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Game Development Jan 12, 2017
The Math of Idle Games, Part III

This three-part series is intended to break apart my MIGS 2016 slides [http://www.slideshare.net/AnthonyPecorella/the-rise-and-rise-of-idle-games-68916528] into what are hopefully detailed but accessible angles on the math and mechanics behind idle and incremental games. The sections draw heavily from a collection of spreadsheet models [http://kon.gg/idle-math-spreadsheets] I built and have opened up for you to play around with. In Part I [https://blog.kongregate.com/the-math-of-idle-games-par

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Developer Spotlight Jan 05, 2017
'BattleHand' Q&A with Another Place Productions

To celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the charming fantasy RPG BattleHand, we sat down with the extremely talented development team behind the game, Another Place Productions, to discuss inspiration, process, and, of course, BattleHand! The London-based indie development studio started surprisingly enough at Lionhead Studios when the 3 founders, who were working on the Fable franchise, decided to create their own games. After forming in 2012, they quickly realized that developing mobile games

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Engineering Dec 20, 2016
Managing Game-Loading Memory in WebGL with Unity

Galvanic Games [https://www.facebook.com/galvanicgames] is a small company with few resources. As our primary programmer on the team, it’s my job to figure out how we can deliver content as quickly as possible. We had a goal to release our game, Questmore [http://www.kongregate.com/games/galvanicgames/questmore], after just a few months of development. This makes picking our tools one of the most valuable steps in the process, and Unity is a phenomenal tool for rapid development. However, it isn

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Engineering Dec 05, 2016
Building Better AI with Kongregate Games

Web games like Kongregate's may be one of the key ingredients for developing powerful artificial intelligence. Read on to find out why this is, where they fit in, and how you can help! Hi! I'm Jack Clark, strategy and communications director at OpenAI [https://openai.com/blog/] — a non-profit artificial intelligence research lab. I want to tell you about a new AI project from us called "Universe [http://universe.openai.com]" that relies in part on games from Kongregate. At OpenAI, we've spent

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Talks Nov 14, 2016
The Rise and Rise of Idle Games

These are the slides for Anthony Pecorella's talk on idle games at MIGS 16 so that attendees can view them directly. The Rise and Rise of Idle Games [//www.slideshare.net/AnthonyPecorella/the-rise-and-rise-of-idle-games-68916528] from Anthony Pecorella [//www.slideshare.net/AnthonyPecorella]

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Kongregate News Nov 14, 2016
'Spellstone' and 'Slashy Hero' Launch on Steam

Late last month, we quietly released our first game on Steam, the Halloween-themed indie game Slashy Hero [http://kon.gg/2fJw0EY], and today we’re pleased to launch Spellstone [http://bit.ly/2f0UWrH]! Slashy Hero, developed by Singapore-based The Gentlebros [https://twitter.com/TheGentlebros], was originally released on iOS and Android, but has received a UI overhaul and is now available on Steam for $6.99. In addition to the new UI, we’re excited to be taking advantage of a slew of Steam-spe

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Talks Nov 14, 2016
The Rise and Rise of Idle Games - MIGS 16 slides

These are the slides for Anthony Pecorella's talk on idle games at MIGS 16 so that attendees can view them directly. The Rise and Rise of Idle Games [//www.slideshare.net/AnthonyPecorella/the-rise-and-rise-of-idle-games-68916528] from Anthony Pecorella [//www.slideshare.net/AnthonyPecorella]

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Kongregate News Nov 10, 2016
The Gummies Are Back! Burrito Bison to the Rescue!

We’re happy to announce that we’ve partnered with Montreal-based indie developer Juicy Beast [http://juicybeast.com/] to launch one of our most popular Kongregate.com [http://www.kongregate.com/] games on mobile [http://kon.gg/2eDNUrC], Burrito Bison: Launcha Libre! Launcha Libre is the third game in the beloved franchise, following the original Burrito Bison [http://www.kongregate.com/games/JuicyBeast/burrito-bison] and its follow-up, Burrito Bison Revenge [http://www.kongregate.com/games

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Kongregate News Nov 03, 2016
Experience the Unique World of 'The Trail' Today!

We’re happy to announce that we’ve partnered with Peter Molyneux’s 22cans to launch The Trail on iOS and Android. It is a truly unique game and is incredibly difficult to describe to those that haven’t experienced it firsthand. It’s part of what drew us to the game originally! “When I saw The Trail, I knew it was a special game and one that we had to publish,” said our co-founder and CEO, Emily Greer. “It’s been a pleasure to work with Peter and his team, and I am proud that our company’s found

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