Alan Zucconi

Category: Games

  • World Building Through Fictional Languages

    World Building Through Fictional Languages

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    Every serious game developer knows that world building is an integral part of the process that creates a truly immersive experience. There are a variety of techniques that can be used to achieve this: from presenting the backstory of your player with a wall of text, to clever level design tricks known as environmental storytelling.…

  • Conway’s Game of Life

    Conway’s Game of Life

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    This is the complementary article to the short documentary about Conway’s Game of Life. Join me, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of its original publication in the October 1970 issues of Scientific American.

  • The AI of Creatures

    The AI of Creatures

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    This is the complementary article to the short documentary titled “The AI of Creatures“, which provides links, references and resources for you to delve further into the world of Creatures. Join me as we travel back in time to revisit this old classic that literally made the history of Artificial Intelligence AND Artificial Life.

  • Most Anticipated Games #24

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    Far Ago | Awkwardnaut | greenlight

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    Keyboard Sports | Triband | website If there’s a genre that has been abused way too much, it has to be sport games. Nintendo WiiU, PS Move, Kinekt, VR… what happened to the good, old keyboard? Triband finally put a twist on sport games with Keyboard Sports.

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    Tiny Bubbles | Stu Denman | website Of the reasons why there are so many platform games out there, is because making them has been pretty much standardised. There are hundreds of tutorials on how to clone Super Mario; but there’s no tutorial on how to create a game like Tiny Bubbles. Developer Stu Denman has crafted his own bubble…

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    NIUM | Moppin & Nemk | itch.io It’s no mystery that Fantastic Arcade showcases some of the best, small indie titles out there. And NIUM looks definitely one of them. The game is created by the developer who’s best known for Downwell. For this new project, however, Moppin has decided for a completely different aesthetic and gameplay. NIUM, together with other intriguing…

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    Astroneer | System Era | website | steam |  twitter Let’s be honest: saying that Astroneer is going to be huge is unnecessary. The game has attracted a large audience already, and there is no doubt is going to be a commercial success. Incidentally, this ambitious indie title effortlessly delivers most of features that are missing from No Man’s…

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    forma.8 | Mixed Bag Mysterious and stylish. Those are probably the two adjectives that best describe forma.8. When Mauro and Andrea of Mixed Bag showed me the game for the first time, I was simply in awe. If you like puzzle games and environmental story telling, you should definitely check this out. forma.8 is, indeed, “a story of hope, deceiving, mystery…

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    Overland | Finji | website Canabalt, Panoramical, Feist, Night In the Woods. There’s one thing that those games have in common: Finji. After having produced so many interesting products, it’s understandable to be overly-excited for their new project, Overland. The clean aesthetic of the game is coupled with an exceptionally designed interface. Overland is a survival game with procedural generated levels, set…