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Mod Tester's Handbook

Mod Tester's Handbook

Nuclear Dawn developers QA/Testing 11 comments

A reference guide for testing mods. Includes info on how to find bugs, how to narrow down the steps to reproduce and how to write good bug reports. Also...

Testing your mod [WIP]

Testing your mod [WIP]

QA/Testing Tutorial

All you could need to know about QA management for mods. Suitable for mod project leads and QA leads, this tutorial covers everything from setting up...

The Degrees of Perspective in games [WIP]

The Degrees of Perspective in games [WIP]

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A short essay that explores the significance of visual, narrative and active perspective in games.

The Modular Release Model

The Modular Release Model

Nuclear Dawn developers Management 51 comments

"Release early and often" - we've heard it before but why does it so often fail? Why do players try an early release mod and never come back? This tutorial...

Steam and Source modding: a Survey
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Steam and Source modding: a Survey

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Stanislas Berton is a French Masters student who has chosen to write his thesis on Valve Software's content-delivery-platform-cum-community-hub, Steam...

Empires: v2.1 Reviewed [WIP]

Empires: v2.1 Reviewed [WIP]

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A review of the hybrid RTS/FPS mod for Half-Life 2. Based on version 2.1 of the mod, this review will take you through all the highs and lows of this...

Empires Bug List
Half-Life 2

Empires Bug List

Empires 2 comments

A bullet-point reference list of bug fixes and redesigns I'd like to see in future versions of Empires mod for Half-Life 2. Comments and discussion very...

Nuclear Dawn News Update
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Nuclear Dawn News Update

Nuclear Dawn 14 comments

Project Lead, Spk, has recently moved to Digital Illusions CE (a.k.a. DICE - they make Battlefield) and has been busy settling in there and moving to...

Nuclear Dawn Progress Update
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Nuclear Dawn Progress Update

Nuclear Dawn 10 comments

As dev team activity has hurtled into the 90s for the Summer season the more eagle-eyed of our fans will have noticed a significant increase in gameplay...

A New Hope
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A New Hope

Nuclear Dawn 8 comments

We are happy to announce that the mod has just emerged from a very frustrating period for its team and its fans. The bottom line is that the project is...

Nuclear Dawn

General Notice - Forums Offline

Nuclear Dawn 1 comment

You may have noticed the forums are currently offline. We're not exactly sure what happened, but due to a server problem the forums were garbled...

New Phong shaders and community 'Focus' feature
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New Phong shaders and community 'Focus' feature

Nuclear Dawn 20 comments

Shiny Phong shaders in full effect on a Consortium Exo trooper We've just updated our website ( ) with in-game screenshots showing some new shaders...

Introducing: The Stealth Trooper
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Introducing: The Stealth Trooper

Nuclear Dawn 20 comments

Introducing the Consortium Stealth Trooper. A marvel of modern day technology, the stealth suit uses advanced nanotech and ultra-sophisticated optics...

Map Screens + Developer Profile
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Map Screens + Developer Profile

Nuclear Dawn 18 comments

In this week's media release we profile mapper and environmental artist, Henning "sa74n" Horstmann and take a look at his main piece for...

CGW Magazine Scans
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CGW Magazine Scans

Nuclear Dawn

The month of media May-hem is officially over, and what a way to finish it. Thanks to mentions by PC Zone, Computer Gaming World and Valve Software, the...

ND News Round-up
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ND News Round-up

Nuclear Dawn 13 comments

Wow! Where to begin? If you've been checking the website you'll know all about our mention in PC Zone and the exclusive preview feature in the...

Story release and general news update
Nuclear Dawn

Story release and general news update

Nuclear Dawn 9 comments

Did you ever wonder about the bigger picture of FPS/RTS multiplayer mod Nuclear Dawn? -The world outside of the battlefield, the history outside of the...

Half-Life 2

Hibernation

Citadel Utopia 1 comment

As some of you watching the Mod will have noticed, our website is down. On the 16th of November between the hours of 17:00 and 19:40 GMT the website content...

Becoming a successful Public Relations officer

PR Tutorial 16 comments

What makes a successful PR Officer? In this tutorial you will discover how to generate the maximum support for your Mod through effective methods of presentation...

Half-Life 2

Ripples on the Surface

Citadel Utopia

I've posted a few threads on the Forums that tell you more about the world of Citadel Utopia. It's not big enough to warrant a public news release...

Half-Life 2

ModDB Exclusive!

Citadel Utopia

It's looking like it's gonna be a bit thin on the ground for updates in the coming months (not that it hasn't been so far, but hey!), so...

Half-Life 2

Progress update

Citadel Utopia

For those of you Modwatching, we thought we'd give you some news on how things are going. Our concept artist, Q, has started work on the 'citizen'...

Half-Life 2

CU Forums

Citadel Utopia

The Forums are up and kicking, offering a place to discuss the Mod or anything else. They also offer updated Mod information on the Single player gameplay...