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6 Indie Principles

egoncalo — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:26:55 -0800

Check out the six indie principles I discovered at this year's Independent Games Summit!

GDC 11 - Level Design in a Day

egoncalo — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:18:15 -0800

Today I attended Level Design in a Day which had a star cast including Neil Alphonso (Splash Damage), Matthias Worch (LucasArts), Coray Seifert Arkadium), Jim Brown (Epic Games), Joel Burgess (Bethesda Softworks), Forrest Dowling (Irrational Games) and Ed Byrne (Zipper Interactive). Each speaker had the floor for about 50 minutes a piece, with many of of the other speakers chiming in at various points.

GDC Sony Press Event

egoncalo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:04:36 -0800

Find out what happened at Sony's GDC Press Conference!

NinjaBee's Top 10 Development Lessons

egoncalo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:26:11 -0800

Brent Fox of NinjaBee (Band of Bugs, A Kingdom for Keflings, Outpost Kaloki) presented his top 10 development lessons during today's Indie Game Summit.

Effective Marketing for Indie Game Developers

egoncalo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:14:08 -0800

Wolfire Game's John Graham teaches us how to effectively market our indie games.

From Big Studio to Small Indie - Guerilla Tactics from Hello Games

egoncalo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:13:00 -0800

Sean Murray, the resident programmer for 2008 studio startup “Hello Games,” was on hand to represent his team and to tell us a bit about the team’s transition from working at a big studio to their current indie lifestyle.

Scrap Metal: Pushing the Envelope with a Team of Two

egoncalo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:58:33 -0800

The dynamic duo that make up Slick Entertainment, Kees Rijnen and Nick Waanders, gave a presentation on their journey to their first indie game launch.

Abusing Your Players Just For Fun

egoncalo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:58:40 -0800

Jonathan Soderstrom, aka Cactus, gave a presentation on how to abuse players “just for fun.” Cactus is well known in the independent game community for creating unusual games within YoYo Game’s “Game Maker” software. They often involve trippy visuals and 100% unique gameplay.

PDP Dual Triggers for PS3

egoncalo — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:25:36 -0800

Are you a PS3 gamer with big hands, but a small controller? PDP's Dual Triggers may be the solution.

MAG - Massive Multiplayer Mayhem

egoncalo — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:59:38 -0800

Zipper Interactive, creators of the popular SOCOM game series, have made their first sortie into PS3 territory with their massive first-person-shooter, MAG. Find out if they succeeded!