The document discusses lessons learned from the development of several video games over 11+ years. It highlights recurring themes identified by Captain Hindsight such as the importance of modularity, balance, flexibility, and putting the player first. Specific games discussed include Splinter Cell, Shadow Ops, Duke Nukem Forever, Killzone 2, Brink, and Dirty Bomb. The document concludes by emphasizing that level design requires being adaptable to change, maintaining a positive mindset, continuing to learn from history, staying humble, and never stopping education.
After a hectic schedule you want some relaxation and the only thing triggers in your mind is playing game which helps in reducing stress and makes you energetic again. Here I have assembled two most popular video games which is played worldwide.
Cristian Diaconescu, Founder Sand Sailor Studio - Black The Fall: the story b...How to Web
A case study on an indie project that was approved by the Kickstarter community. The presentation shares insights on the game’s concept featuring elements from Romanian’s comunist period to the game’s design and visuals
After a hectic schedule you want some relaxation and the only thing triggers in your mind is playing game which helps in reducing stress and makes you energetic again. Here I have assembled two most popular video games which is played worldwide.
Cristian Diaconescu, Founder Sand Sailor Studio - Black The Fall: the story b...How to Web
A case study on an indie project that was approved by the Kickstarter community. The presentation shares insights on the game’s concept featuring elements from Romanian’s comunist period to the game’s design and visuals
Presented in a panel at CHI 2008, Florence Italy
A short description of our current user centered agile development methodology, highlighting its opportunities and challenges.
Panel members:
Mary Lukanuski - SAP Labs, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Michel Milano - PayPal, San Jose, CA, USA
Jeroen de Bruin - TietoEnator, Bussum, Netherlands
Miles Rochford - Nokia Design, London, Gt Britain
Reinoud Bosman - MediaCatalyst, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presented in a panel at CHI 2008, Florence Italy
A short description of our current user centered agile development methodology, highlighting its opportunities and challenges.
Panel members:
Mary Lukanuski - SAP Labs, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Michel Milano - PayPal, San Jose, CA, USA
Jeroen de Bruin - TietoEnator, Bussum, Netherlands
Miles Rochford - Nokia Design, London, Gt Britain
Reinoud Bosman - MediaCatalyst, Amsterdam, Netherlands
This slideshow accompanied a talk for the History of Games class at LIU Post on March 16, 2015.
*A revised version of this presentation is available at: https://www.slideshare.net/snazzyhoppy/history-of-light-gun-games-160750146
This BMW M5 is a high performance version of the BMW 5-Series executive car built by the Motorsport division of BMW. Beginning production in 1985, the first incarnation of the M5 was hand-built utilizing the 535i chassis and a modified BMW M1 engine, being the fastest production sedan in the world at the time of its introduction. Subsequent iterations of the M5 have been built from each generation of the 5-Series platform, including the E34, E39, E60/E61, and most recently, F10, with the first orders delivered in late 2011.
John Rittenhouse - Programming Addressing Human Scalabilitymaiden1988
With the size and time required for creating game content on the rise, the human scalability factor is an increasing issue in delivering larger more detailed worlds. A prime issue is single user editing tools lead to bottlenecks in interactions between users. One of the ways to alleviate these bottlenecks is with synchronized multiuser editing tools, which allow users to see each others work in real-time. One option to implement multiuser editing is a revision database. This talk covers the basics of revision databases as implemented at CCP: how they work, creating a programmer friendly API, branching, and backwards compatibility.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
3. Confucius on Wisdom
By three methods we may
learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which
is noblest;
Second, by imitation,
which is easiest;
and third by experience,
which is the bitterest.
4.
5. 1. Introduction 5 min
• Introduction to Captain Hindsight, who was
bitten by a retroactive spider...
17. SPLINTER CELL
The Unskippable Scripted Cinematic
Modular scripting = WIN
“It’s a marathon, not a sprint”
It’s all about the player
Nuclear Power Plant
Balance is good
Artist Geometry
Humility is a virtue
Usability is your friend and ally
35. BRINK
Geometry has to work with gameplay systems
Balance is good
Modular geometry = WIN
Balance is great!
SMART
Smooth Movement Across Random Terrain
41. REPEATED THEMES?
Modular scripting = WIN
“It’s a marathon, not a sprint”
It’s all about the player
Balance is good
Humility is a virtue
Usability is your friend and ally
Modularity can be a life-saver
Relationship with Gameplay
Programmers can be key
Know your production and
distribution model
Geometry has to work with
gameplay systems
Balance is good
Modular geometry = WIN
Tools are critical to LDs
It’s all about the player
Do your homework
42. • So much in Level Design is about being flexible, and
balance puts you in a great position to deal with change
• A positive mindset... turn disadvantage into advantage
• Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it
• Never stop learning
• Stay humble,
or be humbled
META-LESSONS
