This presentation explores how cross platform development considerations influence game developers and how platform providers can give developers the tools to make their choices easy ones. It discusses some of the main impediments to cross platform development. Some of these, such as basic hardware differences between platforms, seem obvious, but …
Ready for life as a game? From farming games on Facebook to Four Square check ins on Twitter games are a powerful force for driving traffic, shaping user behavior, and creating engagement. However, adding points and awarding badges are only part of the story. Based on XEODesign’s 18 years of …
Learn how the greatest game studios create games. In this session Senior Technical Producer Aðalsteinn “Alli” Óttarsson and Lead Game Designer Noah “Hammerhead” Ward tell a tale of how CCP migrated its 3 studios on 3 continents to large scale Agile development.
Do vertex arrays keep you up at night? Do you have nightmares involving framerates and event loops? If so, this session might have the cure for your condition. Chris Pruett will discuss the game engine that he developed, using it as a case study to explain the common pitfalls and …
