by Alex Cicala | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Game Development, Technology
I received a comment on a previous article where I listed a group of engines and tools ranging from paid and free variants. The user asked about fully open source game engines, which even I myself knew very little about, so as soon as they listed the names, I was...
by Alex Cicala | Nov 8, 2016 | Blog, Game Development
In modern game development, it is very important to manage the versions of your game. It can also be called Source Control Management (SCM), Software Version Management, or various other titles which all do the same thing. The idea is simple: You develop the game up...
by Joel Silalahi | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog, Game Design, Game Development
The year is 2006. Five years after the game-changing release of Grand Theft Auto III, there came a brand new 3D open world action-adventure game, where players are lowly gang members in the middle of a conflict between their gang and a rivalone. The game was Saints...
by Alex Cicala | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog, Game Development
Unity is a cross platform game engine used to develop video games for PCs, mobile devices, consoles, and websites. It was created by Unity Technologies; in 2005 it was announced as a OS X only product but since has been extended across a range of 21 platforms. The...
by Alex Cicala | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog, Game Design
Games that have loot mechanics and randomized content always interest me and always seem to represent how far game design has come. Titles that have these mechanics have being constructed in a way to have a constant climb in difficulty or challenge whilst always...