Game Production Basics Jump Start

This Jump Start had basic talks about the game development tools in multiple categories as well as the gaming business. It had things like how you would plan out the DLCs, In-App Purchases as well as other addition you would like to add as the update patch to your game. There are some game engine tools that enable you to develop games for the mobile devices and even game consoles but you will need the licenses and the full version of those tools for that as the free versions give you the opportunity to make games for the standard platforms which are mostly Windows computers.
For Windows Phone series and even Windows tablet version, you may need Visual Studio along with some plugins that will allow you to publish your game to the Windows Store. In fact, it takes you tons of step to do so similar to how you will do for Google Play and even App Store.
For game assets, it shouldn't be a problem in planning out your own graphics, gameplay concepts and even the music but for sound effects, it may seem to be a problem for me as I've been using the sound effects from external source and I already specified the credits for their usage somewhere in my creations.
Next is the Business Models in which you have to plan out the target audience, the contents of the game that should be suitable for whichever audience and that the contents you put in the game should be decent enough. Also, you have to plan out the pricing for the DLC and In-App Purchases in the fair way so that people should be able to safely buy things for whatever mobile games they're playing.
There may be games that have their ends, there may be games that have no end whatsoever. The games that have their ends may consist of multiple story paths, multiple character endings, a run that ends after few stages despite having so many contents to choose from, etc. You may want to go for those kinds of games even more but only if they can be completed that you will be able to see the game ending and that they are not unfairly difficult. Speaking of unfair difficulty, there are already endless casual games that are already having tons of highly difficult levels. You probably need a bunch of boosts to complete those levels which cost some fucking money in the first place that you should spend your money on something else like other games, DLCs, etc. In fact, for those kinds of games, it will take you tons of trial and error to get through those unfair levels and eventually, you will give up on those kinds of casual games as they're no longer fun at further levels. The worse thing is that there have been hundreds of levels added on a regular basis as well as other sets of levels that take place in different location with their exclusive gameplay features.
Lastly, there was a satisfaction for me from this Jump Start like they had showed the Construct 2 demo of a 2D shooter in action where you shoot stuffs like in an actual shmup game. If that demo is going to be a reason that I'll be using Construct 2, perhaps, I'll need to find such kinds of tutorials like that before even attempting to make one with that tool. It may be comparable to Game Maker but other tools can be really difficult to use as they still involve tons of coding. You don't need to code in Construct 2 and Game Maker, of course.
The interface for Game Maker Studio is kind of visually weird when I saw this during the Jump Start. The icons, buttons and even the tabs were classic looking but the only nice thing so far is the title bar. Combined with that kind of color scheme, it is somewhat useful for game developers like us but having classic interface elements visually is kind of weird in my opinion. The better thing today for Game Maker Studio free edition is that you should be able to use it like you use the previous versions of Game Maker Lite as if various limitations are removed according to some official news from Yoyo Games I had already seen.

Microsoft Office made free for mobile devices

Having Office 365 subscription for this is a big no-no for the users but it may seem that we have been using Microsoft Office on the desktop/laptop which still looks as standard as ever for that device as if it is still touch unfriendly on the tablet devices as there are like too many buttons to pick from no matter how large the spacing and interface can be. It was like a disaster for the tablet users back then when it comes to Office 2k13 and 365 but now, it looks like Microsoft is trying to improve Microsoft Office Online and Mobile versions so that they can be suited for mobile devices. Also, the mobile version is highly limited without Office 365 subscription and having to buy the subscription as the in-app purchase is kind of bullshit!
At least, Microsoft has done things right this time by having all the features available for use in the free version of Microsoft Office for mobile devices but it's still not the same for business users as they will still be required to use the Office 365 subscription. Not to mention that they have to be using Onedrive and Dropbox Business Editions which give them additional features. Hell, there's also the Office support for Dropbox in which you can edit the documents stored in your Dropbox storage online through Office Online similar to what you can do in Onedrive although Dropbox is still the best one to use in everyone's opinion.
The Iphone version was already out last year with the Ipad version out this year. In the future, there will be new Android and Windows touch versions as well as the new Microsoft Office for standard computers that will be coming in as well although for Windows 10 devices, we don't know how Microsoft Office will switch in between modes automatically like between Touch and Standard Modes, that is. The Touch mode should bring you to the Modern UI version when the device is in tablet mode while the Standard mode should bring you to the standard desktop version when the device is in laptop mode. Perhaps, the switching behavior is somewhat based on how web browsers do for Windows 8 devices but I expect it to be automatic in software when you switch in between two modes.

Secure Messaging Scorecard

Similar to the scorecard for the online services, this one is for the apps used in mobile devices. So far, it may seem that many of the mobile apps we know of have been insecure but iMessage being more secure? If Apple has everything green on that scorecard for their iMessage, that will look like they've done a greater job, putting its rivals to shame that some kind of product flame war will eventually start or something. But that's not the only part of the product competition, is it? There will be better encryption system for IOS 8 and Android 5.0 so that the only wailing babies in terms of security competition will be the ones trying to crack down even the stronger encryption planned by Apple and Google. Also, we still can know the problem about smartphone bending that has been on-going on Iphone 6 and Iphone 6 Plus. If that's the case, you may have to buy other IOS devices that support the upgrade to IOS 8 to gain this kind of security level.

