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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!

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!

Bayonetta - A Must Buy!

egoncalo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:49:27 -0800

Bayonetta is pure, unadulterated, fun. It’s a game that represents the complete package – game-play, art, sound, and character.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft Announces "Game Room"

egoncalo — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:27:05 -0800

In Spring 2010 Microsoft Game Studios plans to release "Game Room" functionality for Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows LIVE users. I've been reading through the details and I can't say I'm overly excited. Perhaps it's my age or it could be the fact that I don't see the value in the virtual "game cabinets," but I'm curious to see how this new venture will turn out.

GDC Sony Press Event

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

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