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The New York Public Library Hopes You’ll Make Video Games
Mauricio Giraldo, a designer in the New York Public Library Labs, made a video game using some of the library's own collections of public domain materials, and the institution is hoping you’ll follow.
In Giraldo's game, Mansion Maniac, you control Pac-Man-esque, pixelated character, guiding through real, early-century floor plans of New York City homes and … Continue Reading ››
Amazon launches new, free, high-quality game engine: Lumberyard
Today Amazon has both announced and released a new, free game engine, Lumberyard, which offers deep integration with its Amazon Web Services server infrastructure to empower online play, and also with Twitch, its video game-focused streaming service.
That's right -- the engine, including its full source code, is completely free to download and use to … Continue Reading ››
Learning by design
