Finishing a Game

To the MSC Malaysia IPCC Games winners out there, read this! Source: makegames.tumblr.com  Read More

IndieCade announces finalists for 2010

The finalists have been announced for IndieCade 2010, wonder how did those games get into final? I don’t know, but by the time I finish this article, I will give it all a try, I’d better stop now! GAMES TIME! You indies out there, quit your facebook NOW! Some write-up from IndieCade official site: “IndieCade 2010 offers up a phenomenal lineup of 32 diverse and innovative games selected by 160 international jurors from over 350 submissions.... Read More

The Core Process of Creativity, Visualizing the Creative Process

It will be a short break for some of us in the coming days, as we’re heading towards a holiday+weekends+leave+ Independent day. That gives me an opportunity to write about a 2 in 1 article which requires certain degree of digestion. It’s about a very interesting article talking about “Visualizing the Creativity Process” on Lost Garden I read 10-day ago, along with a post on Double Buffered (A blog about a Programmer’s... Read More

Debating F2P Monetization

Another article where the author compares the western developers to the eastern developers, and points out the success of western f2p model came only after the establishment of Facebook. I particularly like the explaination of the “conversion rate” and ARPPU (“average revenue per paying user”). Click on to find out more … Source — Game Tycoon –  Read More

IPCC 2010 Casual Games Competition Winners Announced!

Image CC: lowyat.net And the winners are: Dwing Dwing Jungle Plant Life Poco Poco Cheeroco The Ancient Diary Tvboy! Lowyat.net has article of their coverage of the event day. — lowyat.net –  Read More

Analyzing Starcraft 2′s Ranking System

I believe most of you are playing Starcraft 2 right now, even if you don’t, you must be hearing about the hype Jim Raynor and his gang created. I don’t know about you, but playing this game, I’m rather the slowest spices unlocking only 6-level in the campaign so far. Nevertheless, it didn’t stop me from try to figure out how a game like that is created? or more correctly, remake! Question like how they build the game on top... Read More

IPCC Result announcement buka puasa dinner

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Six Ways to Tell Stories in Video Games

How often have you stumble upon a game which you think failed to deliver the right story? Here from untoldentertainment.com, the author covers some common storytelling techniques in creating a games. Among mentioned  are some techniques widely use in the Animation industry, but still, how many  have their game designed with a good story in mine? The answer remains on you.  Read More

Making Games On The Side: Development In The Real World

As gamasutra pointed out, the game industry is changing its nature, big budget developers no longer monopolize the market share, more and more small, unknown developers popping out from everywhere and show the world their game is unique than the rest. On the 3rd page of the article, Andy Moore (Steambird) talks about moving from being a software developer to a fulltime game developer in late 2008, and how he eventually decided to persuade his career... Read More

Pitching Day Announced – MSC Malaysia IPCC Casual Games Competition

Please find below the details of MSC Malaysia IPCC Casual Games Competition Pitching day 2010: Venue: Cindai 3, Cyberview Lodge Resort and Spa, Cyberjaya Date: 29th July 2010 (Thursday) Time: 2.00 pm – 6.30 pm Agenda 2.00pm            : Webby Guardian 2.20pm            : Conquering Asia 2.40pm            : Hospital Frontier 3.00pm            : The Ancient Diary 3.20pm            : Monsters... Read More