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The Right Decision at the Right Time: Selecting the Right Features for a New Game Project The Right Decision at the Right Time: Selecting the Right Features for a New Game Project

Everyone has their own pet projects, that one game which is close to their heart that they would just love to develop. Amidst all the enthusiasm, management soon finds it very difficult to take a number of contrasting suggestions and turn them into valid and ideas. The method presented in this article is designed to foster creativity and build a consensus. It is by no means a magical formula or turn-key concept, but rather a decision making aid, used to identify better choices.

byPascal Luban, Blogger

Sep 26, 2001

18 Min Read

Deep Water Animation and Rendering Deep Water Animation and Rendering

Sep 26, 2001

40 Min Read

Procedural Rendering on Playstation 2 Procedural Rendering on Playstation 2

Sep 26, 2001

1h 11m Read

Mobile Game Postmortem: Ngame's Chop Suey Kung Fu Mobile Game Postmortem: Ngame's Chop Suey Kung Fu

Sep 17, 2001

13 Min Read

Wireless Entertainment: The State of Play Wireless Entertainment: The State of Play

Sep 17, 2001

18 Min Read

Creating Games using J2ME Creating Games using J2ME

Sep 17, 2001

33 Min Read

"Is That a Game in Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?"

"Is That a Game in Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?"

Designing Mobile Games For WAP

Designing Mobile Games For WAP

Adapting the Tools of Drama

Adapting the Tools of Drama

byRandy Littlejohn, Blogger

Terrain Reasoning for 3D Action Games

Terrain Reasoning for 3D Action Games

byWilliam van der Sterren, Blogger

Exploring the Business Side of Making Games

Exploring the Business Side of Making Games

Bringing Dr. Jones to the Infernal Machine: Dealing with Memory Constraints

Bringing Dr. Jones to the Infernal Machine: Dealing with Memory Constraints

byFlorian Sauer, Blogger

Guidelines for Developing Successful Games

Guidelines for Developing Successful Games

byBruce Shelley, Blogger

A Real-Time Procedural Universe, Part Two: Rendering Planetary Bodies

A Real-Time Procedural Universe, Part Two: Rendering Planetary Bodies

bySean O'Neil, Blogger

My "Next" Games: Families, Psychology, and Murder

My "Next" Games: Families, Psychology, and Murder

byErnest Adams, Blogger

Using Max Script for Building Game Levels

Using Max Script for Building Game Levels

byShailesh Watsa, Blogger

Asset Recovery: What to do When the Data is Gone!

Asset Recovery: What to do When the Data is Gone!

byTim Trzepacz, Blogger

Postmortem: Lucas Arts' Star Wars Starfighter

Postmortem: Lucas Arts' Star Wars Starfighter

byChris Corry, Blogger

Three-Axis Animation

Three-Axis Animation

byJean-Michel Ringuet, Blogger

Interview with American McGee

Interview with American McGee

byJohn McLean-Foreman, Blogger

GDC 2001: The Architecture of Level Design

GDC 2001: The Architecture of Level Design

bySteve Chen, Blogger

Great Expectations: Building a Player Vocabulary

Great Expectations: Building a Player Vocabulary

byBrett Johnson, Blogger

Where's the Design in Level Design? (Part One)

Where's the Design in Level Design? (Part One)

Where's the Design in Level Design? (Part Two)

Where's the Design in Level Design? (Part Two)

Three Inspirations for Creative Level Design

Three Inspirations for Creative Level Design

byPaul Warne, Blogger

GDC 2001 Interview: Paul Jaquays

GDC 2001 Interview: Paul Jaquays

byJohn McLean-Foreman, Blogger

Game Development Salary Survey 2001

Game Development Salary Survey 2001

byjennifer olsen, Blogger

Instant Replay: Building a Game Engine with Reproducible Behavior

Instant Replay: Building a Game Engine with Reproducible Behavior

byPatrick Dickinson, Blogger

Porting Games to Mac OS X

Porting Games to Mac OS X

byTim Wood, Blogger

Replayability, Part 2: Game Mechanics

Replayability, Part 2: Game Mechanics

byErnest Adams, Blogger

GDC 2001: Interactive Theme Park Rides

GDC 2001: Interactive Theme Park Rides

byLauren Reed, Blogger

Audio Postmortem: Modern Groove - The Ministry of Sound Edition

Audio Postmortem: Modern Groove - The Ministry of Sound Edition

byLeonard Paul, Blogger

2D Programming in a 3D World

2D Programming in a 3D World

byGeorge Geczy, Blogger

Game Design - Theory And Practice: The Elements of Gameplay

Game Design - Theory And Practice: The Elements of Gameplay

GDC 2001: What Happend to My Colors !?!

GDC 2001: What Happend to My Colors !?!

byBruce Dawson, Blogger

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