Review: Blood Sweat and Pixels, Chapter 3
Welcome back to my Blood, Sweat, and Pixels review! Chapter 3 is all about Stardew Valley. Unlike the other games that we’ve talked about so far, this is one that I have bought and enjoyed. Even though...
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Dev Log 2 – Procedural Generation vs Human Ingenuity
Introduction Since last week, much progress has been made in coordination between the team and seeing where we would end up pushing our idea to fruition. This week was filled with much work on...
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Rapid Game Prototyping
Rapid prototyping pushes the development team to create a working sample in order to get their idea out there and get everybody on board with the project.
Review: Blood, Sweat, and Pixels- Chapter 5
Hello again! For this week’s review, I am doing chapter 5 of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels. I have really enjoyed what I’ve read so far, and I love the insight that each developer has been...
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Chapter 5: Ensemble Studios
The fifth chapter of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels covers the unfortunate end of a studio beloved by many an RTS player, Ensemble Studios. Though the primary focus of the chapter is on their involvement with...
Chapter Review – Halo Wars
In the final chapter of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels that I will be reviewing, the company and game in question is that of Ensemble Studios, the creators of the game Halo Wars. Ensemble Studios back...
Chapter Review – Diablo III
Blizzard’s Blunder The fourth chapter of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels overlooks the development of Diablo III by Blizzard Entertainment. Upon its release, it faced a little bit of backlash over not being fun to play, as...
Review: Blood Sweat and Pixels, Chapter 4
Hello, and welcome back to my review of the book Blood, Sweat, and Pixels! This chapter is based off the development of Diablo three… post-launch. I never played Diablo 3, so my opinions will be based...
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Chapter 4: Diablo III
Ah, Blizzard, how tumultuous your story is. It seems that for every major success of the now infamous gaming giant, there’s a problem hot on its tail. Indeed, chapter 4 of Blood, Sweat, and...
Review: Blood Sweat and Pixels, Chapter 3
Welcome back to my Blood, Sweat, and Pixels review! Chapter 3 is all about Stardew Valley. Unlike the other games that we’ve talked about so far, this is one that I have bought and enjoyed. Even though...
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Chapter 3: Stardew Valley
The third chapter of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels covers Stardew Valley, and thus the dream of every indie developer in the business: a smash hit. The brainchild of one Eric Barone, better known by his...
Chapter Review – Stardew Valley
In the third chapter of the book, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Schreier recounts the tale of Stardew Valley’s creation. For those who don’t know, Stardew Valley is a relaxing pixelated game about farming and living...
Review: Blood, Sweat and Pixels Chapter 2
As I said before, I am going to keep reading Blood, Sweat, and Pixels for as long as I can. This chapter is about Naughty Dog and their development of Uncharted 4. Uncharted 4 had...