Category Archives: Development

The perfect scene

By Niklas Malmborg on April 11, 2013

You’ve probably seen hundreds of scenes in movies where the hero, the animal, or the monster does some really advanced manouver and pulls it off perfectly… almost too perfectly… In some scenes you really see how the director took 80 … Continue reading →

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The making of game art.

By Calle Winberg on April 4, 2013

Working as an artist at a game studio often requires more from you than drawing a pretty picture or making sprites in Photoshop once in a while since a lot of games these days are in 3d. For a lot … Continue reading →

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Turn it up to 11!

By Mikael Bauer on March 28, 2013

So it’s my turn to post something nifty on the blog and as usual the preparations have been perfect. Initially I had an idea of writing something cool about a new tech or a fancy implementation (I’m a programmer after … Continue reading →

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A New Hope

By Kalle Sjöström on March 14, 2013

In October last year, me and Peter began having nightmares about the foundation which The Showdown Effect code was written upon. This all started when the authors of it had left the building and the one who could see through … Continue reading →

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So how do you paint smoke?

By Rob Tatnell on March 8, 2013

It’s that situation again. I’m sat chatting to someone completely new, who doesn’t “get” video games and I have to explain to them what my job involves. It’s a bit better I think for environment or character artists, and perhaps … Continue reading →

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Lunch speed-painting

By Jim Svanberg on February 7, 2013

One of the best things about working at a rad game studio is that you are surrounded by people with the same interests as yourself. And since I’m an artist, I love to paint (shocker). As do my fellow artists … Continue reading →

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Arrowhead – A semi-brief history

By Malin Hedström on January 27, 2013

In the beginning of 2008, two classmates with a lot of passion for video games came together after a presentation by Swedish Game Awards at Luleå University of Technology. They soon got a few others hooked, set out with the goal … Continue reading →

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Working with your hobby

By Anton Stenmark on January 17, 2013

Some people may wonder what developers do in their spare time. Well, like most people, I enjoy spending time with friends, playing games and watching TV, among other things. But I also love making games. At work VS. At home … Continue reading →

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Progression in Games

By Johan Pilestedt on January 4, 2013

Hey there, It’s Friday and as usual I overshot the blog-of-the-week-day! I was originally going to write about the design of showdown, and well – it sort of tangents that area, but this is going to be a bit more … Continue reading →

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