The current trend of iPhone gaming apps has taken the gaming world by storm. Almost every iPhone app developer has tried his/her hands on developing a game. Thanks to the availability of highly effective iOS app development frameworks, it has become feasible for the developers to create simple yet fun 2D games targeted at iOS […]
Superhero movies have been big business for a long time. Every year we see an array of characters from the iconic Spiderman to the unknown (until recently) Rocket Raccoon. Sadly, when it comes to superhero movie tie-in video games then the quality quickly diminishes. Gone are the days of the Commodore 64 and Amiga when […]
Whilst playing No More Zombies on the iPhone recently, I found myself trying to set a limit to my gaming. My limit was set to 100 residents. If I get to 100 people in my town I will stop playing, delete the game and get on with my life. Free of the distraction of stocking […]
3D modelling and animation software programs combine the use of numbers and colours to create an amazing visual concept. You can bring your typical 3D model to life using an array of tools to enhance lighting, textures, backgrounds or add additional angles. Your stationary 3d model can be transformed into a rotating model, which can […]
Epic Games is staging a set of Unreal developer sessions right here in the UK to inform developers about the latest Unreal Engine tools and techniques. Epic recently announced (at GDC) that the Unreal Engine 4 will be available under a new subscription service which gives developers access to the full engine, tools and C++ […]
The English Language Arts classroom has a tremendously broad and diverse scope. The curriculum covers writing, speaking, language, literature, and informational reading. That range of content gives you five enormous areas to cover. The source material you study can be taken from ancient Greece, modern popular culture, or anything in between. The means of teaching […]
Stencyl is a fantastic tool and game engine for those who hate code but love making games. This tool speeds up the process of building games or game prototypes. The highly anticipated update of Stencyl 3.0 is finally here and the new version now supports publishing games to iOS (iPhone/iPad) Android Flash Windows Mac Linux […]
Randomness in games is a recipe for disaster. There are some games like snakes and ladders in which everything is random. The roll of the dice is random, the placement of both the snakes an ladders are random and the winner is random. The game requires no skill and has a level playing field. This […]
The path to video game developer success is long and fraught with danger. It might be easy to have and idea but how do you take make that idea a reality. More than that, how do you make game design and development your life? Developing video games requires knowledge of many different disciplines. Whilst you […]
It dawned on me recently whilst researching game design that there is a fundamental question that you should ask yourself when starting a game: Am I making a game or a narrative driven fantasy simulation? Before video games were around, a game was an activity with a set of rules than could be enjoyed again […]