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When Knights of Pen & Paper (the first one) came out a few years ago, tabletop RPG fans everywhere were instantly enamored. This felt like a game tailored for D&D dungeon masters, as you controlled how the story unfolded at every step of the way, with each character just responding to your decisions. Sure, it […]
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If you like Flappy Bird (or any other type of endless runner game), you probably don’t lament the fact that the main character is anything but a bunny. There are some people out there, though, who refuse to play any game that does not star a bunny (or at least I assume so). For those
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In a move inspired by only the most altruistic Game Dev Tycoon players, Acid Wizard Studios has released a version of their own game on The Pirate Bay. Darkwood, a survival horror game, can now be downloaded completely free by anyone, and there’s exactly no difference between the free version and the $15 Steam version.
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When it comes to gaming, there are a few sub-factions. There are PC vs console vs handheld (vs mobile) gamers. There are people who exclusively play sports games, others who only play multiplayer shooters, others who want point-and-click adventure games that tell a great story, and still others who only want to play colorful puzzlers.
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When it comes to coding, almost everyone can give you advice on where to start. Once you’ve gotten your feet wet a bit, you might run into a wall, as most tutorials either force you to start all the way at the beginning (which can be annoying) or assume you know way more than you
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If you’ve played video games for any significant amount of time, you’ve probably been interested in starting to program your own games. For most people, this feeling is fleeting and quickly goes away, but for others it just seems like the natural next step to take in their hobby. The only problem is game programming
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Here at My Dpad, we’ve been singing the praises of West of Loathing (also here), but only because it’s just that good. Well, I’ve just about beaten the game, so now I feel even more comfortable recommending it to the good readers here at My Dpad. This will be the final update from us about
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Here at My Dpad, we’re still over the moon about the recent Android launch of Pixel Starships (Get it? Moon? Launch? Space stuff.). Most of my other gaming has gone by the wayside as I’ve once again been able to sink all my time into the scifi goodness that is Pixel Starships. In fact, I’ve
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Just yesterday, we wrote a piece about how you can easily monetize your GameMaker games with HTML5. Today we’re sticking on the subject of GameMaker, because YoYo Games has just released their newest version of the powerful introductory game development software, GameMaker Studio 2. With the release of GameMaker Studio 2, YoYo Games has unfortunately
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For most people, Gamemaker is a fun way to explore a game development hobby, and little more. Of course, Gamemaker can very easily be used to release full-fledged games on various consoles, but most people use it as an educational tool. There is an easy way to release your Gamemaker games for multiple popular platforms
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