Mind over matter? Is the pen mightier than the sword? What is more important, gameplay or graphics? Yes, it is. Take a look at the resurrected Fallout saga. Fallout 3 was an excellent RPG, but fails to be an excellent Fallout game. Some people (including me) says that it shouldnt be considered a Fallout game. It doesnt has the touch, recovered by New Vegas. In both cases, the old game athmosphere and feeling is no longer there. It doesnt matters how good the modern graphics look (and they dont), the old games are, definitely, classics.
So, game programmer newbie, pay as much attention to gameplay as you pay to graphics. Great graphics will impress once, good gameplay will keep gamers enjoying your work again and again.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Torque engine is back with new Gara Games
Good news! Garage Games has been reformed as a new company and got all the Torque assets from Instant Action (read the full article at Gamasutra). Also, for a limited time, they have dropped the price to $99.
SDL snapshot
Time for another SDL snapshot. Check the full changelog here, being the most important changes the improved Android support and lot of unmaintaned code removed.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Farewell to ATI
In a couple of years, the name ATI will be a vague memory. A retrospective of 25 years in pictures, at Tom's Hardware. As a loyal ATI user, I just have to say that I will miss the name, but I hope that the spirit will remain.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
SDL 1.3 community tutorials
One of the SDL mailing list users has started a project dedicated to SDL 1.3 community tutorials. I havent been able to check it, as Google code is blocked to my country, but I guess it is a good place to get used to the next generation SDL.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Two new engines
Happy new year! Two new names for your engine collection: Crimild and KlayGE. Both crossplatform and open source. Enjoy testing!
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