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24 hour exclusive - What Makes Good AI? | Game Maker's Toolkit

Hey! A new episode for you. This time, I'm looking at Artificial Intelligence and all the different ways games can feature "good AI".

I plan to follow this up, maybe next week, with a free bonus epi...

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Skyward Sword behind the scenes - now open to all

Hey! Last week I made a special Behind the Scenes article about the Skyward Sword Boss Keys episode, and gave it to $5 Patrons for a bit. That article is now available to all, 2017-05-27 08:35:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The GMTK canon of really neat video game levels

Hey everyone!

In his most recent video, on Edith Finch's cannery level, Super Bunnyhop started the show with his "...

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GameClub: Transistor debrief / Sexy Brutale begins!

Hey everyone!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Transistor on here and on Discord. I really enjoyed reading your thoughts on the ...

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Skyward Sword Boss Keys - behind the scenes

So, this Skyward Sword video has a lot of motion graphic fun in it. From 3D maps to graphs to composite videos to silly gags, a lot of work went into it.

I thought it might be fun to share my proces...

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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's dungeon design | Boss Keys

Hello! 

A bit of a snafu with this one - you might have already seen it! But, that's all fixed up now. (And $5 Patrons - watch your inbox this week, I'll have a goodie to make up for the mix up...

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24 hour access - Skyward Sword Boss Keys

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As promised, you guys get early access to this Boss Keys ep 

(Ignore  The fact I accidentally ...

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GameClub - What did you think of Transistor?

Hey everyone! 

So, today's the day to start talking about Transistor. Hope you enjoyed the game - or at least found it interesting to think about. 

If you didn't finish the game,...

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Thoughts on Prey (2017)

Hey! So, I finished Prey.

If you don't know, Prey is a new immersive sim from developer Arkane. After making Disho...

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My Favourite YouTube Channels

Hey!

One question that I get asked a lot is "are there any other channels like Game Maker's Toolkit?" and I always answer "no. I invented the idea of making video essays about games, and no one else...

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The Design of Dead Space - Part 3

Okay! Let's wrap this bad boy up. As promised, no charge on this one.

I'm pretty pleased with this whole thing. But I think in future I will try to follow a single element from game to game (more li...

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Early access - Dead Space 3

Hey everyone. Here's the final part of the Dead Space video. We wrap up by looking at the action heavy, co-op blaster Dead Space 3, and talk about the pressure to change game design to find mainstream...

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Quick Premiere Tutorial - Circular Gauge Thing

Hey guys. was just making a motion graphic for the Dead Space 3 video and realised that it could make a nice quick premiere tutorial. 

It's a circular gauge that fills up, to show the metascore...

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Early access - The Design of Dead Space: Part 2

Hey! This episode's going out to everyone tomorrow.

Oh, and I hit two big YouTube milestones yesterday: 200,000 subscribers and 10 million views. Wow! Very pleased, thanks for your invaluable help i...

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Early release - The Design of Dead Space. Part Two

Here's the next one, out on Monday! Dead Space 3 neeeeext Monday. 

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The pick for GameClub 2 (A) is Transistor!

Wow! Okay. I didn't see that coming! Transistor and The Sexy Brutale were absolutely neck and neck during that poll - and as I ended it this morning there are only 3 votes between them. 

So, he...

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Game Maker's Playlist (April 2017)

Hey everyone! Here's your Game Maker's Playlist episode for April. Enjoy!

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GMTK Newsletter (April 2017)

Hey everyone! Here's the newsletter for April. 

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So, because I finished the Psychonauts episode quite early in the month, I decided to spend the rest of it on ...

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Reading List (April 2017)

Hello!

Thank you for your support this month. Here's what I've been reading and watching: 30 articles and videos that I can recommend. Grab a drink and settle in for essays, reviews, interviews, and...

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The Design of Dead Space - Part 1

This is the first episode in a three part series on the Dead Space trilogy.

Episode 2 will be out on May 1st, and Episode 3 on May 8th. You're only paying for one (this one!)

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GameClub 2 - Voting begins!

Hey everyone! GameClub is back for another round!

If you missed the first one, here's how it works. We vote on a game, and then take about a month to play it. We then come back and have a good ol' c...

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24 hour exclusive - The Design of Dead Space (Part 1)

Hey everyone. As promised, I've been playing the Dead Space games for a special three-part episode of GMTK. This is the 50th episode, so deserved something a bit different.

This is part one, on Dead...

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Quick Update - Next Video / GameClub

Hey everyone. Quick update on what I'm up to.

So I've finished all three Dead Space games. Phew, that was a lot of zombies! I also had to go back to games to play bits on harder difficulty modes, an...

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What Made Psychonauts Special | Game Maker's Toolkit

Hey! Thanks again for your GameClub support - it really inspired me to make this episode. We'll do another GameClub soon. I'll look into a Discord server for that, so we can chat in real time. And I h...

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I'm gonna talk about Skyward Sword's dungeons

Hey everyone.

So I just finished Skyward Sword's dungeons, and I thought I'd share the graphs with those who are interested (a Patron recently asked me to share some graphs).

I won't be releas...

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24 hour preview

Hello! 

So, our recent GameClub expedition to the Whispering Rock summer camp inspired me to do a piece on the way Psychonauts weaves characterisation into its level design. I think I'll call t...

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GMTK Newsletter (March 2017)

Hey everyone!

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So, it's not every day that your favourite developer releases a critically acclaimed game in your favourite franchise, on a brand new console. So yes...

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Boss Keys - Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks

Let's take a breezy look at a pair of DS games. I didn't want to go over the same structural stuff I've been repeating for the past few episodes, so decided to look at information and experimentation ...

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Game Maker's Playlist - March 2017

Four games for you to check out! And a bonus one to forever avoid.

There are a couple more games I'm interested in - Snake Pass and Rainworld - but I haven't got to them yet so maybe look out for th...

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Reading List (March 2017)

No prizes for guessing which game this Reading List would focus on! It's Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash, of course! No wait. The other one. Zelda. 

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the...

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