Category: Gaming
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From Hex Editors to Roblox: A Game Dev Dad’s Journey
The familiar hum of a PlayStation 5 fills my living room, but my ten-year-old isn’t playing the latest AAA release. He’s in Roblox, building games. Not just playing them—creating them. His laughter mingles with friends’ voices through his headset as they craft their digital worlds together. Their natural fluency with these tools fascinates me. They…
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No Permission Needed – The Future of Animation
The recent Oscar longlisting of “The Glassworker,” a stunning hand-drawn film by Mano Animation Studios, is a landmark moment. It’s a testament to the incredible talent emerging from places the mainstream industry often overlooks. For ten years, they toiled without major studio support, building their own tools and training their own artists. Usman Riaz and…
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How an Earthquake Launched my Game Development Career
In 2005, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake tore through our country, leaving devastation in its wake. The apartment building in front of mine collapsed, rendering me homeless and leaving me with a severe back injury. In that moment of absolute destruction, few would have imagined that this catastrophic event would become the unexpected catalyst for an…
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Revolutionizing Game Development: Unleashing Creativity with AI
Game producers always strive to optimize production and address the inherent and systemized risks that come with game development. Inherent risks relate to individual challenges, while systemized risks affect the entire development process, often leading to mass breakdowns in production pipelines. While having an ideal strategy with early risk mitigation is crucial, the reality is…
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Everything I needed to know I learned from the Legend of Zelda
When I was eight years old, my mom told me to stop playing Zelda all Saturday and to go out and play. Thirty-seven years later, my mom told my son and I to stop playing Zelda all Saturday and to go out and play. Fast forward to 2020, homeschooling became a challenge during the pandemic.…
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Discovering the Joys of Gaming Through the Eyes of a 5 year old
As a lifelong gamer and a 20-year Game Developer, I’ve always been a huge fan of the GameCube controller. Its design is perfect for smaller hands, making it my go-to choice. However, due to the frustrating joy-con drift issues, I decided to try out the iPegas controllers shaped like GameCube controllers, which I ordered from…