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2016-11-02 - Day 133
Watched the Unite 2016 Keynote, amazing stuff!
Unity Collaborate
Unity Connect
Facebook gameroom
Performance optimization
Load assets on background when opening editor
Use native rendering on PS4 to improve performace by 2.5x
Transform component improvements
5.5
Upgraded cross-compiler
Instancing
Native shaders
5.6
Compute
2017
Tessellation
Support for Nintendo Switch
Image Sequencer tool
Post Processing is faster and easier
More friendly light mapping
Timeline tool - Create cinematic storytelling in Unity
OTOY (Avatar, West world) Octane Render will come to Unity!
From 5.6 on, Daydream will be part of Unity.
New video player in 5.6 (supports 360º videos)
Unity EditorVR!
Game that caught my attention the most: Project Wight
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2016-11-01 - Day 132
Tim Schafer's Crowdfunding Retrospective
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2016-10-31 - Day 131
Took a look at the Defold engine.
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2016-10-30 - Day 130
Continued the course: Concepts in Games Development
Evaluated the rest of the course and decided to drop it. Will focus on the coursera courses instead, they seem to have a much better content.
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2016-10-29 - Day 129 - PONG 12!
In this day happened the PONG meeting of October. It was the 12th since we changed the name of the event to PONG!
We had a talk with Orland Fonseca Jr, founder of Imgnation, a brazilian studio that develops VR games and experiences.
It was incredibly cool to learn of his history and work, a lot of VR topics.
Notes I took about the talk
Imgnation Games
Dodge This
Machadobol
Monowheel
VR, AR and other interaction technologies
Razer OSVR - Open-Source Virtual Reality for Gaming
Oculus Rift
HTC Vive
Samsung Gear VR
Google Cardboard - Great for a first experience, to introduce VR to a person.
Google Daydream - Cardboard evolution.
Vrvana Totem
Magic Leap
Leap Motion
Fove Eye Tracking VR
VR areas by order of most uses
Education
Health
Training and Simulation
Virtual presence in events/shows/etc
Games
Engines to develop to VR
Unity has more support.
Unreal is Catching up.
Tips
Find small experiences that work in VR, this alone can already turn into a product.
Test your game payment system from all countries that you publish it.
General Trivia and Info
Chilingo it's the mobile arm of EA
Cross marketing: Put ads of one game inside other games of the same company
Game Founders experience: 67 mentors from all areas, pitch lessons and competition.
Slush: Startup event in Finland.
Companies don't send dev kits to Brazil. You have either to go get it in US or buy by yourself :(
Which is better: Oculus Touch or HTC Vive hand controls?
Oculus Connect talks
Other companies, technologies and techniques to note
3D Scanner
GVS - Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation
Photogrammetry
Cubic Motion Computer Vision
Google Pixel
More pics from the event!
Folks paying attention to the wise man!
Robson showing his game: Run Chubby Dudes!
Léon showing his Kart Soccer game:
And his Ovni game:
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2016-10-28 - Day 128
Resumed posting all the things I studied between 2016-09-06 and now!
I also rewatched some parts of this talk, I highly recommend it!
Konsoll 2013: Marketing Indie Games on a $0 Budget - Emmy Jonassen
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2016-10-27 - Day 127
Started doing this course: Concepts in Games Development - by Dr. Clinton Woodward
Did the Module 1.
Key elements of a GDD
Basic Idea
Storyline
Visual Design
Audio Design
Control
Interaction
Think about the game's screens (scenes, modes, etc) and transitions.
Think about the game's rules.
Think about the game's entities and interactions.
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2016-10-26 - Day 126
Programming Aesthetics learned from making independent games - Jonathan Blow
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2016-10-25 - Day 125
Jonathan Blow: Indie Prototyping
Recommendations
Don't do ideas that are "just good enough".
You want to feel the greatness in your prototype.
Pass on ideas that seem good or just okay.
Keep prototyping until you find something that you can't not make.
Prototype early, during development of something else.
Have plenty of time to let ideas gestate.
Give yourself the option not to follow up on a prototype for a while. Years if need be!
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2016-10-24 - Day 124
GDC Talk: Oh My! That Sound Made the Game Feel Better! - Joonas Turner
Things to think when designing a game:
What's the game like and what's the main focus of the player?
Give cues to the player. Ex: In a fps game, instead of having the player look at the UI to know how many bullets are left, make a distinct sound of metal clanking when bullets are ending.
Music/SFX/VO should blend together.
Create something unique. Ex: The game world has a new a different language.
Creation:
Plan on gear/chain. Ex: One filter to VO, one for player actions, one for enemy, one for effects.
Make your sounds shorter.
Make the beginnings shorter, think about about pushing a button.
Impact, Impact, Impact!
Distortion
Sound Systems:
Ducking
Filters
Give priority to what's is important!
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2016-10-23 - Day 123
GDC Experimental Gameplay Workshop 2015: SineRider
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2016-10-22 - Day 122
A Light In Chorus at 2014's GDC European Innovative Games Showcase
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2016-10-21 - Day 121
Presented some games of the PONG group on a local science fair.
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2016-10-20 - Day 120
Did some specialization exercises.
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2016-10-19 - Day 119
GDC Talk: Procedural Generation in Shattered Planet - Tanya Short
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2016-10-18 - Day 118
GDC Talk: Experimental Gameplay Workshop 2015: Earth Primer - Chaim Gingold
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2016-10-17 - Day 117
Miyamoto remembers Donkey Kong dev trivia -- like the original English voice acting
Miyamoto Spills Donkey Kong’s Darkest Secrets, 35 Years Later
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