It's the Music!

A recent post I wrote about my subjective opinion regarding music in games.

http://www.jungle-troll.com/2012/04/18/its-the-music/

The Two Sides of the Force

A much debated article I wrote last year (on several game dev forums) about the proper use of morality as a game mechanic.

http://www.jungle-troll.com/2011/12/29/the-two-sides-of-the-force/

Don't stretch your game mechanics...

I have wrote this analysis in order to explain my view on the issue of using the same game mechanics over too much content, leading the player into boredom.

http://www.jungle-troll.com/2011/12/20/dont-stretch-your-game-mechanics/

About Scores in Video Games

I have wrote this article a while back to expose some of my opinions regarding how score as a concept should be used by the video game designers:

http://www.jungle-troll.com/2011/10/29/about-score-in-games/

A Night to Remember

An article about me trying to get the Wacom tablet to work on Linux. It was a success at the time, but now GTK support for tablets is completely broken, so we have to wait for all FLOSS apps to upgrade to GTK 3.

http://www.jungle-troll.com/2011/09/25/a-night-to-remember/

Continuous Refactoring

An article about a software development technique I have developed along many years of work:
http://www.jungle-troll.com/2011/07/27/continuous-refactoring/

Box2D Integration

I have written a new article about how I integrated Box2D physics engine into my Vortex Arena prototype game. You can find the article here.