This month, Amazon Luna and GameNight are introducing a worthy new entrant into the pantheon of iconic, classic game franchises finding new generations of players through home and mobile play. Centipede Swarm is a cooperative twin-stick shooter where one to four players battle through endless waves of pastel-glowing insect hordes on a dynamic battlefield, ultimately [...]
The following is a re-post of an article written by John Harris for Gamedeveloper.com for the full article, visit gamedeveloper.com Mr. Run And Jump (now available for Steam, the Epic Game Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch, and the current Atari VCS console) is another of a growing genre of challenge [...]
The following is a re-post of an article written by Jacob Lear for Gamedeveloper.com for the full article, visit gamedeveloper.com To someone outside of the video game industry, the prospect of finding success within this industry can seem daunting. Heck, even people within this industry will often find it difficult to succeed or continue [...]
Our newest app update for L.O.L. Surprise! Movie Maker is powered by Unity Asset Bundles. This method offers server based deployment of new content without material changes to the binary. This is a critical part of our workflow on a project like this one and saves tons of time waiting for new updates to [...]
We have a term at Graphite Lab called "juicing". It's an unofficial term we use when referring to how appealing something is, how animated it is, how bright it is... you know, how "juicy" it is. We first heard the term in the "Juice it or Lose it" talk by Martin Jonasson & Petri Purho. [...]
Graphite Lab typically accepts applications for internships this month. Hosting interns on site at our studio fosters quick collaboration among the interns and allows our facilitators to coach each intern in the best way possible. We are still motivated and excited to host internships this summer; however, we can't predict how city, state, and federal [...]
What's in an Icon Design? In many cases, icon designers choose not to include the logo or title of the app in the icon itself. In the case of RollerCoaster Tycoon Story, name recognition can help when featured in composites like this one. Open up the app store, and scroll to see Apple's latest [...]
Our team frequently works with established characters when making games. My Little Pony, Transformers, Ben 10 are some of the few we've brought to life in the past decade. So we considered it a special honor and opportunity to create something new with RollerCoaster Tycoon Story. Given that this was the first time RollerCoaster [...]
Hard to imagine at this time last year we'd only reached our first playable version of RollerCoaster Tycoon Story. Our early days of production were spent on developing the playboard. Inspired by classic match 3 rules, we began RollerCoaster Tycoon Story with similar mechanics. However, as we considered ways for the amusement park theme [...]
With dozens of studios, courses and events, St. Louis is becoming the nation’s next video game development hot spot. Matt Raithel was a gamer, right from the jump. “When I was six, Nintendo was this on-fire, crazy toy of the year. When I got it – and this was the 1980s – you didn’t just [...]
