Archive for the ‘Dev.Mag’ Category

Dev.Mag issue 21!

Monday, March 31st, 2008

So after quite a delay, Dev.Mag 21 is finally released.

In this issue we look at AGS (Adventure Game Studio), review loads of indie games, coverage GDC and continue the Irrlicht and Blender series!

Get it here as usual!

Enjoy. :)

Dev.Mag Issue 20 tops 50 pages!

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Yes, issue 20 of the awesome Dev.Mag has arrived and its our biggest issue yet! We keep going from strength to strength.

It has tons of reviews, and other game dev related paraphernalia! Get it while its hot!

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On another note, you’ve probably wondered where I’ve been (or not…). Well, university started and the first week was uber hectic (note: 6am-11pm each day). My classes started this week and I’m super busy. Because of this new environment, I am obviously still trying to adapt to it. So until I can get into a nice routine, game dev is unfortunately going to have to take a backseat.

I’ll still try to pop in here every now and then (and announce Dev.Mags). :P

Dev.Mag Issue 19 – We interview creators of Aquaria!

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Well well. Dev.Mag Issue 19 has finally arrived.

It is jam packed with game dev goodies, including and interview with Bit-Blot, creators of the splendid Aquaria!

Enjoy. :)

RetroToast launches their 1st game: Cartesian Chaos.

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

A fellow South African indie developer has launched their first foray into the shareware market. They have a track record for producing awesome games. The Retrotoast team in the past won 2 highly esteemed SA game development competitions.

After the previous big competition a publisher picked them up and they have released their game, called Cartesian Chaos. It is a guerrilla educational game (when I heard this, I pictured guerrilla terrorists forcing children to learn maths). But in seriousness, it is a fun educational game. As many people know, that is indeed no mean feat: education + fun don’t usually go together. These guys know how to work their humour and the game is indeed fun!

If you want to know more, just head to their website or read Dev.Mag 18. They were interviewed in that issue.

Dev.Mag issue 18 arrives! Frogs in Nicaragua rejoice.

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Dev.Mag Issue 18 has arrived. As usual it is packed with juicy game development goodness. It has cool things like the continuation of the Blender tuts, Vector art tuts, interview with Comp 15′s winners RetroToast, White Chamber + Frets on Fire review + CAKE!

It has unexpectedly topped our expectations in size. It went over the 40 page mark again!

Another surprising stat is that Dev.Mag has been downloaded a whopping 7000 times in October. It is spectacular!

Get it here and enjoy.

Dev.Mag Issue 16: Includes Nifflas interview + Angry strawberries!

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Issue 16 of Dev.Mag is finally here.

It is as usual jam packed with game dev goodies including the continuation of the monster Game Maker tutorial, an Interview with Nifflas (creator of Knytt + Knytt Stories), and a story about angry strawberries!

Get it at http://www.devmag.org.za as usual.

Enjoy!