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GDNet: Weekly Sitrep
GDNet: Weekly Sitrep
| Name: | Drew -Gaiiden- Sikora |  |
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| Date Posted: | Jun 25, 2008 | |
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Blog post
Publishing Calendar Extended
I've had to go back to publishing new content every Tues and Thurs, or twice each week, in order to keep the regular content rolling without running dry. A lot of things have been drawing me away from getting new content ready to roll out - I have a decent amount waiting in the wings but what I really need are fresh submissions. If you or anyone you know is thinking about contributing a piece, drop me a line at writers@gamedev.net
Facebook Page
If you've not seen yet, GDNet has a Facebook page. Dave came up with the idea, and after a bit of deliberation we (him, myself and Seyi) agreed that it was worthwhile. We already have a group that was started by Promit, but we considered that to be its own entity - in fact we have no hand whatsoever in the moderatorship or ownership of that group. But that's okay, cause Promit's a cool guy that doesnt afraid of anything. The goal of the Facebook page is simply to help increase our exposure, provide a nice "About Us" for the Facebook crowd, and let us notify you all of important announcements (if you're a fan).
Help Build the New GDNet
Superpig is still collecting stories from people in regards to their use of GDNet and goals in the industry, so if you haven't told yours yet, please do so. This is all being included in our review as we focus these upcoming summer months on a whole new look and architecture for GameDev.net. In order to make it as close as possible to satisfying your needs, we need to know what those needs are. So help us help you!
What's Your Favorite Article?
Can you recall an article (or few) that you've read here on GDNet and found to be extremely helpful to you? If so, head on over to this thread and let me know what it is and why you thought it was a good read. I'll be picking a random name from the people who respond for a book giveaway. Sorry to clutter up the forums with another Announcement thread, but it's for good purpose.
Tiffany's Back!
For those of you who remember her, Tiff used to be more active in the site, socializing on the boards and helping with the news. She'll be doing much the same in the spare time that she has, which is nice because honestly the news has started to become a bit tedious for me amongst all the other stuff I'm doing. I also hope Emmanuel has some time to spare in the future as well, that'd make for a great news team. In the meantime though, you can thank Tiff for any front page goodness that appears from now on.
New Articles
Besides the Featured Articles that went up this past week, I've also added links in the Reference section to Mark Morris' excellent articles over at Bit-tech.net on how to start your own games studio. Mark's the leader of the team at Introversion (Darwinia, Uplink) and well worth listening to, so be sure to give them a read through - I think there's more on the way. I link to them from the News section so keep your eyes peeled there for more.
* How To Start Your Own Games Studio, Pt 1 - Is indie development for you? How do you come up with the spark for your first great title? What's it all really about?
* How To Start Your Own Games Studio, Pt 2 - You've got your idea cemented, but now you have to implement it. Learn how to do so in the most simplistic and efficient way possible so you can quickly see if your idea is actually fun
* How To Start Your Own Games Studio, Pt 3 - What do publishers really offer you? Are their services worth dealing with them? Are you better off striking out on your own? Learn the upsides and downsides of dealing with publishers and going truly indie
* How To Start Your Own Games Studio, Pt 4 - Learn to talk the talk and not be backed into a legal corner by publishers out to screw you and take all your money and IP.
* Why Use Scrum? - Formerly of High Moon Studios, Clint was one of the forerunners of the agile movement in the games industry. As project complexity scales higher, management is becoming an increasing issue. Big hits don't always pay back today's huge cost of development. Should you adopt agile? What is agile? How will it help you? Find out!
* A Simple and Inexpensive Ray-casting Effect - This snippet describes two simple implementations of the emission/absorption model for participating media with ray-casting on the GPU
Events
No new events this week. If you have an event that's not listed in our Events Calendar, let me know! - drew@gamedev.net
I've had to go back to publishing new content every Tues and Thurs, or twice each week, in order to keep the regular content rolling without running dry. A lot of things have been drawing me away from getting new content ready to roll out - I have a decent amount waiting in the wings but what I really need are fresh submissions. If you or anyone you know is thinking about contributing a piece, drop me a line at writers@gamedev.net
Facebook Page
If you've not seen yet, GDNet has a Facebook page. Dave came up with the idea, and after a bit of deliberation we (him, myself and Seyi) agreed that it was worthwhile. We already have a group that was started by Promit, but we considered that to be its own entity - in fact we have no hand whatsoever in the moderatorship or ownership of that group. But that's okay, cause Promit's a cool guy that doesnt afraid of anything. The goal of the Facebook page is simply to help increase our exposure, provide a nice "About Us" for the Facebook crowd, and let us notify you all of important announcements (if you're a fan).
Help Build the New GDNet
Superpig is still collecting stories from people in regards to their use of GDNet and goals in the industry, so if you haven't told yours yet, please do so. This is all being included in our review as we focus these upcoming summer months on a whole new look and architecture for GameDev.net. In order to make it as close as possible to satisfying your needs, we need to know what those needs are. So help us help you!
What's Your Favorite Article?
Can you recall an article (or few) that you've read here on GDNet and found to be extremely helpful to you? If so, head on over to this thread and let me know what it is and why you thought it was a good read. I'll be picking a random name from the people who respond for a book giveaway. Sorry to clutter up the forums with another Announcement thread, but it's for good purpose.
Tiffany's Back!
For those of you who remember her, Tiff used to be more active in the site, socializing on the boards and helping with the news. She'll be doing much the same in the spare time that she has, which is nice because honestly the news has started to become a bit tedious for me amongst all the other stuff I'm doing. I also hope Emmanuel has some time to spare in the future as well, that'd make for a great news team. In the meantime though, you can thank Tiff for any front page goodness that appears from now on.
New Articles
Besides the Featured Articles that went up this past week, I've also added links in the Reference section to Mark Morris' excellent articles over at Bit-tech.net on how to start your own games studio. Mark's the leader of the team at Introversion (Darwinia, Uplink) and well worth listening to, so be sure to give them a read through - I think there's more on the way. I link to them from the News section so keep your eyes peeled there for more.
* How To Start Your Own Games Studio, Pt 1 - Is indie development for you? How do you come up with the spark for your first great title? What's it all really about?
* How To Start Your Own Games Studio, Pt 2 - You've got your idea cemented, but now you have to implement it. Learn how to do so in the most simplistic and efficient way possible so you can quickly see if your idea is actually fun
* How To Start Your Own Games Studio, Pt 3 - What do publishers really offer you? Are their services worth dealing with them? Are you better off striking out on your own? Learn the upsides and downsides of dealing with publishers and going truly indie
* How To Start Your Own Games Studio, Pt 4 - Learn to talk the talk and not be backed into a legal corner by publishers out to screw you and take all your money and IP.
* Why Use Scrum? - Formerly of High Moon Studios, Clint was one of the forerunners of the agile movement in the games industry. As project complexity scales higher, management is becoming an increasing issue. Big hits don't always pay back today's huge cost of development. Should you adopt agile? What is agile? How will it help you? Find out!
* A Simple and Inexpensive Ray-casting Effect - This snippet describes two simple implementations of the emission/absorption model for participating media with ray-casting on the GPU
Events
No new events this week. If you have an event that's not listed in our Events Calendar, let me know! - drew@gamedev.net
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