raysan5

CUSTOM GAME ENGINES: A Small Study

WARNING: Article moved to separate repo to allow users contributions: https://github.com/raysan5/custom_game_engines

A couple of weeks ago I played (and finished) A Plague Tale, a game by Asobo Studio. I was really captivated by the game, not only by the beautiful graphics but also by the story and the locations in the game. I decided to investigate a bit about the game tech and I was surprised to see it was developed with a custom engine by a relatively small studio. I know there are some companies using custom engines but it's very difficult to find a detailed market study with that kind of information curated and updated. So this article.

Nowadays lots of companies choose engines like [Unreal](https:

yossorion

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

1wErt3r

;SMBDIS.ASM - A COMPREHENSIVE SUPER MARIO BROS. DISASSEMBLY
;by doppelganger ([email protected])

;This file is provided for your own use as-is.  It will require the character rom data
;and an iNES file header to get it to work.

;There are so many people I have to thank for this, that taking all the credit for
;myself would be an unforgivable act of arrogance. Without their help this would
;probably not be possible.  So I thank all the peeps in the nesdev scene whose insight into
;the 6502 and the NES helped me learn how it works (you guys know who you are, there's no 

dhh

class ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper
  def draw(routes_name)
    instance_eval(File.read(Rails.root.join("config/routes/#{routes_name}.rb")))
  end
end

BCX::Application.routes.draw do
  draw :api
  draw :account
  draw :session

elidupuis

/*! ******************************
  Handlebars helpers
  *******************************/

// debug helper
// usage: {{debug}} or {{debug someValue}}
// from: @commondream (http://thinkvitamin.com/code/handlebars-js-part-3-tips-and-tricks/)
Handlebars.registerHelper("debug", function(optionalValue) {
  console.log("Current Context");
  console.log("====================");

juno

Install rbenv and ruby-build to Amazon Linux (cloud-init).

1. Copy & paste content of user-data.sh to EC2 RunInstances user-data
2. Then, logging in to EC2 instance as ec2-user and run install-ruby.sh.

madhums

# /Capfile 

# you need to install capistrano gem
# gem install capistrano
# gem install capistrano-ext

load 'deploy' if respond_to?(:namespace) # cap2 differentiator
load 'config/deploy'

aza

/* Copyright (c) 2011 Aza Raskin
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