and sort all the individual pieces of information we had come up with up until that point.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Often writes the least code overall among the engineers, but the code she writes is also the most mission critical because she has the best understanding of how everything fits together. Art Concept Artist : [ Iterator Extreme ]. Given a description, then comes up with different visual concepts that could meet that description.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 29, 2024

The regular practice of posting to the blog has honed my skill at taking difficult, technical, and/or complex concepts and conveying them in an intuitive and understandable way. There's a lot to be gained from doing personal game dev work and posting it publicly, but you don't need to go all or nothing. That's basically the rundown.

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Digital Ephemera

JUNE 5, 2022

Development Updates: Snowman Dev Update (2.2: May 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 5 June 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 12 June 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 14 June 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 19 June 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 26 June 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 10 July 2022).

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Brandon asked me to write a few guest posts for you all to give the perspective on games from someone who plays, but isn’t what most would consider a “hobby board gamer.” I’ll also be writing future posts like: . I actually forgot about this game until I sat down to write this post. I was sold.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Maybe this is standard for engine-building games, but it was a new concept to me. (It’s Besides getting money, I like this phase because it really sticks to the concept that you are a company. The post Board Game Review: Terraforming Mars appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. At that point, the “Production Phase” begins.

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 20, 2024

The take-home test usually has some number of general programming and/or math questions and asks you to write some code. The phone portion of this step is where you begin talking to actual devs who are on the team, typically senior or lead team members who are there to assess your skills. What is the FANTa project? ]

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

It involves a mix of searching, managing, and writing good requirements. Your theme is that critical in order to nail down some concepts first, before diving into game mechanics. The post How to Find Artists for Your Board Game appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. He’s behind Rift Shifters and Paths. It’s true.

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Greenheart Games

AUGUST 30, 2018

It’s been five whole years since Game Dev Tycoon released on Steam. After days of brainstorming and discussions, we settled on the idea of making a game dev simulator. We were inspired by Game Dev Story on the iPhone (made by Kairosoft) and wanted to make a game in that genre with our own spin on it.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 26, 2016

It won't just happen that hundreds of lines of class descriptions are written by the core devs; their time is much better spent developing the great features we are all so fond of waiting for. Many cool new concepts are not showcased yet in demos either, such as scene inheritance or navigation polygons. waiting for Godot!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 3, 2020

As such, I got to do a mix of reviews, editing, writing new content, and maintenance. I read the manual from start to finish and took notes about the parts that needed edits, a re-write, to move, or that were missing. The team's well-aware there is always room for improvement, and so they hired me to work part-time since September.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 15, 2023

I’ve been interviewing developers since 2013, talking to dozens of candidates at companies such as King, Foxglove and Yager, writing job specs for various roles, and providing hiring decisions. At one point I helped King open their Berlin office, interviewing potential members of their initial dev team.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

This is a really complicated concept. Little is known about this game at the time that I’m writing it. The post How to Make a Beautiful Board Game Box appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. That means you need to imply the essence of your game with your packaging. You have to send the right signals.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 9, 2023

Willem Delventhal, a seasoned game developer and founder of the Indie Game Academy, joined Brandon Pham on a recent episode of Game Dev Unchained. ” The pandemic has also led to the concept of the “third place” becoming increasingly relevant. “I equate it to almost stand-up comedy.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Sean is correct, though, in that everybody is different and has their unique workflows, I know my workflow is very different than a lot of other artists that I know in coming up with concepts, for example, and trying different methods I haven’t touched before just to help brainstorm. When Things Go Wrong. Let me know in the comments.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 25, 2018

This state machine is rather simple but very efficient, and relies on the concept of travel. You can add your own custom blending logic with the new Godot API, even writing your own state machine. Custom Blend Nodes.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2020

This talk highlights important points about functional programming, including advantages and disadvantages, brushes over some theoretical concepts, and shows how those can be applied when programming in GDScript. Talk: Visual Vertical Slice - Not just concept art, but not yet a demo | Matejs Balodis. Blue Rabbit game ).

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 1, 2022

With GDevelop, anyone can easily get started making and even selling their own games – and you won’t need to write a line of code! Once you’ve outgrown GDevelop and want to move on to other software, many of the skills and concepts you’ve learned will carry over into other game development environments.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 24, 2023

Interestingly, Patti and Tadej addressed the trend of blockchain technology and the concept of the metaverse in the gaming industry. You can ask ChatGPT today to write you a method in a specific programming language to solve a specific thing. They admitted, were never ones to “jump on the hype train.”

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2018

The reasoning behind the decision to use the new strength based system is summarized in the following points: Even though axis and action feel like different concepts, they are almost the same. Very often, a key may be used as an axis, or an axis may be used like a button. This makes both systems overlap.

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DameDev.tv

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This concept can be used to add that extra polish to any animation that requires the correct placement of hands or feet. Enabling IK on the Animator ⚠️ IK will not work without this step The Code Now that we have made sure that our character will be able to use IK, it is time to write some code. Monobehaviour.

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Digital Ephemera

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

When writing my last post, my plan was working towards Extwee 2.2.5. Re-writing the earlier example produces the next example: :: testn:: nefarious The backslash and lowercase “n” combination is known as the newline character. It uses a concept known as “code points.”

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