My producer hates me
No, it’s true, he hates me because I am the only coder on the current project I am on and he has to ask me every now an then how long something will take and I invariably can’t answer him. It’s not as...
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Middleware for music
There is one aspect of game development that I historically had problems with and that was audio. I would concentrate all my efforts into getting the engine, game code and graphics right but audio...
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When I set out to found Xiotex Studios over 4 years ago I had every intention of doing so to create my own games and nothing but my own games. This was a dream that had been brewing for a long time as...
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It’s 08:43 on Sunday the 3rd of July and I’ve just got an automated email from Mike Acton reminding me that today is the deadline for submitting my scheduled post to AltDevBlog. I usually write it a...
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The indie-game panel I recently took part in a panel at this years Develop conference in Brighton. A lot of the topics centred on the subject of work-for-hire and more importantly, how do you balance...
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