Lead Production Tester for a AAA studio
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...
mod tester's handbook
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...
testing your mod [wip]
A short essay that explores the significance of visual, narrative and active perspective in games.
the degrees of perspective in games [wip]
"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...
the modular release model
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...
steam and source modding: a survey
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: v2.1 reviewed [wip]
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...
empires bug list
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 news update
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...
nuclear dawn progress update
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...
a new hope
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...
general notice - forums offline
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...
new phong shaders and community 'focus' feature
Introducing the Consortium Stealth Trooper. A marvel of modern day technology, the stealth suit uses advanced nanotech and ultra-sophisticated optics...
introducing: the stealth trooper
In this week's media release we profile mapper and environmental artist, Henning "sa74n" Horstmann and take a look at his main piece for...
map screens + developer profile
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...
cgw magazine scans
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...
nd news round-up
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...
story release and general news update
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...
hibernation
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...
becoming a successful public relations officer
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...
ripples on the surface
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...
moddb exclusive!
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'...
progress update
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...
cu forums
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