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Ubisoft games like Far Cry, Assassin's creed etc and smart software engineering (coding)

I am a big fan of Ubisoft games. Especially the Far Cry games. I have played 6 out of 8 of those games. There’s something about the big open-world that these games puts you in. It feels great to wreck havoc and cause chaos in them; great escapism! Ohh and it applies to the Assassin’s Creed games too. However as I kept playing through Ubisoft games, I soon realised that they all have very similar qualities, in some cases it feels like same game. I have thought about writing a post on their games from a software engineering perspective for a while now. Hence, since I am dealing with some personal problems (relationship) right now, the timing couldn’t be any better for this i.e. it’s a great pass time. In this post, I will talk about my theory on Ubisoft engineers and how they maybe creating these open-world games. My theory involves them using some ingenious template for open-world games that cuts their development time by at least 30%. Getting into Far Cry Ubisoft (and their g...

Strategy for a broadcasting television network to increase digital content consumption

In this post we are going to outline a strategy with which a media company can increase and retain it’s digital content viewers. In this post, first, we will establish the media company’s background the content it produces the content categories it’s trying to improve it’s viewership we will lay the foundation for the proposed improvements discuss the improvements UI/UX improvements Interactivity based improvements A sci-fi level but still technically feasible proposal establish a time frame for implementing the improvements Lastly, we will provide estimates for the return on investment. The media company This media company has one of the most popular television channels in the country and over the years has attracted a steady stream of viewers to it’s television programming. The content it produces includes popular sporting events, soap operas, international shows and reality shows (more of these in recent years). Over the years, it’s sports content has attra...