Other alternatives surely are highly secure but then, who else knows about them and uses them besides you? If they can make use of your existing contacts on your local device and social networking accounts and that you can use those apps to have a contact with them without requiring any invitation or even your friend to download those apps or whatever, then it can be a proper reason to use those apps although the security is on your side only if they are not using those apps when you do the phone call, messaging or even chat.

I do have Orbot on my Android and it's starting to get handy when it  comes to surfing the net on that thing with Orbot enabled as it uses its own proxy for net surfing that leads to Tor technology. You can use other apps while online like there shouldn't be a problem but when it comes to net surfing, you will need Orbot up and running. Nowadays, the Tor technology is on life support and that I may have to find the complete alternative to this for mobile devices. There's already one so far for the computers which may be Aviator.

Google should change mission statement?

So, where did the "Don't do evil" slogan come from? Was that a fake slogan come up by some organization of freedom? Did any other tech giant come up with that slogan or some sort? Or maybe Google came up with it themselves before there is a proper mission statement? It doesn't matter, many people and organizations might have claimed that Google is already doing some bad things.
Firstly, the privacy invasion ever since a few years ago that Microsoft was bashing on them because of that although the Google fanboys were defending Google with a couple of trolls to be launched at Microsoft for that attack but obviously, it was until last year where everyone realized that Google was really doing wrong and we don't know if Google had admitted to this invasion.
Second, some individual claim from some man indicated that Google was doing things worse in invading people's privacy but then, it may seem that there may be other agencies even worse than that this year as if *BI is pretty much planning to defeat the new encryption system Google and Apple are implementing for their mobile OS as well as the one Microsoft implemented for their Outlook and Onedrive by simply learning how to hack and temper with people's computers they take for cyber-criminals. You can be on the look out for that stupidity but it's already a news after all. Not to mention that the this new privacy violation plan affects the entire globe and even if you have Tor, you're still spied.
Third, the YouTube content ID system that was changed in a screwed up way that annoyed the hell out of the users as well as the worthless Scroogle Plus in which nobody uses and everybody hates.
Sure, the Android 5.0 and Gmail encryptions are the right things Google is planning but we don't know if this is going to take effect. Even if it does quickly, there may be chances that even the new encryption is not going to help thanks to some wailing-babies acting like brave business people and not wanting real encryption in the first place. They also have their guts to troll on this real encryption like little kids saying that it is for criminals to use or something. Sure, there may be fanboys of those spying agencies that establish those kinds of troll comments on various websites but sooner or later, those comments are kind of pointless anyway.
Lastly, the change of the mission statement should be a condition that Google does things good again but it should also mean that various controversies should be GONE completely so that more people will use Google services in the future.

Magnetic keyboard for Jolla

It's kind of rare to see Jolla devices nowadays and the Sailfish OS for Android devices is still under improvement for the sake of getting it as the alternative for Android users. Also, Nokia as we know it was already acquired by Microsoft and the future Lumia phones will be Microsoft branded that may cause confusion among the customers at first.
This physical keyboard is more of an accessory for the Jolla phones that can be attached and detached. Also, it has the ability to glow in illumination at night time for suitable typing in the dark.

Smart TV Security Controversy

In fact, the smartwatches and Internet of Things will be the next victims of illegal data collection for good people like us! So everything you've done even with other indecent stuffs will be collected and transmitted to the third-party. Even if you've disabled some data collection options, the data collection thing is still intact as if the companies are betraying everyone! Had LG even come up with the new firmware that prevented that controversy from happening?
And of course, we don't know what brand and model this owner has owned although there may be serious concerns about illegal data collection that has been on-going. This link as brought to us by Neowin should have you to find out: http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/im-terrified-my-new-tv-why-im-scared-turn-thing.
This is what that owner has mentioned everything about and for smartwatches and Internet of Things, it may be true that even those devices will be the next victims by the time they are announced. Of course, there may be bunches of ARMED CRYING ASSHOLES who want the encryption gone completely in the new IOS 8 and Android 5.0! TALK ABOUT ILLEGAL-SPYING FANS WORKING THERE AGAINST US AND TECH GIANTS! Of course, for Android 5.0, we don't know if the TVs, smartwatches and Internet of Things devices running it will be considered encrypted for privacy protection. Otherwise, be better off with standard house furniture, standard TVs and standard watches that nobody will know unless you want to expand the spy-fest like a corrupted technical user that you may end up betraying everyone.

Tor support for Facebook

Great, now the protection of privacy with Tor may turn out to be a lie when it comes to Tor support for Facebook. The first thing is that Tor is no longer secure that various agencies and governments are already doing something to tackle the hell out of this service due to the controversial fact that even the cyber-criminals are using this tool for illegal activities in addition to good people like us using it for privacy purposes. Second thing is that Facebook is planning to have Tor support for it but we don't know if we can trust this kind of announcement as if we can think that this may be a lie. Adding Tor support for Facebook like that is like they're ensuring that cyber-criminals using Tor can be more easily tracked through various Facebook accounts. Not to mention that they may be extending the power of spying and lies with this excuse.
In fact, if you have known the previous news on Neowin in which I have been blogging about based on the discovery, you should have already heeded Microsoft's warning that Tor is no longer safe to use although I don't know if the new version has improved security or not that will make Microsoft approve the true use of it. Better still, use the freaking Aviator as the alternative.