Asset Flips vs Reuse - Working Hard or Hardly Working? - Extra Credits

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Subject: History, Politics, Mythology
Content of the Lesson: If you're interested in checking out the work of devs affected by GDC and E3's cancellation, you can find our list here: https://www.extracredits.site/indie-game-megaphone Asset flips have a bad reputation these days. The lazy cash grabs frankensteined from different asset packs and just barely functional controls the have flooded Steam for the last few years. It's gotten to the point where even larger companies have caught flack for reusing animations or character models. But can asset reuse be a valuable design tool? Subscribe to Extra Credits for more episodes every Wednesday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Get info about all our shows at https://extracredits.site ___________ Get your Extra Credits gear at the store! https://extracredits.store Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://extracredits.site/extra-credits-community-code-of-conduct Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Watch us play games and have fun on http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram Follow us on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/EConTumblr ___________ ♪ Intro Music: "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM http://bit.ly/1eIHTDS Music: "A Ring and a Promise" By: Ashleigh Coryell, bLINd https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01956


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