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"0.63 is the perfect default delay": Bungie, Respawn and Firaxis game developers talk NPC barks, grenade timing and other questions of craft - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/063-is-the-perfect-default-delay-bungie-respawn-and-firaxis-game-developers-talk-npc-barks-grenade-timing-and-other-questions-of-craft #StarWars:TheOldRepublic #MultiplayerCooperative #MultiplayerCompetitive #RespawnEntertainment #gamesdevelopment #Marvel'sAvengers #CrystalDynamics #ActionAdventure #ElectronicArts #Shooter

"0.63 is the perfect default delay": Bungie, Respawn and Firaxis game developers talk NPC barks, grenade timing and other questions of craft

Developers from Bungie, Firaxis and Respawn discuss NPC conversations, grenade timing, MMO class balance and other intricacies in a great social media thread.

Rock Paper Shotgun

Hacker News Sep 6, 2025

Stop Shipping PNGs in Your Games

https://gamesbymason.com/blog/2025/stop-shipping-pngs/

#HackerNews #StopShippingPNGs #GamesDevelopment #GameAssets #Optimization #BestPractices

🖼️ Stop Shipping PNGs In Your Games

Are you shipping textures to players as PNGs? The goal of this post is to convince you that this is suboptimal, and walk you through a better approach.

Games by Mason

ThatTakashi Nov 18, 2022

#introductions #gamesdevelopment
Hey everyone! I'm Aidan known online as Takashi.

I'm an indie game dev working on an rpg called Tales of Arcadia! It's a very story driven game with many plot twists.

I look forward to meeting some of you! Have a great rest of your day :D

alex

Nov 13, 2022

continuing my #introduction toot series...
i love #videogames, especially #cozygames. #StardewValley and #Spiritfarer are longtime favourites, and recently my top game has been #CozyGrove
I'm also very interested in #gamesdevelopment. I did my first #gamejam this year and it won't be my last for sure! i've got a couple of my own ideas, but not enough to turn into a proper game, so i'll keep practicing for now and collecting my ideas, and one day it'll turn into something!

Mark Scetch Lee Nov 11, 2022

So, it appears, people are widening their net, by adding hashtags, based on their interests? - So, I guess, i'll do it, too: #art #3D #3Dmodelling #CGI #Computergraphics #Games #Videogames #GamesDevelopment #GameDev #Drawing #Animation #TradigitalArt #Writing #CreativeWriting #EventDesign #Festival #MusicFestivals #MusicProduction #VideoProduction #Reading

Cheers, weird fishes! -S

Blanaid (Blawnid)Nov 11, 2022

Himself graduated yesterday in ATU Sligo. So proud #GamesDevelopment Doing his level 8 in #SoftwareDevelopment now, so a repeat performance next year.