Playing Llamasoft The Jeff Minter Story - @DigitalEclipse have knocked it out of the park once again. A better tribute could not be found for the legend that is Yak the Hairy! If anyone deserves to be in the UK Industry's Hall of Fame it's Jeff! Let's make it happen!
omg games do not need neural networks for any of this. You can do it with a straightforward rules database, procedural triggers, and a writer who knows how to operate Excel. I did a whole talk on it eleven years ago.
Yep, it shows. We get hung up on the definitions of what an imsim is, but the truth is that it’s a design philosophy. Any genre can be designed with the mindset of allowing multiple solutions and having systems react to player actions instead of “game over.”
Exciting news! Thanks to VanLaser on Github, the original PS2 Armored Core titles now have proper, dual-stick, *analog* controls patched in!! A huge win for accessibility to these older titles.
Patch ⛓️ below! #ARMOREDCORE
Afraid that you are not good enough at gameplay programming, art, engine programming, music or audio to make your own game?
As long as you have some basic ideas on where to start, just go for it.
You'll learn along the way.
Learning by doing projects is my favorite way.
This provocative discussion pulls back the curtain on Epstein's connections to intelligence agencies, organized crime, and political and financial power players.
In 1972, the Amsterdam neighbourhood of De Pijp saw clashes between parents who wanted safer streets for kids and drivers who wanted to cut through.
I went to visit yesterday, 51 years later.
The traffic filters and playgrounds remain. It is a place many people want to live. 🧵