Although their first game failed to leave a mark, Jamie Walker and Sefton Hill impressed publisher Eidos enough to earn a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to redefine the Dark Knight in video games.
Given a mere 14 months to develop their re-imagining of Nintendo’s infamous ape, the team at Rare conjure technical magic to get Donkey Kong Country on shelves in time for Christmas 1994.
Having established themselves as premiere game developers on platforms like the ZX Spectrum, Rare cofounders Chris and Tim Stamper ink a deal with Nintendo to launch a new franchise around one of “the Big N’s” most well-known, yet long-absent characters.
When his first and second playtests goes awry, Smith scrambles to right Spaceteam’s course before he crashes and burns at trade shows.
Visited by a muse in his dreams, Smith turns to some of his favorite cooperative gaming experiences for influence as he designs Spaceteam.
After helping to develop some of the biggest blockbusters in gaming history, Henry Smith gives himself 12 months to succeed at creating games on his own.
Everybody Shakes! The Making of Spaceteam kicks off this Friday, Jan. 22. Check out the story page for the synopsis and publishing schedule, and watch the trailer below to see Spaceteam (free on iOS and Google Play) in action.
Alex St. John talks the casual games market, the founding of WildTangent, and the accusation that WildTangent used its games as Trojan horses for spyware and adware.
Erich and Travis pull back the curtain to reveal the tricks of the trade they used to make Rebel Galaxy’s solar systems appear larger than they really are, and discuss their reasoning for developing a traditional product in an industry dominated by microtransactions and free-to-play games.
Welcome to Episodic Content’s 2015 wrap-up. This is the first in what I hope will become an annual tradition—a look back at the content that defined Episodic Content over the past 12 months, and a sneak peek at what’s in store over the next calendar year.
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