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David Marcum's Blog

C.C.O. at Crysal Runner Games. We make web-deployed, PC- and Mac-downloadable, and mobile device games

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A Young Industry
Posted by David Marcum on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:45:00 EDT in
We are a predominately young person industry. Which means for the most part we are operating out of gaming not development experience. Why do people leave when they've got a few years on them? What forces are at work that drive them away?
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Your game will never reach a broader market – motion controls and 3D will not save you
Posted by David Marcum on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:23:00 EDT in Design
In a move to widen their market, the game system manufacturers are expanding their systems functionality with motion controls, and Sony and Nintendo at least are adding 3D experiences. What does that mean for game developers? If you learn to develop 3D ga
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Comment In: Game Developer magazine closing in July 2013 [News - 04/09/2013 - 01:11]
Yeah, I love that magazine. ... Yeah, I love that magazine. I 'm gonna download every issue I can, tonight. r n r nAlso... Now it will take willpower in order for me to read these articles. One of the things I love about GDMag is that it has no comments section to draw me to. ...

Comment In: Omgpop founder Dan Porter walks away from Zynga [News - 04/02/2013 - 01:01]
I bet he took a ... I bet he took a long shower after leaving. I know I would 've felt a bit dirty after working for Zynga.

Comment In: Opinion: SimCity launch debacle comes down to mismanaged expectations [News - 03/15/2013 - 10:52]
@Brian r n r nRamin ... @Brian r n r nRamin 's link -- http://tinyurl.com/cgwsoov

Comment In: 'Kickstarter is starting to wear itself out. It’s a numbers game.' [News - 02/14/2013 - 01:48]
I 've noticed that, for ... I 've noticed that, for the most part, if a high profile game doesn 't gets the funding needed from a kickstarter campaign, the response from the campaigners is that kickstarter is in trouble. If they succeed then kickstarter is a tough but effective way to secure the funds. But ...

Comment In: Several out of work as Valve makes 'large decisions' about its future [News - 02/13/2013 - 12:47]
He got told Who was ... He got told Who was the teller I think that might be a clue that it 's not really anarchy.

Comment In: Video: Gabe Newell's PC-centric vision of video games' future [News - 02/07/2013 - 01:57]
Hey Frank, why are you ... Hey Frank, why are you giving a dickish answer to this comment r n r n r ni think the point is, consoles are very closed and unnecessarily expensive systems to develop for. Gabe thinks there 's a better way. And he is trying to figure out what it is.

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