Apr 09
Posted: under Filament Games, Opinion.
On March 9, 2016, I met with the Game Maker’s Club at Norwich Technical High School via Google Hangouts. The interview was published on Filament Game’s blog and I am re-posting it here.
MOAR!!!
Mar 26
Posted: under Opinion.
I think it happens to all game developers, when someone learns our occupation one of two things happen: we get our ear talked off about their favorite game, or we suffer through their idea for a game. This rant is about the later.
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Mar 26
Posted: under Filament Games, Opinion.
Employees at Filament Games are taking turns talking about the what, why, and how they do what they do. You can find the original post here.
Mar 06
Posted: under Filament Games, Opinion.
It Begins With An Idea
Video games typically begin with design, either starting with a great idea or pursuing a creative solution to a tough problem. It is entirely possible to imagine games for which there is no demand, or to identify a space where there is a need but no good game can be built. It is imperative to challenge your ideas and refine them to ensure it meets the qualifications of a good educational game. Once you’ve made that determination, you’re ready to start the game design process. As a broad overview we’ll discuss this process in terms of design, objectives, scope, and platform.
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Jan 31
Posted: under Filament Games, Opinion.
Game design is a complex subject to cover, but there are some litmus tests for what makes good learning game content. The following list will help you determine if you have the right type of content for a learning game.
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Dec 06
Posted: under Filament Games, Opinion.
My latest Filament Games Blog talks about analyzing feature cost when developing games.
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Dec 06
Posted: under Filament Games, Opinion.
Another writing taken from my contributions to the Filament Games Blog
People with diverse talents come together to create games. As a medium, games are composed of art, programming, sound, design, film, and story. My graduate school experience was entirely project-based, with each of us applying our specialized skills developed in undergrad, practicing for the complicated and collaborative environment of game development.
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Dec 06
Posted: under Filament Games, HTML5, Opinion.
I have worked with HTML5 for about a year now; it is an interesting platform that cobbles together several bits of technology. It is a capable tool to build games, but not as compelling as other options that can publish to web and native devices (Unity, Flash + Air). In my opinion, HTML5’s advantage is reaching all devices. However, running on all devices (supporting all browser versions and hardware) is also going to be its short coming. Until all versions of Internet Explorer are phased out in favor of Edge (Internet Explorer has been lagging behind other modern browsers) and we can usher in a new generation of tablet devices (the iPad2 and iPad mini, along with cheaper android devices are lacking in performance and a large segment of the tablet market share), HTML5 is not a cost efficient option for game development.
I expound on these thoughts and HTML5 development in my recent Filament Games article:
Sep 21
Posted: under Filament Games, Opinion.
I just celebrated my first year of employment with Filament Games. I have been very busy developing cool things with new technology.
I have also been contributing to the company blog, this was my first post.
MOAR!!!
May 24
Posted: under Opinion.
Adobe announced that it will no longer sell boxed versions of its products; furthermore, it is launching its Creative Cloud. All of their software will be provided as a service with a monthly subscription. Even though Creative Cloud won’t have any application updates until mid-June, it is too late to get a discount upgrade to Creative Suite 6, all of incentive programs have been switched over to Creative Cloud. MOAR!!!
