Author Archives: HDIAndrew

GDC Day Two

Day Two started with Unity’s much-anticipated announcements, including Unity 5 Personal Edition. Perhaps the most interesting part was Mike Capps appearance. As the former head of Epic, their Unreal Engine and Unity battled for dominance. Since Epic was sold to Tencent, rumors have spread that Capps was unhappy with the direction they took, and this appearance seemed […]

GDC Day One

A question first – Who plans to use Unity 5.0 Personal Edition? Monday of GDC is usually the lightest day, before everyone arrives, but not so this year. I was not the only dev who found day one as intense as other days usually are. After a day of meetings, sessions and meals, I called […]

Gaming the Game Developers Conference

GDC has been one of my favorite events for decades, ever since I attended its predecessor, the Computer Game Developers Conference, in the early 90s. I thought it went downhill around 2000, which is part of the reason I established SIEGE. The GDC owners learned from their mistakes, and it is again the industry must-attend […]

Latest Noble Armada Trailer

Hey all, we have a new build of the Fading Suns: Noble Armada mobile game. Here’s a sneak peak!

IGDA Advocacy Training at GDC, Part 2

First of all, yesterday I wrote that one thing all advocates should do is celebrate their successes, so here we go: Yesterday the Georgia House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to extend the video game tax credit which has done so much to empower our industry here. While we still have much to do […]