Want to Create Educational Games? Learn From Industry Leader John Beck!
Want to Create Educational Games? Learn From Industry Leader John Beck! John Beck, Gamifying Superstar Contents Introduction What would your first response be to people who believe the education paradigm is fine as it is? How widespread is the rote-learning paradigm, and how useful is it? What's the first experience that really resonated with you and convinced you to start making interactive learning experiences? Is there something you see people commonly get wrong about educational games? Other than your own, which educational games do you think have some really interesting aspects? How much of a great educational game do you…
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11 Practical Questions to Ask When Picking an Offshore Games Studio
11 Practical Questions to Ask When Picking an Offshore Games Studio Disclaimer: While most of this advice applies to any software outsourcing, games are our specialty. Jump to Questions Is their Production Multiplier TOO good? What do their clients have to say about them? Do they talk like experts in their field? Can they guide you? Are they Agile? Do they shy away more than usual in coming on a live video call? How comfortable are you with their communication? Can they show you live versions, demos, videos or details of completed or ongoing projects? Have they done relevant work?…
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Rescue Operations (Using Someone Else’ Code)
RESCUE OPERATIONS (USING SOMEONE ELSE’ CODE) What is a Rescue Operation? So what is a rescue operation? Is it rescuing someone from mortal danger? Is it rescuing someone from an enemy that kidnapped them? Well yes! That is what a rescue operation is! Operations or organized procedures to bring people or a person out of danger, attack, harm, etc. BUT! The sort of rescue operation that I’m talking about is different. It’s the sort by which a developer understands and uses someone else’s code to develop something! Many a time it has happened that we come across a project that…
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Our Favourite Game-Like Experiences
OUR FAVORITE GAME-LIKE EXPERIENCES So in the last article, we talked about the history of game-like experiences and how big of an impact they’ve had on our world and how they’ve evolved epicly over time.In this article, I’ll share with you some of our favorite game-like experiences! :DAnd I’ll even throw in a couple of our own ones!Pokemon GOWhen Pokemon Go was first released it took the world by storm! It was the first example of Game-Like Experiences that hit the Mainstream Media. The game became the fastest game to top the App Store and Google Play, beating all of its…
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5 Things to remember when making Art in Kids Games
5 Things to remember when making Art in Kids Games What defines what a kid’s game looks like?Should it be all cute and cuddly? Should it be educational or something hardcore that would help kids develop some survival instincts? Should it be all fun and games?OF COURSE NOT! The answer is simple: It can look like anything. Look at games like Kirby and Sly Cooper. Those games get DARK and yet we don’t pay too much mind to it as kids since it’s all about the cute pink puffball and the funny one-liner spouting raccoon. Making an artistic product with mass appeal is…
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