Nordic Game 2014
who it's for
indie developers, producers, engine programmers, technical artists, narrative designers, audio composers, project managers
topics
visual scripting Blueprint; dynamic weather systems; real-time light probes; procedural galaxy generation; hybrid peer-to-peer multiplayer; Oculus VR support; modular asset "lego" system; real-time destruction simulation; iterative Kickstarter alpha roadmap; head of story role; PDA inventory and crafting
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Staying Creative | Marty O'Donnell | 56m |
First scoring job pays $500, split with a partner and taxes leaves roughly $166 as takehome; a jingle requires the word “principal” seven times in 30 seconds… | ||
| Killing the Games Industry | Ste Curran | 50m |
A 45‑minute murder mystery frames roughly 100 suspects—from achievements, DLC and Skylanders to Steam, esports and nostalgia—each blamed in turn with concrete… | ||
| My Other Car's a Cobra MkIII | David Braben | 52m |
Kickstarter funds top £1.54M (over $2M) and ~45,000 backers enable an iterative alpha roadmap: Alpha 1 (Dec 15) proves single‑ship combat feel; Alpha 2 adds… | ||
| The Magic of Unreal Engine 4 | Sjoerd de Jong | 43m |
Demonstrates building Solus features inside Unreal Engine 4 using visual scripting Blueprint — no C++ required to prototype. Shows a live Blueprint lightning… | ||
| Next-Gen Story Design: Immersive Process for Immersive Experience | Leah Hoyer | 45m |
Argues that narrative is the most underused lever in games—a US survey finds story came up number one across all categories—and that biggest wins come from… | ||
| Snowdrop, A Smarter Engine for The Next Generation | Rodrigo Cortes | 44m |
Snowdrop is an engine-plus-philosophy built to let small teams make huge, highly detailed open worlds: it ships real-time light probes (GI updated on the GPU… | ||
| Nordic Game 2014: Nordic Game Awards 2014 | Nicolas Estrup | 48m |
An awards ceremony crowns specific Nordic winners: my little workshop (Philimindo, Sweden) wins Best Children’s Game; 140 wins Best Artistic Achievement; Among… | ||
| nothing matches | ||