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William Ravaine's Blog Expert Blogs

I’m currently working as a software engineer at Fabrication Games, an independent game development studio in Stockholm focusing on mobile games.

I have recently released Bugfest, an addictive cartoony bug squishing game for iPhonem iPad and web browser.

I have previously worked for DICE as lead programmer on Battlefield Heroes and tech engineer on Battlefield Play4Free.

You can access my personal website at http://www.fatalfrog.com.

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Bugfest: A Postmortem
Posted by William Ravaine on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:19:00 EST in
Postmortem of Bugfest, a game developed for iPhone, iPad and Web Browser with the Unity engine.
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William Ravaine's Comments

Comment In: iPhone 5 features biggest screen yet [News - 09/12/2012 - 01:40]
the 8GB iPhone 4 is ... the 8GB iPhone 4 is now free Whaaattt

Comment In: Cliff Bleszinski's Game Developer Flashcards [Feature - 08/09/2012 - 04:05]
Hehe nice list, I recognize ... Hehe nice list, I recognize myself and quite a few past colleagues in these : r n r nHere are a few more: r n r n Compulsive Scheduling : scheduling formal meetings even for very small matters that could be resolved by a quick 1 minute chat at someone ...

Comment In: You're going to underestimate your work -- no matter what [News - 06/27/2012 - 09:51]
Someone once gave me a ... Someone once gave me a bunch of good tips about time estimates: r n1 never give a time estimate right away when asked so, roughly, how long would it take to do X during a meeting r n2 once you 've taken your time to break the tasks down as ...

Comment In: Manipulative game monetization shows gamers no respect, says Super Meat Boy dev [News - 05/07/2012 - 10:25]
I don 't think the ... I don 't think the free-to-play model is inherently bad. When it 's made properly and ETHICALLY, it 's actually quite convenient and enjoyable, as you can get plenty of time to decide whether or not you want to invest your in a particular F2P title. r n r nNow, ...

Comment In: Diablo 3's Ability System [Blog - 05/07/2012 - 09:16]
@Eric: as far as I ... @Eric: as far as I 'm concerned those are things you could do with proper skill leveling or even just regular items - with the skill leveling approach, it would be harder to make these effects hot swappable like the runes are. Items could work I suppose, but then that ...

Comment In: UK ISPs ordered to block The Pirate Bay [News - 04/30/2012 - 02:00]
Just wait until they decide ... Just wait until they decide to shutdown your favorite website and then you probably won 't fail to see the horror... Which is not to say that Pirate Bay is my favorite site :D Any form of internet censorship should be strongly opposed, unless you want it to turn into ...