On this year's Global Game Jam I teamed up with Stefan Svellingen to create an augmented reality game we titled Deprivision. It is a game where you don't see the game world, but have to use audio only to navigate the level to avoid pit falls and monsters. The player uses a wireless headset with [...]
MentalFish and Scary-Monsters have teamed up to deliver an absurd experience in the form of a 3'rd person shooter named B.A.G. The game is a tribute to the 80'ies comic D.R. & Quinch and will feature ridiculous weaponry for disposal of annoying aliens. Leigh Bamforth has created some awesome models and first up is one [...]
An awesome TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_chatfield_7_ways_games_reward_the_brain.html
An amazing world, great style and good gameplay from what I can tell. Check out the interview at indiegamepod.com or just enjoy the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/v/Y4HSyVXKYz8&hl=en_US&fs=1&
Awesome asset management in Unity 3.0 http://blogs.unity3d.com/2010/06/15/unity-3-feature-preview-asset-management/ http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12584179&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
Yes! Eric Chahi, creator of Another World is back the business! http://www.youtube.com/v/r8nABQLSfmU&hl=en_US&fs=1&
Just letting you know there will be some additions to the Unity Proto Pack, such as heli- and space ship flying modes. All existing customers of the pack will get it as a free update.
The first product is a prototyping pack for Unity, with some simplistic setups for player, camera and enemy behaviours. http://mentalfish.com/store/
In the recent turmoil around Apple changing the legalities around development for iPhone, John Gruber posted his thoughts on it. While I agree with many of his comments, there is a rather strange statement, or claim if you will, at the end of his post: Cross-platform software toolkits have never — ever — produced top-notch [...]
<rant mode="on"> What is the value of creative efforts, often described as intellectual property? And by value I don't talk about monetary measures alone. Envision this: You have an idea with a small technical scope and you share it with others. Later on, the exact same idea is presented and implemented as somebody else's new [...]
