The hottest Gaming Substack posts right now

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Turnaround #7: More on games and pitching VCs in India

Turnaround • 39 implied HN points • 07 Oct 19
🕹 Technology Gaming Podcasts Tech Giants Tech Trends
  1. The vision for India's growth and prosperity by 2020 inspired many, even if not all aspects were realized. A vision like this can motivate and unite people.
  2. Books and podcasts can provide valuable insights and information on trends and developments in various industries. They can offer foresight and connect dots in a seemingly effortless way.
  3. Gaming significantly impacted tech companies' trajectories in China compared to India, leading to innovative features in non-gaming apps inspired by gaming. Understanding pricing dynamics in gaming can be complex and crucial for investors in the space.

Mastering both the pen and the sword? Cicero in the game of Diplomacy

Baptiste’s Substack • 2 HN points • 26 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Gaming Strategy Communication Machine Learning
  1. Cicero excels with strong tactical skills and effective communication imitation in Diplomacy.
  2. Success in Diplomacy requires good tactics, strategy, and diplomacy, with knowledge of the metagame providing an edge.
  3. Cicero's use of implicit signaling and strategic intent through its moves makes it stand out in AI applications for wargames.

The Creators of Disney’s New Platformer Explain the Hard Lessons of Making Games for Kids

Crossplay • 2 HN points • 14 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Gaming Development Design User Experience Children
  1. Developing games for kids requires focusing on making the game welcoming and accessible to players of all ages.
  2. Design choices should prioritize fun and player enjoyment over adhering to traditional standards.
  3. Engaging with focus groups of various age groups can reveal important insights for refining gameplay mechanics.
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NeuralNextG v0.1.0: Analyzing Rocket League Games automatically with Machine Learning

joeydotcomputer’s Substack • 1 HN point • 19 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Machine Learning Data Analysis Gaming Analytics Software Development
  1. The project analyzed 200,000 Rocket League games with a neural network to predict scoring probabilities.
  2. The tool NeuralNextG can provide analysis frame-by-frame and aims to expand into coaching, scouting, win probabilities, and detecting smurfs/bots.
  3. The potential business model suggests integrating analytics tools like NeuralNextG into free-to-play games for users to pay for personalized data services.

Months Late Game Review ... Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The Good Things.

The Bottom Feeder • 2 HN points • 30 Aug 23
🎭️ Culture Gaming Review Entertainment Technology Video Games
  1. Video game criticism is rushed, but thoughtful analysis takes time to assess what works and what doesn't.
  2. Zelda games are unique in their niche popularity, combining puzzle elements with combat, and creating an open-ended exploration experience.
  3. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom introduces fascinating game design elements like weapon durability and a physics engine that enhances gameplay.

Platform power, by the numbers

SuperJoost Playlist • 1 HN point • 06 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Gaming Platforms Mobile Gaming Market dominance
  1. Platforms dominate the top of the games industry, with 8 out of 10 largest firms being platforms in 2022.
  2. Platforms have grown much faster in revenue compared to publishers, with a compound growth rate of 17% versus 2% respectively.
  3. Successful game studios are expected to bypass platforms, build their own communities, and focus on engaging their fanbase.

How Doximity and Roblox Are Rolling Out GPT Products.

Machine Economy Press • 3 implied HN points • 22 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Gaming Education Predictive Analytics
  1. Doximity rolled out DocsGPT, a ChatGPT tool for doctors to streamline administrative tasks.
  2. The DocsGPT tool features a library of medical prompts for generating text in conversations.
  3. Roblox is incorporating Generative AI tools for its users and creators, aligning with the AI-native generation.

Breaking News: Microsoft Signs 10-Year Deal with Sony to Keep 'Call of Duty' on PlayStation!

Stemble - for the love of STEM! • 0 implied HN points • 18 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Gaming Acquisition Regulation Partnership
  1. Microsoft and Sony sign a 10-year deal to keep 'Call of Duty' on PlayStation.
  2. This partnership aims to address concerns about limiting access to the game solely on Xbox consoles.
  3. Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard faces challenges from regulators but progresses towards completion.

The Iterative Digest #108

The Iterative Digest • 0 implied HN points • 28 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Gaming
  1. Steam released their 2023 sales and event schedule for gamers to plan ahead
  2. Elden Ring has sold 20 million copies, achieving great success
  3. Xbox and Nintendo signed a 10-year Call of Duty deal, along with other game updates

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Dan’s MEGA65 Digest • 0 implied HN points • 14 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Programming Gaming Development Hardware Data Management
  1. The MEGA65 project is making progress on the R5 main board and new games like Unicone and The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor are being released.
  2. Developers like Gurce are creating games in BASIC 65 like Way of the Imploding Foot, showcasing low resolution graphics and animated characters.
  3. When programming in assembly language for MEGA65, techniques like accepting keyboard input, generating random numbers, and avoiding duplicates are crucial for game development.

New Badges LIVE on App.Axie

The Lunacian • 0 implied HN points • 01 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Blockchain Gaming Analytics
  1. Eight new badges introduced on App.Axie for achievements like part evolution and ascension.
  2. New activity and analytics tabs added to App.Axie for tracking floor price, owner distribution, and more.
  3. Ronin team updating address prefixes from ronin: to 0x for better Ethereum alignment.

Axie Classic Update - 30 Jan 2024

The Lunacian • 0 implied HN points • 31 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Gaming Updates Community Art Events
  1. Axie Classic has seen significant user engagement with over 218,900 unique users and 30.1 million battles fought since its comeback in 2023.
  2. Recent updates include the introduction of new features like Gold Chests, AXP cap increase, and GT2, with upcoming changes to AXP mechanics in February.
  3. Future developments for Axie Classic include the introduction of collectible axies, the Golden Wheel sticker set, Grand Tournament 3, and the addition of guilds.

🥟 Chao-Down #247 DeepMind spinoff aims to halve drug discovery times with Big Pharma partnerships, Chinese companies repurpose Nvidia gaming chips for AI, OpenAI officially launches the GPT Store

Chaos Theory • 0 implied HN points • 11 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Gaming Innovation Research Tech Companies
  1. DeepMind spinoff aims to halve drug discovery times with Big Pharma partnerships
  2. Chinese companies are using Nvidia gaming chips for AI applications
  3. OpenAI officially launches the GPT Store for AI models

February 2023

Maker News • 0 implied HN points • 24 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Gaming Hardware Software Education Engineering
  1. February 2023 newsletter contains videos and articles on various interesting topics.
  2. Featured video content includes retro gaming, DIY power bank, and model-making.
  3. Highlighted articles cover topics like C++ developers, ESP chips, AVR coding, ePaper reverse engineering, and semiconductors.

Building on a Subnet solution by Ava Labs

CodeLink’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 12 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Blockchain Developers Gaming Tools Prototyping
  1. Avalanche Subnets allow developers to create customized blockchains for specific needs, enhancing performance and security.
  2. Using Kurtosis makes setting up Avalanche Subnets quicker and simpler for deploying blockchain applications.
  3. Developers can easily deploy and play multiplayer games on a local Avalanche subnet with step-by-step guidance.

What is the NFT Lore Layer?

skry • 0 implied HN points • 30 Mar 23
🔮 Crypto NFTs Web3 Gaming Community Analytics
  1. The NFT Lore Layer consists of on-chain assets, storytelling, and a sub-community.
  2. Lore Layer projects redefine the concept of a 'platform' in Web3 by leveraging existing communities without being tied to a specific platform.
  3. Advances in gaming technology are enabling the integration of gaming, storytelling, and community building in the Lore Layer framework.