Curiosity killed the Warlock
http://www.tinker-entertainment.com/sitavriend/psychology-and-games/curiosity-killed-the-warlock-but-improved-the-game/ Curiosity is the pleasure of learning and not knowing. It sparks the desire to...
View ArticleVelocity Verlet WORSE than Sympletic Euler for simple spring. What gives?
Hello I've taken it upon myself to finally start learning how game engines work by making a toy engine myself. I've never done any game programming or anything like that but as an avid gamer and...
View ArticleThe power of a group
http://www.tinker-entertainment.com/sitavriend/psychology-and-games/the-power-of-a-group/ Groups are very interesting to psychologists. You might not think about it, but groups are very powerful. They...
View ArticleHow your player’s thinking develop throughout their lives
http://www.tinker-entertainment.com/sitavriend/psychology-and-games/how-your-players-thinking-develop-throughout-their-lives/ Developmental psychology is the study of how our cognitive processes change...
View ArticleMaking decisions – Dual-process theory
http://www.tinker-entertainment.com/sitavriend/psychology-and-games/making-decisions-dual-process-theory/ Hello again, I’m sorry for not releasing an article last week. I was on a last minute trip to...
View ArticleIntrinsic and extrinsic motivation
http://www.tinker-entertainment.com/sitavriend/psychology-and-games/intrinsic-and-extrinsic-motivation/ As you might have guessed, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is all about motivation. It tries...
View ArticlePlayer’s Emotions
http://www.tinker-entertainment.com/sitavriend/psychology-and-games/players-emotions/ This topic will probably be one of the more ambitious topics I will write about for a number of reasons. First of...
View ArticleReactance theory in games
http://www.tinker-entertainment.com/sitavriend/psychology-and-games/reactance-theory/ You can make something more desirable by forbidding it. That something can be anything: an item, an action, an...
View ArticleThe striking difference between liking and wanting
http://www.tinker-entertainment.com/sitavriend/psychology-and-games/the-stiking-difference-between-liking-and-wanting/ There are two different kinds of pleasures we experience every day, we have...
View ArticleNinja Surfer GIF
Hey! I wanted to show off a GIF here from Archeylte Entertainment Studios' Ninja Surfer, an endless runner, and see what you guys thought of it. It will be coming out very soon for iOS and Android!...
View ArticleDevelop:VR
Brought to you by the team behind Develop:Brighton, Develop:VR is a one day event taking place on Thursday 9 November at Olympia London. After a successful launch last year, we’re back with a focus on...
View ArticlePosting a screenshot? Add it to the Gallery for a chance to be the Image of...
Have you noticed the Image of the Day box on pages across GameDev.net? We're featuring one screenshot per day out of the GameDev.net Gallery as the Image of the Day. Submit an interesting screenshot to...
View ArticleAMD Introduces Radeon GPU Profiler
AMD has announced their new Radeon GPU Profiler. From their announcement: They also posted two videos, shared here:
View ArticleAMD Introduces Radeon GPU Profiler
AMD has announced their new Radeon GPU Profiler. From their announcement: They also posted two videos, shared here: View full story
View ArticleBuilding Block Heroes - Characters
Building Block Heroes - Characters I've spent the last few features talking about what lead up to Building Block Heroes, but not much talking about the game itself. So for this feature, I discuss the...
View ArticleHow to Become a Game Designer - Interview with Game Design Professor, Al Doyle
If anyone knows what it takes to break into the game design industry, it’s Al Doyle. A teacher of art, architecture, animation and game design for over 25 years, Doyle has been witness to the evolution...
View ArticleResources to get good at math?
Hi guys, I'm currently reading 3D Math Primer along with 3D Game Programming with DX11 (advancing in both roughly at the same pace), but I'm having some difficulties, meaning the math keeps going over...
View ArticleLooking for Companies that offer Game Download Manager Solution (similar to...
Hello everyone; We are looking for companies that can provide us a game download manager software. We have 4 pc games. what we want is: user will download a small exe and from that exe, they will be...
View ArticleI built a game in college with others that I want to release. What contracts...
Hi guys, As the title reads, I built a game with some other people during college and I'm trying to get it published on appstore and google play. The team agreed they would give me the rights to...
View ArticleHarvest mechanics for a city builder
Hi! Making a medieval city builder in the vains of banished, anno and stronghold. For harvesting resources like trees and surface stone I see a couple of options: 1. Buildings harvest in their vicinity...
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