It’s only been a little over a year since Facebook first launched its Instant Games platform, but things have been changing rapidly. The platform has quickly become a hotbed for new development, with many developers jumping onto the opportunity. As mobile has matured, with many developers finding it tougher and…
Pathfinding is a technique that consists in computing the shortest path between two points. It is ubiquitous in video games to compute the paths that AI-controlled NPCs should follow, or even to compute the path that the player character should take in games where the player doesn’t directly control the…
There is a big difference between immersion and realism. A high-end computer game with detailed models and a powerful GPU can feel realistic, but still not feel immersive. There’s more to creating a feeling of being there than polygon count. A low poly experience can feel very immersive through careful…
