In this GDC 2012 talk, EA/Maxis’ Stone Librande discusses a series of card and board games he’s developed that are not only designed to entertain, but also to teach the fundamentals of game design.
Stone describes the evolution of the games he’s developed and talks about the underlying lessons contained in each one.
For example, each one of the games covers a specific topic such as writing rule systems, choosing goals, tuning opposition, or balancing asymmetric systems.
In addition to this presentation, the GDC Vault and its accompanying YouTube channel offers numerous other free videos, audio recordings, and slides from many of the recent Game Developers Conference events, and the service offers even more members-only content for GDC Vault subscribers.
Those who purchased All Access passes to recent events like GDC or VRDC already have full access to GDC Vault, and interested parties can apply for the individual subscription via a GDC Vault subscription page. Group subscriptions are also available: game-related schools and development studios who sign up for GDC Vault Studio Subscriptions can receive access for their entire office or company by contacting staff via the GDC Vault group subscription page. Finally, current subscribers with access issues can contact GDC Vault technical support.
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Starting at 6:00 p.m. PDT today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring will begin receiving a new 1811 Xbox One system update (181026-1939). Read on for more about the fixes and known issues in the latest 1811 system update.
New Features:
Family Settings
Children signing up for new accounts will now be asked to add a parent only if required to by local privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR or COPPA). This means that some minors, like teens in the U.S., will no longer have to add a parent and join a Microsoft family during signup. Xbox privacy and online safety defaults will still be applied based on age, and in order to change those, the minor would need to add a parent on Xbox who can then change their settings. Minors not in a family can add a parent anytime in Settings > Account > Family settings > Add a parent. Joining a family would also allow the parent and child to use other family features like content restrictions, screen time, activity reporting, and spending.
Children that are subject to local privacy regulations will still be required to add a parent during signup. While this will create a Microsoft family through which the parent can use family features like content restrictions, screen time, activity reporting, and spending, the parent will no longer be required to sign in on Xbox. If a parent wants to change their child’s Xbox privacy and online safety settings, the parent can sign in separately on Xbox and manage their family in Settings > Account > Family settings.
Existing child accounts are not affected by this change and will remain with their parents in their current Microsoft family.
Mouse & Keyboard Support
We have enabled mouse support in the build. Please check out the Quest in the Xbox Insider Hub to experience mouse and keyboard support in Warframe.
Search Enhancements
The search function has been enhanced across the console and will now return responses from the Xbox Assist application for example to help with help, support and troubleshooting. Please check out the Quest in the Xbox Insider Hub to help us gather feedback.
Fixes:
My Games and Apps:
Fixed issues in which some users were experience Games and apps failing to launch at the splash screen.
Fixed an issue in which Recently installed games were not showing in collections.
Networking
Fixes to address the console loosing network connectivity at random times.
Additional fixed issues in which the console is fully powering off when it is placed into Instant On mode.
Notifications:
Fixed the Achievement toasts issue in which it was not clearing.
Fixed the Welcome to Game Pass Toast every time.
System
USB keyboard navigation fixes in the system.
Store twist updates to improve performance and stability.
Localization fixes.
Known Issues:
Profile Color
Sometimes users may encounter the incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.
Take command of mighty Vikings, sly Persians or brutish Demons! Destroy your opponent’s base while defending your own in this action-packed side-scrolling RTS!
11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the Western Front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action on the front? They will discover the reality of war, crossing paths, on the front, and the rear, trying to preserve their humanity for their loved ones in the face of disastrous events? If they can come back. At 11am the 11th Day of the 11th Month of year 1918, they will face the biggest decision of their lives? This is the moving story of the end of World War One. [Bandai Namco]
Hey ladies, I?m back in business. My new adventure, Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don?t Dry, takes me ? whatever the route or twist of fate ? from the end of the ?80s directly into the 21st century and wow, how the world has changed.
Pokemon Go: Two New Shiny Pokemon Now Available For A Limited Time
Pokemon Go developer Niantic has just launched its newest mobile game, Ingress Prime, on iOS and Android. To celebrate its release, the studio is holding a special event in Pokemon Go that gives players their first opportunity to catch two new Shiny Pokemon.
For a limited time, two Gen 1 monsters--Cubone and Ponyta--will appear much more frequently in the wild than they normally do. Not only that, but if you're lucky, you'll also have a chance to come across Shiny variants of each as you're playing. Shiny Cubone has a greener complexion than standard Cubone, while Shiny Ponyta has a blue fiery mane rather than a red one.
In addition to the new Shiny Pokemon, Niantic is also offering players a couple of free customization items for their trainers to commemorate the launch of Ingress Prime. Right now, you can get an Ingress Prime shirt for your avatar, as well as tops featuring the logos of The Enlightened and The Resistance--the two teams vying for supremacy in Niantic's new game.
In other Pokemon Go news, Niantic has revealed the special move players will be able to learn during this month's Community Day, which takes place this Saturday, November 10. During the event, the Gen 2 starter Pokemon Cyndaquil will appear much more frequently in the wild, and if you manage to evolve it into its final form, Typhlosion, up to an hour after the Community Day ends, it'll learn the powerful attack Blast Burn.
Niantic also recently rolled out a new update for Pokemon Go, which introduced the recently announced Adventure Sync. With this new feature, the game will keep track of the distance you've walked, even when it's idle, making it much easier to hatch Pokemon Eggs and discover Candy with your Buddy Pokemon.
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in Barcelona, Spain from May 20-23, 2019. Join Kubernetes, Prometheus, OpenTracing, Fluentd, gRPC, containerd, rkt, CNI, Envoy, Jaeger, Notary, TUF, Vitess, CoreDNS, NATS, Linkerd and Helm as the community gathers for four days to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.
Rejoice! Rome Total War is finally coming to Android!
By Joe Robinson07 Nov 2018
Feral Interactive have announced today that their highly successful iOS port of Rome: Total War will be coming to Android this winter, nearly two years after the iPad version was released.
We’ve not been given anything more beyond that – so we may not see it till early 2019, but it’s good to see this iconic strategy franchise finally being made available for Android users. And if they’re able to do this, I imagine Barbarian Invasion and Alexander may be on the cards as well (unless they don’t think it’d be financially worth it, I suppose).
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While the android release is going to be premium as well, Feral are also being quite conservative with their roll-out plans. The press release we received mentions:
ROME: Total War for Android will be released in North America, Europe, Australia and some Asian territories, and supported on a limited range of devices. More information on territories and devices will be available closer to release.
As well as the Google Play Store, you’ll also be able to purchase Rome: Total War from the Samsung Galaxy Apps store as well.
