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The Obstacle is the Path : zenhabits

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The Obstacle is the Path : zenhabits

wilwheaton: I just realized that I’ve been using Tumblr for so long, I remember when the radar was...

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:44:29 -0400

wilwheaton:

I just realized that I’ve been using Tumblr for so long, I remember when the radar was a way to discover awesome blogs and not some incredibly obnoxious animated gif advertising bullshit I don’t care about.

Oddly enough, I’ve found two or three movies that I didn’t know about before seeing them as GIFs in the Radar. Ymmv I guess.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:41 -0400

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Do Developers Need Free Perks to Thrive? - Datamation

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:11 -0400

Do Developers Need Free Perks to Thrive? - Datamation:

Cutting back on perks may seem like a smart business moveâuntil developers start leaving the company.

How-01 on Flickr.Processing: How (01) Prepared as a response to...

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:54 -0400

How-01 on Flickr.

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Prepared as a response to a request for a breakdown of how I do this thing. (More to come.)

therealkatiewest: A difficulty with the internet is that no one can see how much you need them in...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:11:57 -0400

therealkatiewest:

A difficulty with the internet is that no one can see how much you need them in any given moment.

Octopodes: "Microsoft will not allow independent developers to self-publish their games on Xbox One"

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:06:43 -0400

Octopodes: "Microsoft will not allow independent developers to self-publish their games on Xbox One":

tingham:

caramelzappa:

More on point, you’re right that MS can do what they want with their own platform and that XBLIG probably wasn’t very profitable. They can do what they want, but what they’re doing is making a platform that isn’t for us. Which means a lot of us will simply ignore them. I think Sony and Nintendo are right to embrace indies. Indie games are quickly rising in popularity and sales. (Braid used to be an impressive seller, now tons of indie games dwarf its initial sales.) And I’d wager that they’re going to continue to grow. Just look at how games like AntiChamber can sit on the top sales spot in Steam for a week. Sony, and to a lesser extent Nintendo, are making sure they can profit from this, and I think they’ll be rewarded for it. If not purely in sales, then in good will from the community. (Which leads to sales and platform adoption.)

That’s the nail of the head for sure. What we’re looking at is a very simple divide in the marketplace. Platform exclusives used to mean “Studio Properties.” In the very near future, this will be replaced with something that has more to do with what kind of esoteric experiences (your) platform provides over the competition. (We)[http://blog.mutinous.com] just signed up for one of the big Indie console networks and hope to be moving toward shipping to it later this year. In all of our talk about being on the console, I can’t remember a single time where we talked about it in terms of how much revenue it would generate for us. It’s about being there, being accessible to that segment of the audience and just like all of the other platforms out there; getting butts in seats (thanks tony.)

Would Microsoft have engendered a huge amount of good will from the development community at large by supporting indie game devs through self-publishing (vis. The App Store?) absolutely. Would the big publishers prefer that we never be able to release another game on a platform they are also on? Ask the guys that work indie developer relations in the Origin division at EA. Oh… right..

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Wed, 22 May 2013 15:45:14 -0400

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"Microsoft will not allow independent developers to self-publish their games on Xbox One"

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:44:23 -0400

caramelzappa:

super-iss:

[Via Polygon]

Well, there it is. Microsoft is pushing indies back to other platforms. It’s kind of funny, XBLA is a huge part of why the indie scene as so recognized and huge today, and now MS seems to want nothing to do with it.

I remember having a conversation back when I was building websites for internet marketing related to how Google handles it’s PPC customers. Google pays far more attention to the largest sources of revenue in their platform; and will always give preferential placement and treatment to those that spend the most.

The bottom line is that while Minecraft sells really well; it isn’t an XBLAindie property. I would guess that of all the profit Microsoft sees from their distribution platform; less than a percent or so comes from the Indie channel.

Now, I’m not an apologist, and I certainly would have liked to see it go a different way here (ne. Having a new standardized binary format that runs on playstation or xbox would have been an amazing leap forward.) The XBLA store is entirely Microsoft’s domain and they can do whatever they want with it. I’d have loved to be able to one day self-publish on the platform but I’m not really heartbroken over having one more “Sniper Simulator” for my kid to play.

I think it might be time that some of us indie devs start talking about consolidating our publishing efforts to give us some leverage in these situations; the ball is absolutely, 100% in our court to do so. It’s either that or we stick with the desktop and the (Massive) mobile platforms that we’re already comfortable with. Let the content win-out and everyone stays happy.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:14 -0400

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You should totally write up a tutorial or something of that ilk on the noise sorting/cellular automata stuff you do in Processing. It's cool stuff and I like Processing and cool stuff. Just a suggestion :)

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:03:36 -0400

I’ll see what I can do. :)

"Microsoft will not allow independent developers to self-publish their games on Xbox One"

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:25 -0400

super-iss:

[Via Polygon]

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Tower of Guns DevBlog: Man...I think the magnesium citrate was the worst thing in that drink..

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:51:54 -0400

Tower of Guns DevBlog: Man...I think the magnesium citrate was the worst thing in that drink..:

blankslatejoe:

Today I:

-modeled, rigged Mine-layer turret, Energy turret, and fast repeater turret.

-fixed bug in landmine code.

-added turret override in projectile code for bouncing

-added turret ovveride in projectile code for speed

-fixed death tutu visual bug

-adjusted spikeball lifespan

-tuned…

Follow this game.

Cooper the friendly ghostdog on Flickr.

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:49:45 -0400

Cooper the friendly ghostdog on Flickr.

Jesus Christ, Silicon Valley!

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:02:04 -0400

I mean wow.

Punk Rock!

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:41:16 -0400

Punk Rock!