Author Frans Kasper (Abstraction Games)

Frans Kasper (Abstraction Games)

Lead Programmer

Programmer at Abstraction Games; lead programmer on the ports for Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number and all the additional GameMaker related projects that use the same shared technology.

Upgrading Core Tech For Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Frans Kasper (Abstraction Games)

Tech

Taking Hotline Miami 2 at face value; it can be perceived as a bigger and badder version of its 2012 predecessor with a few additional bells and whistles, a new story, a new battery of excellent soundtrack tune... Read More...

Fixing the DISC ROOM design

The challenges of designing games for Pillo

How I made Circles feels intuitive without any text or tutorial

Creating Realistic Fun in Stable Orbit

A Handcrafted Feel: ‘Unexplored’ Explores Cyclic Dungeon Generation

VR Dioramas: The Illusionist’s Way of Telling Stories

Animated Cover: Better Game Design Using the Scientific Method

Designing A Believable Homemade Flamethrower For The Last of Us

A mini-story about the Minit mosquito

How Firewatch translated 2D concept art into a 3D open world

Generating art: Turbocharge your workflow

What A Difference A Hat Makes in Boss 101

Keeping 2D Herald afloat by adding 3D

The Dream That Inspired The Nightmarish Graphics of The Intruder

A Handcrafted Feel: 'Unexplored' Explores Cyclic Dungeon Generation

How We Cheated Physics To Avoid Players Feeling Cheated

How not to lose your body parts in a networked game

Cleaning Up Clustertruck

Predicting Players: Calculated Level Design in Action Henk

Fast AI for turn-based action game Space Grunts

Keeping Up — A Smarter Camera For Munch Time 2

The Assassin’s Creed game that needed more than just a score

Creating the Dynamic Sound Design of Future Unfolding

Making the sound of Elite: Dangerous (VIDEO)

The Touching Story Behind Killzone 3’s Beautiful Menu Music

"You stand no chance", Says Vlambeer's Rami Ismail (VIDEO)

Letters from the 19th century. A $300 worldwide marketing campaign

From Cardiac Arrest to Cat Success — Remarkable Story About a Game With Famous Cats (VIDEO)

SteamSpy’s analysis of the Indiepocalypse: ‘It’s nothing new’ (VIDEO)

Extending the lifetime of Hidden Object game Home Makeover

33 on Metacritic: Why My Game Failed (VIDEO)

Football Mafia is a shameless experiment in addiction

Upgrading Core Tech For Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number