Why Choose Unity 3D? (Part 2)

(by Ian Strandberg) I’ve chosen to use Unity 3D more or less exclusively for my game development projects. I’m just getting started and that could change, but so far, I feel I’ve made the right choice. Essentially I believe that Unity makes it possible for me to come as close to being a one man [...]

Why Choose Unity 3D? (Part 1)

(by Ian Strandberg) As I’m making the transition to independent game development as a career I’m faced with plenty of choices about how I’m going to shape my future from here on out.  One of the things I know about myself is that I can’t be comfortable without backup.  Another thing I’ve learned is that [...]

I’m in the jungle! And, Unity is my tour guide

(by Greg Greene) Coroutines… Raycasting… Colliders, oh my! Those are just a few things I had to wrap my head around recently. You see, I’m entering the world of game programming. Or, more accurately, the world of Unity 3D game programming. The guys (and girls) at Unity Technologies in San Fran put together a decent [...]

Dead Space 2 Session Notes (part 1)

Session notes are a collection of my casual thoughts from a recent gaming session.  They are not reviews and may not reflect my overall view of a game accurately.  Instead I just take note of design choices and my experience playing the game.  There are no inline spoiler warnings so consider this it. I’m somewhere in [...]

Scratchware Menifesto Reaction (Part 1)

A day or two ago I ran across the Scratchware Manifesto, an at times angry-toned rant against common* practices at game development studios and among publishers and other parts of the game industry machinery.  It also proposes an alternative called “scratchware.”  It was written in 2000 and appears to be the work of multiple anonymous [...]

Bulletstorm Session Notes (part 1)

To start off with, the baddies in Bulletstorm sound like they all took voice lessons with the The Humungus.    So they’ve got that going for them.  Which is nice. When I take notes while playing a game I generally just scribble down whatever comes to mind in the midst of the experience: The action set [...]