An interesting announcement was made from Google at GDC Europe earlier this week. Games sold through the Chrome Web Store will result in developers getting 95% of the revenue, as opposed to Apple’s 70%. Keep in mind there are a lot of questions still surrounding this announcement, so don’t take anything as absolute.
95% > 70%. Ready for 25% more?
August 28th, 2010(Try to) Be Creative
August 26th, 2010It’s no secret how much money is in the games industry, and it’s one of the reason there are so many different types of people in it. There are people in it for the art and there are people in it for the money. This isn’t a rant about greedy motives, though people with talents should be aware of those trying to exploit them.
For those who have worked in creative positions, you know how absolutely frustrating it is when someone who doesn’t understand or think like you, manage your tasks. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, catch up quickly with this comic.
My Computer as a Web Server (Part 2)
August 24th, 2010
I started using NetBeans 6.9.1 a couple of weeks ago. I really like that the project can connect to a remote ftp/sftp server so that I don’t have to manually upload the PHP script when I need to see changes. It took me a couple days to figure out how easily it is to overwrite files, lose work, etc because NetBeans keeps a local repository of your project, and if you’re working in two different locations you have to take care to keep your projects (relatively) synced.
My Computer as a Web Server (Part 1)
August 23rd, 2010Before the learned respond, please keep in mind I switched to Mac only a couple years ago from Windows. During that period I had a dual-OS laptop, with Ubuntu sharing the computer with Windows XP.
To accomplish what I had wanted at the time, a local web server with it’s own mySQL, phpMyAdmin, etc, I had to use Ubuntu. This was just how I was taught because everyone I was around had Windows. Those who were interested in web development had their own linux boxes, or a dual-booting computer.