D.I.C.E Summit 2019 confirmed for February 11 – February 13
The Annual D.I.C.E Summit for 2019 will commence on February 11 – February 13 at a new venue, the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Submissions are also now…
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GAMEOLOGY: Speedrunning
GAMEOLOGY is an ongoing video/written discussion of game design hosted by Mathew Falvai (me) and game developer Attila “Gabriel” Branyiczky. Speedrunning is the act of completing a game (or portion) as fast as…
Gameology – Crunch Time
‘Crunch’ is simultaneously a dirty word while still widely accepted as the industry norm. It denotes the ludicrously excessive hours game developers are often forced to work as a project…
GAMEOLOGY – Where do I go, What do I do
In this GAMEOLOGY episode we discussed ‘signposting’, or the act of telling the player where to go and what to do. Earlier era games are often criticized for dumping the…
GAMEOLOGY – Super Mario 3D World
Mario’s first jump to 3D might still be my favorite if I take into account the initial impact. I was a teenager and the evolution from SNES to 64 was spellbinding.…
GAMEOLOGY – Mario 64
Gameology is a series featuring game dev Attila and game…..liker Mathew Falvai. Each episode is a deep dive discussion into game development related topics. It’s fun and Mat learns a…
Developers Reveal Hidden Tricks That Make Games Feel Better
Game devs often implement techniques that make playing a game feel better, even if it isn’t completely accurate to the original rules of play. For instance, many platformers will allow…
GAMEOLOGY – Let’s talk about cut scenes
When I first sat down with Attila-the-game-dev to chat about cut scenes I immediately went to the cinematic pre-rendered moments you’d see in Uncharted or just about every AAA game for the…
GAMEOLOGY – Palette Swaps are great
The term palette swap originally meant shifting the colors of a created art asset in a game. Make them red instead of blue and you get a brand new character/item/weapon/level…
GAMEOLOGY #27 – Palette Swaps
Ryu and Ken, Sub-Zero and Scorpion, these are palette swaps. Great tool or cheap trick? Let’s discuss.