🔄 Reconnect Recap for w/e 2nd April '24

Connecting you to even more great games writing

Welcome readers to your weekly issue of the Reconnect Recap, where I share some cool articles on Reconnect that caught my eye.

I’ll also share an additional extra that I think you might like!

Reminder: I’ve set the whole substack to being free, so everyone has access to my past and future published articles.

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The Recap

• 💰 CrossPlay laments about how modern arcades are not like they used to be.

• 💻 EnkiSoftware walks us through a talk on Rapid Development with Runtime Compiled C++ for developing games quickly.

• 🏢 Aftermath covers the new low-stress town builder Tiny Glade.

• 📊 GameDevReports answers the question, how do people discover games these days?

• 🎮 GameFile dives into Hellblade II and the art of reviewing games.

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Something Extra

I found this Mastadon profile that is dedicated to making 6second trailers for steam games.

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Recent Articles

• I had a Steam Deck 15 years ago

• Game Engines: Part 4 - Unsung heroes in the middle

• Game Engines: Part 3 - Troubles of Commercial Engines

• Game Engines: Part 2 - When in-house engines go wrong

• Game Engines: Part 1 - What are they?

• You should play a Bithell Game

• Cheating has helped me enjoy gaming more

• How they patched bugs in the GameBoy era

• AI won't save EA, and probably nothing will.

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