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PRODUCT REVIEWS
LUXOLOGY’S MODO 202
*
DARWIN DIMENSIONS’ EVOLVER
NOVEMBER 2006
THE LEADING GAME INDUSTRY MAGAZINE
>>
LUCK IN GAMES
RICHARD GARFIELD ON
RANDOMIZING FUN
>>
SURFACE TENSION
PHYSICS TO FLOAT
YOUR GAME’S BOAT
>>
LOOKING ASKANCE
ARTISTS: FEAR NOT THE
RISE OF THE SCANNERS
DEATHWALK
FOR
PREY
POSTMORTEM:
DESIGNING
[
CONTENTS
]
NOVEMBER 2006
VOLUME 13, NUMBER 10
FEATURES
11
GETTING LUCKY
Many video games diminish the importance
of luck, as it’s often considered the opposite
of skill.
Magic: The Gathering
creator and
game design legend Richard Garfield ponders
the benefits of adding an ounce of luck to
computer game titles.
By Richard Garfield
30
21
GO WITH THE FLOW
The world of game physics is advancing, but
water dynamics can be difficult to pin down.
Two pros from Resolution Interactive show us
how to use science to make better water and
liquid simulations, which in turn can lead to
more immersive gameplay.
By Erik Winter and Matti Larsson
POSTMORTEM
30
CREEPING DEATH: DESIGNING THE DEATHWALK SYSTEM
IN 3D REALMS’ AND HUMAN HEAD STUDIOS’ PREY
The creators of P
REY
, the first-person shooter game from 3D Realms
and Human Head Studios, hope you never die—so much so that
they’ve built a system that nearly prevents that ghastly act from ever
ripping game players from the heat of the action again. Twelve-year
game veteran Chris Rhinehart unravels the numerous strategies the
team employed before they were able to pull this trick off.
By Chris Rhinehart
11
21
DEPARTMENTS
COLUMNS
2
GAME PLAN
By Simon Carless
Right of Reply
37
BUSINESS LEVEL
By Pat Christen
[
BUSINESS
]
Serious Expectations
4
HEADS UP DISPLAY
TGS and GDC London reports, Trion forms, Nintendo announces
LiveMode, and more.
39
THE INNER PRODUCT
By Mick West
[
PROGRAMMING
]
Stylus Control
42
GAME SHUI
By Noah Falstein
[
DESIGN
]
7
SKUNK WORKS
By David March and Tom Carroll
Luxology’s modo 202 and Darwin Dimensions’ evolver
Changing Brains
43
PIXEL PUSHER
By Steve Theodore
[
ART
]
56
A THOUSAND WORDS
Nippon Ichi Software’s D
ISGAEA
2
Through a Scanner Darkly
46
AURAL FIXATION
By Jesse Harlin
[
SOUND
]
Be a Demo Dynamo
COVER ART
BY HUMAN HEAD STUDIOS
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Microsoft
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Naughty Dog
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PRESIDENT, BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP
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IT’S BEEN MORE THAN 10 YEARS SINCE
GAME
Developer
first hit gamemakers’ mailboxes. The
magazine, now run by CMP Technology under the
erstwhile command of yours truly, has weathered
the storms of generational transitions and
innumerable game hardware and software wars,
all the while attempting to deliver inspirational
and motivational information to game developers
the world over.
But where will we be after 10 more years?
And how can we ensure we cover the right
material for our extremely varied audience,
while maintaining our wider readability? I’ve
been mulling over this issue for some time and
now seems like a good time to ask for more
feedback, since you are the people we make
the magazine for.
postmortems of recent months have been written
by independent developers, who have let loose
with the unvarnished truth. We’re also pretty keen
on the postmortems that discuss one specific
innovation in a game, such as this month’s
investigation of DeathWalk, a feature in 3D
Realms’ and Human Head’s P
REY
(pg.
30
).
But what universal truths are you trying to
discern when reading a postmortem? When do
you really care about what a postmortem has to
say? Would you rather read a good postmortem of
a game you don’t know or an average one from a
game you do? Comments are welcome.
Dave Pottinger
Ensemble Studios
George Sanger
Big Fat Inc.
Harvey Smith
Midway
Paul Steed
Microsoft
GAME DEVELOPER PLUS?
Finally, you may have noticed that the girth of
Game Developer
magazine fluctuates
significantly from month to month, depending
on what’s happening in the game world and
what big show is approaching.
Given the current state of the print market for
consumer game magazines, we’re doing very well
as a smaller professional trade magazine. It helps
that we reach key decision-makers, too.
Still, as long as you are an eligible North
American developer, you’re given the magazine
for free, and this sometimes acts as a strike
against the amount of editorial we’d like to run,
due to the economics of our business model. And
occasionally, we daydream about alternatives:
for instance, would you pay for an enhanced
version of the magazine with more editorial if a
free version were also still available?
The more feedback we receive about
Game
Developer
—its content, presentation, circulation,
writers, contributors, and editors—the more
options and insight we’ll have to deliver the best
material to our entire readership.
We love
Game Developer
. We hope you do, too.
And we want to find ways to continue to
differentiate it, so that it’s just as fresh in 2016
years as it was in 1996. Send your thoughts to
editors@gdmag.com.
We’ll appreciatively take
them into account and perhaps print some in
forthcoming issues.
STRIKING A BALANCE
One thing we’ve been striving to get right over the
past few years is the balance of articles that are
suitable for the many disciplines that make up
video game development. Those with longer
memories may recall that
Game Developer
in the
late 1990s was much closer to being a game
version of
Dr. Dobbs’ Journal
(another CMP
publication), which is to say it was very technical
and much more programming-focused.
But as the make-up of the industry—and of
Game Developer
readers—has broadened, and as
artists, designers, and managers filed into our
readership numbers, we realized that we needed
to counterbalance our technical pieces with
columns and features that discuss other matters.
Trying to appeal to everyone is a tall order—but
what’s your take on it, readers? Would you prefer
fewer State of the Industry features and more
technical features? Are you yearning to read more
practical business analysis? What makes you
turn the pages of
Game Developer
?
POSTMORTEM PATCH
If there’s one thing
Game Developer
is known for,
it’s the monthly postmortem articles that dissect
the production of major games. But in today’s day
and age, with PR agencies (most of whom we love
dearly) carefully vetting articles to include
relatively positive spin, it’s sometimes tricky to
acquire true, unmasked “what went wrong”
admissions directly from developers.
In fact, some of our most memorable
*
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Editor-In-Chief
Game Developer
is BPA approved
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