I'm Game: Interviews

Building Real-time Strategy Games for Mobile Devices

imgame — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:06:01 -0700

Real-time strategy (RTS) games have had lasting appeal on PCs, and now the genre is moving to mobile devices. Needless to say, the shift from large displays to much smaller ones creates design challenges for RTS game makers.

Building Games With Corona SDK

imgame — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:09:10 -0700

Mobile game developers are beating a path to Corona SDK, a development platform built upon such components as OpenGL, OpenAL and the Lua cross-platform programming language. I recently talked to Don-Duong Quach, a programmer and co-founder of Cannon Cat developer Loqheart, about his use of Corona SDK.

Developing With Construct 2

imgame — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:34:20 -0700

We recently talked to Ashley Gullen, a director at Scirra, who provided a few tips on working with Construct 2.

Figuring Out The Puzzles

imgame — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:14:48 -0700

Crytek recently branched out into puzzle-based mobile games with Fibble, available on the iPhone, iPod and iPad. It marks Crytek’s first mobile offering as well as its first puzzler. We recently talked to Kristoffer Waardahl, studio manager of Crytek Budapest, about the company’s new development direction.

Trip Hawkins: There’s an App for That Game

imgame — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:06:21 -0700

William M. “Trip” Hawkins III -- founder of Electronic Arts and father of the 3DO console is rewriting the rules again. Here, Hawkins explains why he believes social gaming and virtual goods are the future of interactive entertainment.

Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski Gets Unreal

imgame — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:30:39 -0700

Cliff Bleszinski, the company’s design director, is at the heart of Epic’s new game development. John Gaudiosi caught up with him before he went on to host the 2012 Game Developers Choice Awards.

Electronic Arts Expands Medal of Honor Franchise With Warfighter

imgame — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:47:14 -0700

Here, Rich Farley, creative director at Danger Close Games, talks about what’s in store for PC gamers and gives his take on the move to modern warfare in this exclusive interview from GDC 2012.

Electronic Arts Incorporates Social Action Into New SimCity Game

imgame — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:46:28 -0700

One of the themes at this year’s Game Developers Conference was games for change. Electronic Arts took this concept to heart with the development of SimCity, a new PC-exclusive, 3D reboot of the franchise from Maxis that’s scheduled to ship in 2013.

Epic Games Founder Tim Sweeney Talks Tech

imgame — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:19:12 -0800

Tim Sweeney, the founder of Epic Games, talks about how advances in processing power will continue to advance games.

Critical Mass: The Power of Mass Effect 3

imgame — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:56:37 -0800

Electronic Arts’ BioWare studio has come a long way since first launching Mass Effect on the PC. What began as an epic single-player experience has expanded into a new cooperative gameplay mode with Mass Effect 3. Up to four players can engage in exclusive co-op firefights on top of the epic conclusion of the single player campaign.