Game and Simulation Programming Professor David J. Sushil (and developer of Vanessa Saint-Pierre Delacroix & Her Nightmare) offers some advice for game developers. This is the second in a two-part series of articles.
From the article on indiePub:
"In this part, I will cover how it [subtractive design] can be applied to a game's art, audio and narrative. After all, gameplay is not the only aspect of design where subtraction can be effective."
indiePub has published its weekly update of new and notable indie games on Xbox Live's indie game channel (a.k.a. XBLIG).
Best bets this week include: Dark Quest, a turn-based role-playing adventure game; Zombominous 2, a zombie survival game; Fish Warfare, where you must destroy toy enemy submaries; and Bulkhead Survivor, an action-packed FPS.
indiePub has published its weekly look at new and notable crowd funding efforts by indie game developers.
This week’s Indie Pleas include: Lioness, a 2D experimental game about connection; Dungeonmans, a rouge-like with a vast world; Monochroma, a beautiful monochromatic puzzle-platformer; Adventurezator: When Pigs Fly, an adventure game with a level creator; and SOS: Ship of Sacrifice, a co-op online adventure game.
indiePub has published its weekly look at new and notable crowd funding efforts by indie game developers.
This week’s Indie Pleas include: OZombie, an action/adventure based on the Wizard of Oz; Dropsy, a surreal point-and-click adventure; Karmaflow, a rock opera puzzle platformer; LFG- The Fork of Truth, a 4-person co-op game based on the LFG comic; and The Enclave, a location-based iOS game.