Wolffire Blog
APRIL 21, 2022
Open Source. We have worked on Overgrowth for 14 years. It is our longest running, ongoing project, and a massive reason why we have continued to work on the game is the fantastic fan response and following. Not only have people all over the globe continued to play and enjoy Overgrowth for years, but the community has had an enormous impact on the project as well.
Game Designing
APRIL 30, 2022
Kaboom.js is one of the best Javascript platforms for beginners, allowing you to create fun and simple video games without requiring extensive coding knowledge. This article will discuss Kaboom.js in greater detail, who might be interested in creating a Kaboom game, and how you can create your very own Kaboom video game. What is Kaboom.js? Kaboom.js is a JavaScript library that allows you to create games quickly.
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Retro Game Coders
APRIL 30, 2022
While so far in our STOS programming tutorial we looked at ST games with sprites and graphics , it is quite possible to have a fun game experience with only (or mostly) text, so let’s take a look at that. In Defense of Text Adventures. Usborne had probably the most famous adventure programming books. Many of us game nerds of a certain age will have grown up with at least an awareness of this game genre.
Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 28, 2022
After a couple of years of online-only events, we are bringing back some in-person Godot events. More precisely, today we are announcing two events taking place at Barcelona: a Godot Sprint for contributors (June 2nd & 3rd) and a Godot User Meeting (June 4th). Both events will be free of charge. Please fill out this form if you intend to join any of the two events.
Muha Games
APRIL 27, 2022
Personal log: How are we doing so far? We’ve had a pleasantly surprising response to the beta announcement, and also just to us working on the remake. As such, we have seen a lot of new ‘faces’ on our community sites. With that in mind, I decided that this month’s… Continue reading.
The Bottom Feeder
APRIL 27, 2022
When you get stuck on a boss, you can summon naked weirdos to kill it for you. Really, how hard a game can it be? Elden Ring, by From Software, is a pretty big deal, so I had to play it. I just can’t sit back while everyone else grabs all the good Hot Takes. My Scorching Hot, Muy Caliente Take: It’s good. I beat it in 100 hours, killing all major bosses.
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Hopscotch
APRIL 26, 2022
There is a brand new four-part video series showing you how to harness the power of clones in Hopscotch! You’ll learn how to scale up your projects and build upon an epic Space Invaders game. Download Hopscotch today to try this out! The videos are available in the Clones unit in the “Learn” tab. You can code along while watching the videos in-app. You can also view them on our YouTube channel.
Retro Game Coders
APRIL 29, 2022
So far in our STOS Programming Tutorial we have focused on text so now we should really exploit the graphical capabilities, STOS is a game programming language after all! Creating Your Pictures with Atari ST Drawing Apps. Back in the day there were a ton of Atari ST art packages but my personal favourites are Neo and Degas. I used to do my pixel art in Neo and general image editing in Degas.
Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 28, 2022
This new 4.0 alpha 7 comes with one week delay on our every-other-week release schedule, since I was taking some time off :) But that means it got time for even more features and bug fixes to be finalized, reviewed and merged. See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable.
Filmustage
APRIL 26, 2022
Hi. Today we will talk about a young and eccentric director from New Zealand who has managed to conquer Hollywood. Filmustage will tell you about the creative path as well as the directorial style of Taika Waititi. And in the end, we will try to answer the question "what makes Taika Waititi one of the most versatile filmmakers of our time". Disclaimer: our blog has no academic purpose behind it, because we are viewers just like you.
Deconstructor of Fun
APRIL 25, 2022
This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. Sign up for their newsletter to be informed when the latest deconstruction drops. From our sponsor: Do you need funds to finish, release, or promote your game? If that’s the case, Xsolla Funding Club got you covered.
Awesome Tuts
APRIL 22, 2022
Recently I promoted my Lazy Game Dev product and this is one of the emails I wrote for the promotion. A lot of people found it funny so I’m sharing it here for some entertainment. The email starts below the line. Just FYI the coupon code is expired. It’s the end of 2012 in Copenhagen city. A young, insignificant game dev named Asbjørn Thirslund is hurrying home to create his first tutorial for a YT channel he just started called Brackeys.
Game Designing
APRIL 21, 2022
Coding camera angles for games and animation has been a pain … Until now. Before Unity Cinemachine, camera movement needed to be directly keyframed or, using code, had to be carefully scripted. What Is Unity Cinemachine? In short, Unity Cinemachine opens up an entirely new world of opportunities for animation, game design and development, and directors working with virtual cameras.
Retro Game Coders
APRIL 29, 2022
In the last part of this STOS BASIC Tutorial we loaded a sprite but it just sat there, let’s fix that … One of the ways that STOS BASIC helps us to build interactive programs and games is in the sprite movement features because they are not only easy, but they do their thing without our constant input. STOS checks and changes each sprite 50 times per second unless you tell it otherwise, and this happens on interrupts, independent of whatever your code is doing at the same time.
The Art of the Game
APRIL 21, 2022
Since I’m pretty much dedicated to being a game dev; I’ve realized that its a HUGE undertaking that can’t be done by one man alone. you spin me right round. Well. I *could* do it all myself, but my kids’d be graduating college and starting families of their own by the time I got anything finished. So I need ducats. Big time. So, I started to pursue funding – except to no one’s surprise; people just don’t hand out checks to random people saying, ‘Go
Filmustage
APRIL 19, 2022
Give Michael Bay a bag of money to make a movie and he'll make several times as much. An action movie fanatic, a film critics' "favourite" and simply one of the highest-grossing directors of our time. Today we want to tell you about the controversial, but very interesting figure of Michael Bay. Disclaimer: our blog has no academic purpose behind it, because we are viewers just like you.
Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 15, 2022
We're getting closer to the Godot 3.5 stable release with a fourth beta snapshot! Like with 4.0 alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This beta 4 is a small update with just 83 commits excluding merges, focusing on fixing bugs to stabilize the current feature set for 3.5 stable.
Played with Fire
APRIL 14, 2022
The video game market is an endless treasure trove. As game fans, we can choose from both big AAA productions and less known (but not always) indie productions. Even though most of us completely fall for the phenomenon of big-budget games, we sometimes forget that in order to create something amazing you don’t need huge resources, but only a good idea.
Game Designing
APRIL 16, 2022
DOS was the original operating system for early Windows-based systems. DOS stands for Disk Operating System but was replaced once Windows XP launched. DOS games were those developed under this operating system. While some of the best DOS games can bring you back to wonderful memories of your younger years, they also laid the foundation for what we see in the gaming world today.
Retro Game Coders
APRIL 29, 2022
Now we can move sprites in STOS we need to put things together to see how we can actually begin creating playable games. Along the way we will look at some more new features and concepts so you can understand more of how STOS works versus programming languages and game engines you might be used to. Avoid the Monster. As our first example, let’s create a minimalist bad-guy avoidance game.
Game Design Aspect
APRIL 15, 2022
In this video, game writer Sande Chen lists the top 5 game writing job hunt misconceptions she found during her research on job seekers wanting to break into the video game industry. Here is my presentation at the 2021 Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo ( SIEGE ), the largest video game trade show in the South. In 2020 and 2021, I interviewed job seekers who were actively applying to jobs and internships in the video game industry.
Rampant Games
APRIL 14, 2022
Not only are we getting a new Monkey Island game this year, but the original brains behind it himself, Ron Gilbert, is directly involved this time. Apparently. While it will not be the Monkey Island 3 he had in mind way back in the early 1990s, I’m very hopeful.
Game Global
APRIL 14, 2022
After two years of successful online events, Game Global is currently building the program for its next in-person summit. Game Global events are open to game developers, publishers, service providers, and any other stakeholders related to the video game industry. Our main purpose is to provide a safe and open space for localizers, designers, producers, testers, or anyone else in the gaming industry to share their endeavors, successes, practices, and research in a collaborative manner, with the g
Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 13, 2022
Welcome to another Godot showcase interview! This time, we interviewed Leszek Nowak from 2DynamicGames about their latest release Lumencraft. Introduce yourself (or your studio) in a few sentences. My name is Leszek Nowak and I’m a part of independent studio 2Dynamic Games located in Kraków, Poland. We are a small team working on our first team project, Lumencraft, which is released as I'm writing this.
Game Designing
APRIL 16, 2022
When the Nintendo GameBoy was first released in 1989, it was a revolution in personal gaming. Up until that time, avid gamers were essentially stuck with their systems that needed to be plugged into a TV. Then, the GameBoy changed everything. Other handheld game systems came out around the same time, including Sega Game Gear, NEC TurboExpress, and the Atari Lynx.
Retro Game Coders
APRIL 28, 2022
Now we have our Hatari emulation environment set up and we have installed our initial Atari ST development tools, let’s write some STOS BASIC code. To help us out and save lots of googling, download the STOS manual here and I have uploaded a crunched PDF of the STOS reference card that came in my boxed copy. STOS BASIC Basics: Expanding on Hello World.
Awesome Tuts
APRIL 8, 2022
These are 7 absolutely worst things you can do in your game dev project that will slow down your game, make it crash, not get you hired in a game studio, or get you fired if you work in one. So what are they? #1 – Never leave initialization functions in your script if you’re not using them e.g. if they’re empty. In Unity, that’s Awake and Start.
Filmustage
APRIL 8, 2022
What do we know about propaganda? Probably with the first association comes the experience of history in the form of totalitarian states, which is not surprisingly. However, it is worth noting that the phenomenon of propaganda is not only peculiar to hermit states, but also to civilised, democratic countries, as etymologically propaganda means "to spread information".
The Bottom Feeder
APRIL 8, 2022
Trailer and official announcement coming soon. Alas, it has been a long time since I updated this blog. This is mainly because of doing a huge amount of development, bug fixing, and PR for our next game, Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor. Elden Ring hasn't helped much either. I'll get into writing again soon, but for now a few stray thoughts. 1. Elden Ring is Undeniable Elden Ring is a huge success.
Tom Francis
APRIL 8, 2022
Update: the position’s been filled, thanks everyone! We’re looking for someone to make a roughly 2 minute trailer of Tactical Breach Wizards , preferably by the 9th of May. We have a new chapter of the game to show off, but we don’t want to do our usual in-depth talkthroughs because it would start to get spoilery. The game has pause, slowmo, level select and camera controls built in, and we’ll also provide you with the Unity project if you’re able to make use of tha
Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 6, 2022
We're continuing on our fortnightly release schedule for alpha snapshots of Godot 4.0 - this time with 4.0 alpha 6. See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release.
Retro Game Coders
APRIL 27, 2022
Previously we installed an Atari ST emulator and STOS/Pure C. Today, as well as looking at those, I want to show you a cross-development approach so you can use your modern desktop IDE but still run your compiled programs on the ST. STOS and Visual Studio Code Extension. There is a neat Visual Studio Code Extension for STOS that offers modern conveniences such as IntelliSense and syntax colour highlighting!
Nvidia
APRIL 5, 2022
Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. Evolving from its state-of-the-art use in game engines into a multitude of industries, Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. Evolving from its state-of-the-art use in game engines into a multitude of industries, creators can deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual worlds.
Yotes Games
APRIL 5, 2022
Patrons & Backers, check your mail! ? The New 2022 Overworld Preview Demo is finally available on Itch.io! ? Just read the latest Backers Only post and you'll find the password to gain access: Download the Demo! Get Your Access Key!
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