Game dev link roundup - 30th March
Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 12:36AM Not done this for a while... here's a bunch of stuff I've come across in the last week or so.
Games
Home by Benjamin Rivers
Hauntingly beautiful pixel horror adventure.
Dyad by Shawn McGrath
Didn't quite get to see this at GDC. Wish I had.
Lone Survivor by Jasper Byrne
More pixel horror -- this one's out already though.
Offspring Fling by Kyle Pulver
Just in case your twitter stream didn't explode with this Friday night -- go check it out.
Design
Controls You Can Feel
Slides & notes from Zach Gage's outstanding GDC 2012 talk on touch tactility.
Mirror's Edge: Building the impossible
Interesting commentary from Rob Briscoe on some of the decisions that went into the art decisions on Mirror's Edge.
Code
Git tricks, tips and workflows
I don't care what you do, if you do it with code this is useful.
d3.js
Data-driven documents. Such a clever way to do DOM bindings and transformations. So many ideas sparked from this already.
Cubes all the way down
Renaud's slides from his GDC/IGS Fez technical analysis. Full of interesting technical and design points.
Commentary / analysis
iOS Sales Statistics including Q1 2012: Split by Model and OpenGL ES 2.0 Support
Great analysis from Steffen on the breakdown of GL ES 2.0 support on iOS devices.
Blow on The Witness & Braid
Informative and practical design interview with Jonathan Blow over on the PA Report.
Resources & tools
Pixel Joint
Massive community of pixel art & artists.
Lost Type
Ridiculously high-quality fonts on a name-your-price basis.
Spriter
Kick Starter-funded multi-part image animation for 2d characters. Free beta also available.
Frustro
Typeface design is cool. Deal with it.
Sources & inspiration
Disasterpeace
Wonderful game dev for your ears.
Cargo
Art profile sites, running on Cargo's backend -- full of interesting art and inspiration. The image browse page is a good place to start.
Spy vs Spy -- Omnibus Vol. 1
I don't seem to be able to detach myself from an endless stream of spy vs spy-like inspirations. Recent exposure to Gunpoint, Spy Party, Moncao and Beat Sneak Bandit aren't helping either.
Reader Comments (2)
Nice post. Thanks for the links.
Lone Survivor is the only survival horror game that is done perfectly these days!