#patrick plourde

[laraarainbow]

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[tinysamm]

One of the most useful and interesting additions to the players arsenal in Watch_Dogs 2 is the use of a quadcopter and mini-car to perform remote hacking. By allowing the player to keep themselves in a hidden location, away from the actual danger, they can be more daring and conduct stealth actions that may have required a more violent approach without these tools.

[lulu2992]

Inktober 2017, Day 17: Graceful.

Aurora (and Igniculus) from Child of Light.

[tinysamm]

The shops in Far Cry 3 require the player to unscramble areas of the map before they can get new stock- but, after unscrambling enough of them, certain items and weapons can be given to the player for free. This is to provide incentive to improve all areas of the map, without creating an enormous variety in weaponry to justify it.

[arinewman7]

Pinecones from Old Shovel Heads Sculpture by Patrick Plourde

[playistic]

How Ubisoft will turn you into an eagle over Paris in its first VR game

Virtual reality is still a great way to make someone sick, and that doesn’t make for good entertainment. Ubisoft’s Funhouse team realized this as they created their first VR title, Eagle Flight, for the PlayStation VR system debuting on the Sony PlayStation 4 next year. The game lets you soar as an eagle above the […] http://goo.gl/Y9iMLQ #Playistic

[pushtosmart]

What we’re trying with Fun House is, what if a programmer, or an accountant, or an illustrator, could pitch a game? We’re creating a process for helping them build and sell their ideas,” says Plourde. “If someone has a dream, the Fun Box is a step-by-step guide to help them formulate their idea as a game, figure out who it’s for, then try to get others to buy in on it.

Patrick Plourde as quoted in Gamasutra’s “What if anyone at your studio could pitch a game? Ubisoft aims to find out”

[richardrouse3]

Thanks everyone for coming out to another feisty edition of the MIGS Brain Dump.  In our fourth year, we again had eight speakers each gave their 5 minute take on a theme, and this year it was "Back to the Start." A good time was had by all!

If you would like to review the slides (most with notes included), they can be found here.

A write-up of some of the session can be found here, if you read French (or want to try your luck with a robo-translator).