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Degraded Blockchains

The minute you connect your blockchain to an app frontend you now have a degraded blockchain, one that cannot even in principle guarantee immutability, trustlessness, and decentralization – at least not for assets that the app's customers actually care about.

fnf

The Future of Games is an Instant Flash to the past

The success of an open source browser game called Friday Night Funkin tells us where "instant games" might go. Hint: we've been here before.

steam

So You Want To Compete With Steam

This article also available in: Russian translation by HTR Mobile Uzbek translation by Drawings Team) I get a lot of pitches for "Steam competitors" in my inbox. 99% of them are doomed to failure, but the worst part is the vast majority are doomed before they even start.

games

Oil It or Spoil It

"Juice" is probably a game design term you've heard before. By Agricultural Research Service Public Domain It was first coined in the seminal article How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days: “Juice” was our wet little term for constant and bountiful user feedback. A juicy game

open source

How We Paid Our Open Source Taxes

Open Source libraries tend to have two problems: Not enough funding Not enough contributors* *Particularly concerning when you consider the Bus Factor. When you're maintaining an open source library, and you're not getting paid for it, and nobody's helping you, and you're constantly fielding complaints from users that this or

haxe

OpenFL for Home Game Consoles

CONTEXT: This is a presentation I recently gave at WWX2015 (WorldWide Haxe conference) in Paris, France. Briefly stated, Defender's Quest HD and Defender's Quest II use three core technologies: Haxe is the programming language OpenFL is our framework HaxeFlixel is our game engine 10 second summary: Haxe is a programming

steam

Mods, Salutary Neglect, and Storks

Okay so let's talk about this whole Steam Workshop paid mods thing, the internet freakout, and its subsequent reversal. Some very good points have been brought up by the "against" crowd, among them: No try-before-you-buy No strong assurance of refunds or support Mods are often interdependent, fear of