The Art & Business of Making Games Games Industry Magazine Product Manager HQ | A comprehensive resource for product managers Blogs "Everyone else is doing immersion wrong," says Please Don't, Spacedog! developer KO-OP Mode. They used the Oculus and a MIDI device to put players somewhere new, and it was a big hit at alt.ctrl.GDC last month. There are two important surveys running right now - one is focused on development trends, platforms, and tools; the other is focused on developer job satisfaction and quality of life issues. Want to start a revolution? The importance of story in games is often controversial, especially in F2P games/GaaS. Being an indie dev is brilliant and fun, but there's always dull paperwork to do. A discussion of Pratchett's ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND, the first in a planned series of posts on novels that deal with videogames and/or game development.
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