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David Lindsay's Blog

Dave is the Lead Designer for City of Steam. He posts a journal of all the interesting designs he's done. I don't mind anyone using these ideas if it improves your game. Please feel free to read and run!

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City of Steam: Player Teleportation Feature
Posted by David Lindsay on Wed, 23 May 2012 09:27:00 EDT in Design, Console/PC
A pre, during, and post feature blog: The original design, the developer diary, and the final result. What went right? What changed? What went wrong?
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About Dave
Posted by David Lindsay on Wed, 23 May 2012 07:26:00 EDT in Design, Console/PC
A foreword just about Dave, and how he came to found his own studio Mechanist Games in China.
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David Lindsay's Comments

Comment In: Following Your Instincts: Developing Darksiders II [Feature - 04/16/2012 - 04:40]
They have an amazing budget ... They have an amazing budget to prototype and playtest so much. Sounds like they got to play a nicely tuned build every week. Ahhh, luxury. r n r nBut I 'm sure that behind the scenes people worked their butts off, what with all the THQ layoffs and extra crunch ...

Comment In: What Jenova Chen doesn't like about video games [News - 05/18/2012 - 09:27]
But I also did really ... But I also did really enjoy my brief foray into Journey. My friend recommended it so I was already well prepared to be affected by it.

Comment In: Tearing Down Barriers: How to Bring MMO Players Together [Feature - 02/15/2012 - 04:55]
This article was extremely helpful, ... This article was extremely helpful, and well written. It is really going to help me put the polish on the MMO I am currently working on. :-

Comment In: The F-Words Of MMOs: Free-To-Play [Feature - 08/16/2011 - 04:30]
Even later... this is still ... Even later... this is still an awesome read.

Comment In: The F-Words Of MMOs: Faucets [Feature - 07/21/2011 - 04:00]
This was just a truly ... This was just a truly awesome read. Thank you Simon.

Comment In: The F-Words of MMORPGs: Fairness [Feature - 07/05/2011 - 04:05]
I overlooked this article for ... I overlooked this article for a whole year Damn, this would have been helpful about 6 months ago. But still, great read and while I agree with the majority of the replies on fairness, that is not the future of MMOs. r n r nI have to completely agree with ...

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