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Category Archives: Game development
Goodbye, Realtime Worlds
So the Realtime Worlds adventure is over, save for a small skeleton crew. For those of us on the inside, it’s been expected for a while – at least since the release of APB – but I must say I … Continue reading
Posted in Game development, Realtime Worlds
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Moving to 64 bits
The release of APB’s hardware specs last week reminded me of something I’ve been meaning to write about for a while: memory limits. APB’s limits (2GB minimum, 4GB recommended) was the most interesting part of the spec throughout development for … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Game development
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Triple trouble
It’s been a long time since my last blog entry. I do have a pretty good excuse – well, 3 good excuses: Yep, I am now the proud father of identical triplets So what’s been happening at work? Beta Probably … Continue reading
Posted in Game development, Realtime Worlds
Getting the best out of a programmer
Although I don’t write much code any more, I still think of myself as a programmer; I still have programmer tendencies in everyday life, like trying to “optimise” the world around me. When I was in hospital just last week, … Continue reading
Posted in Game development
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Choosing a business model for a game
I just came across this post by Nicholas Lovell in response to Dave’s talk at the GameHorizon conference. I don’t want to get into debating all of it (obviously I disagree on the “epic fail” bit!!), but item #2 really … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Realtime Worlds
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A game in a week!
It may not quite be Google 20% time, but a number of us at RTW were given last week off “normal” work, assigned randomly to small teams of 5 or 6 and set the challenge of making a complete game … Continue reading
Posted in Game development, Realtime Worlds
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The Agile Disease
The games industry is rushing headlong to Agile development methodologies just now; it’s a great source of excitement for some, with conference sessions and magazine articles left, right and centre, and “evangelists” spreading the word. I’m sick of it. I … Continue reading
How to get a job at Realtime Worlds (3)
I hadn’t really anticipated adding a part 3, but I gave a talk at Abertay last Friday on the topic, and need to make the slides available for anyone who missed out, or who wants to follow up on some … Continue reading
Posted in Game development, Realtime Worlds
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Extensible tools
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
Posted in Develop 08, Software development, Tools
Model View Controller is Extinct
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
Posted in Develop 08, Software development, Tools
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