Dev Links: Big Red Button

“Robot Invader’s Chris Pruett reviews how Wind-up Knight and Rise of the Blobs were received on iOS and Android in this GDC 2013 talk, comparing what has been accepted as mobile development truths against his own concrete figures.”
“How does Rival Theory’s free development tool RAIN{indie} stack up?

Today’s Developer Linksfeature the birth of Kenya’s games industry, mobile myths and more.

Video: iOS, Android myths dispelled(IndieGames.com)

Is this free AI tool right for you? A RAIN{indie} review(IndieGames.com)
“How does Rival Theory’s free development tool RAIN{indie} stack up? Here’s the rundown by Dave Mark from the April issue of Game Developer magazine.”

Big Game: The birth of Kenya’s games industry(Polygon)
“There was no game industry in Kenya six years ago. Wesley Kirinya was one of the country’s first game developers. Working alone, Kirinya created and released Adventures of Nyangi — a crude Tomb Raider rip-off with an African protagonist and limited sound. He had no tools or mentors to guide him — just his drive, his passion and an internet forum filled with people from other continents. It took Kirinya three years of reading tutorials and importing expensive books from the U.S. just to learn the necessary skills.”

UnitySteer and pedestrian simulations(Arges Systems)
“A question that gets frequently asked is if UnitySteer can be used to implement pedestrian behavior. It can, since UnitySteer provides behaviors for agents to route around each other and obstacles, as well as towards objectives or paths, but what that misses is that there is a lot more logic to pedestrians than just how to get from point A to point B while not bumping into anything.”

Zeboyd Weekly Art! (7/3/2013): Ashe LoL, and more Cthulhu!(Zeboyd Games)
“Hey everyone! Bill here. Trying to get back into the weekly art column while also really getting into the cool stuff I’m doing for CSH.”

Game Over: Parting thoughts from the Game Developer team(Gamasutra)
“In this reprint from the final (June/July 2013) issue of Game Developer magazine, the editorial staff reflect back on the publication’s history and offer some parting thoughts on the future of the industry.”

Royal Ontario Museum opens doors in Aug. for ROM game jam(Joystiq)
“Next month, the Royal Ontario Museum will open its doors to aspiring Canadian game developers for the ROM Game Jam, an event in partnership with Gamercamp and the University of Toronto.”

New chart feature for democracy 3(Positech Games)
“I added a brand new feature to democracy 3 today. I know it probably seems a little late to be doing that, but it’s a visual, not a sim feature. It’s a new chart which tracks the initial values of everything when you first took office, and lets you at a glance see how you have made things better/worse since you took power. Spot the accidental text-overspill bug!”