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How to get “share on social” in Unity
January 08, 2018 21:12I’m writing this post because a reference solution for how to create a Unity button that allows to “share on social” text and images, opening the default “pick a social” screen on mobile apps does not seem to be sufficiently indexed, so my colleague Matteo Bicocchi and I had to struggle in order to put […] The post How to get “share on social” in Unity appeared first on Design a Game.
My Games Of The Year 2017
December 27, 2017 10:49With Daniele Giardini we wrote our GOTY lists here. They are almost totally disjoint! 😀 The post My Games Of The Year 2017 appeared first on Design a Game.
First Trailer for Football VooDoom: Will To Comeback
August 08, 2016 20:47A first trailer for an idea for a game on football that is taking shape both in design and in development – see the dedicated page for info and the trailer. The post First Trailer for Football VooDoom: Will To Comeback appeared first on Design a Game.
(Mis)Understanding Applied Game Design: Vaccine!
March 03, 2016 13:40Working with a no longer minuscule set of customers on applied games of a really wide spectrum of themes I’ve noticed in the early phases some misunderstanding that recur. In order to help both parties (game designers and field experts) to reach a common ground, I’ve set the misunderstandings in extreme and simplified form so […] The post (Mis)Understanding Applied Game Design: Vaccine! appeared first on Design a Game.
Untangling GameObject State in Unity
January 24, 2016 20:54In this short post and video I try to discuss and clarify a few points about GameObject state in Unity with respect to game, scene and “runtime” scope. It is a bit more complex than one may understand initially, so bear with me a little. When you start developing scenes in Unity, it won’t take […] The post Untangling GameObject State in Unity appeared first on Design a Game.
A little Unity project to explore a math puzzle
December 27, 2015 11:52This math puzzle was proposed on The Guardian: How to fill up the slots with the numbers from 1 to 9 and make the result 66? I proposed it to my kids, who are actually still too young to appreciate the algebraic solution. So I created a simple “brute force” explorer of the problem – […] The post A little Unity project to explore a math puzzle appeared first on Design a Game.
Storytelling flow in videogames – DAG pod 23
July 29, 2015 19:20 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this podcast Daniele Giardini and Pietro Polsinelli (myself) discuss story flow in games – and how game endings are told. We roam from The Witcher to Sunless Sea, crossing game genres. Hear us here: At the end of the podcast we read and discuss a quote from If Games Were Like Game Stories… My […] The post Storytelling flow in videogames – DAG pod 23 appeared first on Design a Game.
Making a sport game in Unity: model & prototype
April 07, 2015 07:02I just published a video where I describe how to start modelling and developing a sport game, specifically football (soccer) in my case: In the following notes some motivation for the work and references from the video. What am I trying to do? I am creating a game on football (not American Football), called Football […] The post Making a sport game in Unity: model & prototype appeared first on Design a Game.
Games we loved in 2014 – DAG pod 21
December 31, 2014 13:41 - 39 minutes - 45.1 MBIn this podcast I chat with We Are Muesli about (some of) the games we liked in 2014. We each put together a list of games and we sort of interviewed each other. Great Indie Games 2014 We Are Muesli’s list Desert Golfing Close Your – by Goodbye World Sunders Burly Men at Sea – […] The post Games we loved in 2014 – DAG pod 21 appeared first on Design a Game.
Beyond mechanics: games with depth – DAG pod 20
December 30, 2014 14:44 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBIn this dreamy podcast Daniele Giardini and Pietro Polsinelli (myself) discuss the notion of depth in games. We don’t reach any definitive conclusion, but we have fun Here is the podcast: Games with depth The formal definition of depth in games referred to at the beginning is here. Two of the definitions proposed by Pietro […] The post Beyond mechanics: games with depth – DAG pod 20 appeared first on Design a Game.