Simulating Finance in Games
I've always been fascinated by how serious games are when it comes to their in-game resource economy. It really takes a creative business mind to balance such a thing for a long and joyful gaming...
Game Development
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My talk: "Understanding Game Engines" in WGE 2017
I had the privilege to talk about game engines in World Game Expo (WGE) 2017. The name of my talk was "Understanding Game Engines". The talk went through the many of the important aspects that...
Another trip to World Game Expo 2017 (WGE)
I really had a wonderful time being part of the World Game Expo (WGE) event in Abu Dhabi this year, I normally get invited as a speaker but this time around I was both a speaker and a board member...
The trip to Dubai World Game Summit 2015 (DWGS)
I had a fantastic time being part of the Dubai World Game Summit (DWGS) earlier this month. I was invited to be a speaker at the event, particularly sharing my experience with the local and global...
You're useless, idea guy..
Making games is a dream for many people, ranging from kids to the very old; it doesn't know age at all. People love the idea for many reasons, some people think they can present interesting plots....
Game development education is just different!
I'm currently teaching a game development education course using Unity in an event called "Youth City 2030". It is happening in my home country, Bahrain. I'm enjoying every bit of the adventure,...
Hardware opens another dimension to your software
I have to confess, I've always been in love with hardware. To me hardware is just a wonderful dimension that you programmers can benefit from greatly when you get the hang of its basics. That is...
"Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta" game development analysis
This game development review has many spoilers on the game. If you didn't play the game yet and you're intending to play it soon, then you may want to skip reading this until you play it. because...
Game design is amazing and so is Alex!
I have not written any new stuff for a while now. It's been a couple of really busy months for me and Alex - our mighty game designer. The progress slowed down on the projects I'm enrolled in...
Working on Deadgear's game mechanics
Me and Alex are working hard to complete Dead Gear - the indie game we are working on, and my goal for past months was to complete the platforming game mechanics of the game, and I can't lie that...
Working on Dead Gear!
So I've been very busy lately, working on a new project to expand my game play programming experience. Dead Gear is a new project that I'm serving as the only programmer and technical director,...
Scripting.. is it important to me?
A lot of newbie game developers ask themselves this questions, is scripting that important? Yes it is - at least to me. Now when you develop your own technology for games which includes a game...
UDK I'm back.
So I've been spending my time learning Unity while playing with my engine's code, until I met a friend of mine. My friend Hamad has been playing with Unreal Development Kit (UDK) for a quite while...
More plans for the Precious Engine
It just warms my heart when I open my email in the morning and see messages discussing the Precious Engine functionality and discussing how to use the engine well.
Precious Engine Documentation is ready!
I've just added the documentation for my Android game engine "Precious Engine". You can download the engine and the documentation by going to the page "Precious Engine" from above.
Precious Drop and its game engine are out!
Ladies and gentlemen without further ado, my first game on the Android platform is out (named Precious Drop) and you can download the game engine (Precious Engine) here:
Getting game portability right from the start!
Whenever I want to start to make a game I try my best to make it independent from the platform as much as possible, no matter the platform I'm writing it for, and in the end it all will come down...
The game development scene is helpless in the middle east!
Well, that's a real sad thing to say but that's true. The game development state in the middle east countries is really in the bottom. Yes there are many great minds in this region but the...
Working on my first Android game yet!
I've been working on first game for the Android platform for few weeks now. I got my Nexus One phone last month and started building my game's engine on 27th of August 2010. And since then I've...
Trying to build something for the mobile platform?
Android and iPhone, I've been hearing a lot about these two platforms lately.. makes you really wonder what's all the hype about..? Mobile platforms represent new opportunities for developers...
Switching to Irrlicht once again!
I've been spending quite sometime on the Unity engine lately, more than three hours a day to be exact. The engine is very nice and quite easy actually! It's a whole different story if you've been...