Category Archives: Develop 08

Extensible tools

Posted on September 6, 2008 by

Part 6 (final part) of “Building World-class Art Tools” from Develop 08 The more you’ve invested in a tool, the more projects you want to use it on, to recover that investment.  This means in turn that it’s harder to … Continue reading →

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Model View Controller is Extinct

Posted on August 30, 2008 by

Part 5 of “Building World-class Art Tools” from Develop 08 Today’s post has been a particular pleasure: one of those special times when writing changed my mind.  At my original talk at Develop, I said “use Model View Controller”, loud … Continue reading →

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The case against C++

Posted on August 10, 2008 by

Part 4 of “Building World-class Art Tools” from Develop 08 This post boils down to one simple headline: don’t use C++ for game tools development.  But nothing is ever quite that simple – so if you have time, read on … Continue reading →

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Procedural content generation

Posted on August 5, 2008 by

Part 3 of “Building World-class Art Tools” from Develop 08 Last time round I argued that it’s increasingly worth investing in content creation, and before that I pointed out that your first solution should always be to buy the best … Continue reading →

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Optimising content creation

Posted on August 3, 2008 by

Part 2 of “Building World-class Art Tools” from Develop 08 I’d like to take you back in time momentarily, to older games.  The further back you go, the less significance content creation held – far enough, and the very term … Continue reading →

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Why not to build in-house tools

Posted on August 2, 2008 by

Part 1 of “Building World-class Art Tools” from Develop 08 Before I talk about how to build great in-house tools, I want to talk about why to build in-house tools, or looked at another way, why not!  Understanding the motivation … Continue reading →

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Develop 2008 diary

Posted on August 2, 2008 by

Here follows my Develop 08 diary.  It wasn’t a bad conference overall, although I think there’s huge room for improvement before it can be considered a must-attend event.  The location was great, and there was a selection of outstanding sessions, … Continue reading →

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My, um, presentation about, er, tools

Posted on July 29, 2008 by

So I’m off to Brighton today to give a talk at Develop entitled “Building World-class Art Tools”. As my first conference presentation, it’s equal parts exciting and scary, although the scary part probably hasn’t hit home fully yet.  I’ll not … Continue reading →

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