Ian Dransfield – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:16:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Who remembers E.T. for the Atari 2600? https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/16/who-remembers-e-t-for-the-atari-2600/ Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:16:00 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74545 In the latest issue of Wireframe magazine, video game pioneer Howard Scott Warshaw reflects on the calamitous E.T. for the Atari 2600. Could it serve as a useful metaphor for real life? When Julius Caesar ran into Brutus on the Ides of March so many years ago, it changed his life dramatically. I would say…

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]]> How pillars and triangles can focus your game design https://noise.getoto.net/2021/07/15/how-pillars-and-triangles-can-focus-your-game-design/ Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:34:27 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=72620 In game design, freedom can lead to paralysis. But in the latest issue of Wireframe magazine, Stuart Maine explains how game pillars and the iron triangle will help you focus on what’s important. This article will cover two game development tools that are designed to help decide what’s important in the game you’re making. The…

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]]> Code your own Artillery-style tank game | Wireframe #44 https://noise.getoto.net/2020/11/05/code-your-own-artillery-style-tank-game-wireframe-44/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 09:38:31 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=65077 Fire artillery shells to blow up the enemy with Mark Vanstone’s take on a classic two-player artillery game To pick just one artillery game is difficult since it’s a genre in its own right. Artillery simulations and games have been around for almost as long as computers, and most commonly see two players take turns…

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