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MMP Database Mini-Cookbook: A Half Dozen Recipes to Aid Development MMP Database Mini-Cookbook: A Half Dozen Recipes to Aid Development

This guide, by Jay Lee, lead programmer at NCSoft Austin, puts forth a number of recipes for tackling common database-related issues in massively multiplayer games, including creating unique identifiers for moving items between game shards, and finding intelligent ways to manage in-game databases for localization purposes.

byJay Lee, Blogger

Sep 22, 2004

27 Min Read

Unmasking the Avatar: The Demographics of MMO Player Motivations, In-Game Preferences, and Attrition Unmasking the Avatar: The Demographics of MMO Player Motivations, In-Game Preferences, and Attrition

Sep 21, 2004

23 Min Read

Environmental Storytelling Part III: Lessons Learned in the Virtual World Environmental Storytelling Part III: Lessons Learned in the Virtual World

Sep 20, 2004

30 Min Read

Middleware Postmortem: IDV Inc's SpeedTreeRT Middleware Postmortem: IDV Inc's SpeedTreeRT

byKevin Meredith

Sep 17, 2004

17 Min Read

The Designer's Notebook: A Perfect Short Game The Designer's Notebook: A Perfect Short Game

Sep 15, 2004

13 Min Read

Effective 3D Exporter Design Effective 3D Exporter Design

byGregg Tavares

Sep 10, 2004

33 Min Read

Event Wrap-Up: London Games Week 2004

Event Wrap-Up: London Games Week 2004

byDavid Jenkins, Blogger

Manhunt to Mortal Kombat: The Use and Future Use of Violence in Games

Manhunt to Mortal Kombat: The Use and Future Use of Violence in Games

Event Wrap-Up: SIGGRAPH 2004

Event Wrap-Up: SIGGRAPH 2004

bymorgan mcguire, Blogger

Manager In A Strange Land: Sliding Democracy

Manager In A Strange Land: Sliding Democracy

byJamie Fristrom, Blogger

Event Wrap-Up: BREW 2004

Event Wrap-Up: BREW 2004

byRalph Barbagallo, Blogger

Book Review: Creating Emotion in Games

Book Review: Creating Emotion in Games

byBrad Kane, Blogger

Book Review: Beginning OpenGL Game Programming

Book Review: Beginning OpenGL Game Programming

byJustin Lloyd, Blogger

The Designer's Notebook: Kicking Butt by the Numbers: Lanchester's Laws

The Designer's Notebook: Kicking Butt by the Numbers: Lanchester's Laws

byErnest Adams, Blogger

Building a Million-Particle System

Building a Million-Particle System

byLutz Latta, Blogger

Escaping The Garage: GarageGames' Jay Moore Speaks Out About The Plight Of Indies

Escaping The Garage: GarageGames' Jay Moore Speaks Out About The Plight Of Indies

bySimon Carless, Blogger

Exploring Sh: A New GPU Metaprogramming Toolkit

Exploring Sh: A New GPU Metaprogramming Toolkit

byMichael McCool, Blogger

First-Person Control Design for Dual Analog Stick Controllers

First-Person Control Design for Dual Analog Stick Controllers

byKevin Ng, Blogger

The Designer's Notebook: Postmodernism and the 3 Types of Immersion

The Designer's Notebook: Postmodernism and the 3 Types of Immersion

byErnest Adams, Blogger

Doing Mushrooms, Miyamoto-Style (Special Edition)

Doing Mushrooms, Miyamoto-Style (Special Edition)

byJamil Moledina, Blogger

Manager In A Strange Land: Old-Fashioned Communication

Manager In A Strange Land: Old-Fashioned Communication

byJamie Fristrom, Blogger

Game Developer Magazine June/July Issue Product Reviews

Game Developer Magazine June/July Issue Product Reviews

byPeter Sheerin, Blogger

Alternative Game Controllers

Alternative Game Controllers

byJustin Lloyd, Blogger

Book Review: Beginning DirectX 9

Book Review: Beginning DirectX 9

byJustin Lloyd, Blogger

The Designer's Notebook: Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! V

The Designer's Notebook: Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! V

byErnest Adams, Blogger

Postmortem: The Game Design of Surreal's The Suffering (2004)

Postmortem: The Game Design of Surreal's The Suffering (2004)

byRichard Rouse III, Blogger

64-bit Game Development: Immediate Changes Ahead

64-bit Game Development: Immediate Changes Ahead

Book Review: PHP Game Programming

Book Review: PHP Game Programming

byJustin Lloyd, Blogger

byJohn O'Rorke, Blogger

The Anti-Communist Manifesto

The Anti-Communist Manifesto

byJamil Moledina, Blogger

Book Review: The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects, 3rd Ed

Book Review: The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects, 3rd Ed

byJustin Lloyd, Blogger

Product Review: 3DS Max in Two Takes

Product Review: 3DS Max in Two Takes

byMichael Dean, Blogger

Designer's Notebook: Designing with Gameplay Modes and Flowboards

Designer's Notebook: Designing with Gameplay Modes and Flowboards

byErnest Adams, Blogger

Indie Game Jam 2004: Fun and Frustration in Physics

Indie Game Jam 2004: Fun and Frustration in Physics

byJustin Hall, Blogger

Book Review: Beginning Direct3D Game Programming

Book Review: Beginning Direct3D Game Programming

byJustin Lloyd, Blogger

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