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There are few books about video games, and even fewer about independent games. French writer and academic Bounthavy Suvilay has written one of the first dedicated entirely to the history, artwork and design of indie games — from narrative titles to art-focused and mechanic-heavy games. It was published by Ablaze in August. Indie Games examines over 70 games and more than 50 developers, while also featuring interviews with Foam Sword’s Rex Crowle, Giant Sparrow’s Ian Dallas and Motion Twin’s Yoann Laulan.
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There are few books about video games, and even fewer about independent games. French writer and academic Bounthavy Suvilay has written one of the first dedicated entirely to the history, artwork and design of indie games — from narrative titles to art-focused and mechanic-heavy games. It was published by Ablaze in August. Indie Games examines over 70 games and more than 50 developers, while also featuring interviews with Foam Sword’s Rex Crowle, Giant Sparrow’s Ian Dallas and Motion Twin’s Yoann Laulan.
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- 10/2/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Independent Gamer is a curated roundup of news from indie gaming, landing here every other Friday.
There are few books about video games, and even fewer about independent games. French writer and academic Bounthavy Suvilay has written one of the first dedicated entirely to the history, artwork and design of indie games — from narrative titles to art-focused and mechanic-heavy games. It was published by Ablaze in August. Indie Games examines over 70 games and more than 50 developers, while also featuring interviews with Foam Sword’s Rex Crowle, Giant Sparrow’s Ian Dallas and Motion Twin’s Yoann Laulan.
For ...
There are few books about video games, and even fewer about independent games. French writer and academic Bounthavy Suvilay has written one of the first dedicated entirely to the history, artwork and design of indie games — from narrative titles to art-focused and mechanic-heavy games. It was published by Ablaze in August. Indie Games examines over 70 games and more than 50 developers, while also featuring interviews with Foam Sword’s Rex Crowle, Giant Sparrow’s Ian Dallas and Motion Twin’s Yoann Laulan.
For ...
- 10/2/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
by Matt Hawkins
The Indie Speed Run is a game jam in which participants have 48 hours to create a fully playable game from start to finish. The contest will take place globally, across 15 live locations to be exact.
On the surface, it sounds like many other game jams, but there are a few key differences. First, there's a theme along with an element, both of which must be incorporated in the game, which is par for the course in such things. But when the clock starts, there's the option to roll the "Danger Dice" and get new parameters.
But it's mentioned how these replacement criteria will more than likely be wackier, and trickier to implement, though it's also implied that they'll be a lot more fun. And the second key distinction of the Indie Speed Run are the panel of judges. Which again is fairly standard, but wait till you...
The Indie Speed Run is a game jam in which participants have 48 hours to create a fully playable game from start to finish. The contest will take place globally, across 15 live locations to be exact.
On the surface, it sounds like many other game jams, but there are a few key differences. First, there's a theme along with an element, both of which must be incorporated in the game, which is par for the course in such things. But when the clock starts, there's the option to roll the "Danger Dice" and get new parameters.
But it's mentioned how these replacement criteria will more than likely be wackier, and trickier to implement, though it's also implied that they'll be a lot more fun. And the second key distinction of the Indie Speed Run are the panel of judges. Which again is fairly standard, but wait till you...
- 8/2/2013
- by MTV Video Games
- MTV Multiplayer
Journey, the visual and emotive game that evokes in the player a sense of smallness and wonder to forge an emotional connection between themself and the anonymous players they meet on the way, collected the Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Game Design, Online Multiplayer and Original Music Awards at the British Academy Games Awards, hosted by Dara O’ Briain and supported by official partner Game.
Danny Wallace was awarded with his first BAFTA winning the Performer category for his work as the narrator in Thomas was Alone, the indie puzzle game. The Walking Dead, the episodic point-and-click adventure role-playing game, picked up the Mobile and Handheld and Story BAFTAs. The Unfinished Swan, a game which explores the unknown, collected the Awards for Game Innovation and Debut Game.
Dishonored, the stealth action adventure game saw off stiff competition to collect the Award for Best Game. The Award for British Game was presented to The Room,...
Danny Wallace was awarded with his first BAFTA winning the Performer category for his work as the narrator in Thomas was Alone, the indie puzzle game. The Walking Dead, the episodic point-and-click adventure role-playing game, picked up the Mobile and Handheld and Story BAFTAs. The Unfinished Swan, a game which explores the unknown, collected the Awards for Game Innovation and Debut Game.
Dishonored, the stealth action adventure game saw off stiff competition to collect the Award for Best Game. The Award for British Game was presented to The Room,...
- 3/5/2013
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Awards season isn't quite done with us as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts rounds up their picks for 2012's best and brightest in advance of the awards show in March. The leading competitors: "The Walking Dead" with seven nominations including Best Game and Game Design with "Far Cry 3" picking up six including one for... Story?
Really?
The British Academy Game Awards will take place on March 5th with a highlight show streaming on TwitchTV on Monday, March 11.
After the jump, see the full list of nominees.
Action
Borderlands 2
Development Team
Gearbox/2K Games
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Development Team
Treyarch/Activision
Far Cry 3
Dan Hay, Patrick Plourde, Patrik Methe
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Halo 4
Development Team
343 Industries/Microsoft Studios
Hitman: Absolution
Development Team
Io – Interactive/Square-Enix
Mass Effect 3
Development Team
BioWare/EA
Artistic Achievement
Borderlands 2
Development Team
Gearbox/2K Games
Dear Esther
Robert Briscoe
Thechineseroom/thechineseroom
Far Cry 3
Jean Alexis Doyan,...
Really?
The British Academy Game Awards will take place on March 5th with a highlight show streaming on TwitchTV on Monday, March 11.
After the jump, see the full list of nominees.
Action
Borderlands 2
Development Team
Gearbox/2K Games
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Development Team
Treyarch/Activision
Far Cry 3
Dan Hay, Patrick Plourde, Patrik Methe
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Halo 4
Development Team
343 Industries/Microsoft Studios
Hitman: Absolution
Development Team
Io – Interactive/Square-Enix
Mass Effect 3
Development Team
BioWare/EA
Artistic Achievement
Borderlands 2
Development Team
Gearbox/2K Games
Dear Esther
Robert Briscoe
Thechineseroom/thechineseroom
Far Cry 3
Jean Alexis Doyan,...
- 2/12/2013
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
The Unfinished Swan is one of this year's most experimental, and creative games that has been commercially released. The Psn title was the first title from the team at Giant Sparrow, who had some support from Sony, but developed the game on their own. One of the key members of that team is Ian Dallas, he started Giant Sparrow, and serves as its Creative Director. Playing such an intimate role in a game like The Unfinished Swan, Mr. Dallas was able to give us some insights behind the scenes of this amazing game. Find out how certain aspects of the game, like the visual and audio cues came about, as well as how long it took to fine tune the splats of each of the paint balls. Oh, and we asked him about Adam Sandler and the swan, because someone had to.
MTV Multiplayer: Where do you start with a game like The Unfinished Swan?...
MTV Multiplayer: Where do you start with a game like The Unfinished Swan?...
- 10/23/2012
- by Jason Cipriano
- MTV Multiplayer
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