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Getting into Games through Education: Choosing your University

Published in Breaking Into the Industry

By Liyaan Hasan (stitchs) - The follow-up to 'Where do I begin?'. This time we look into what you should do in order to pick the best University for you, and your subj...

Object-Oriented Game Design

Published in Game Programming

By Josh Klint - C++ can be intimidating the new programmers. The syntax does at first glance look like it was designed for robots to read, rather than humans. Ho...

Making it in Indie Games: Starter Guide

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By Derek Yu - Advice on how to become a successful indie developer from a successful indie developer

Scripting Custom Windows in Unity3D

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By Casey Hardman - With the know-how, you can make your own windows in Unity. Allow me to teach you how and get you started.

Binding D To C

Published in Game Programming

By Mike "Aldacron" Parker - When getting up and running with game development in the D programming language, you can save a lot of time by linking with existing C libraries. D...

A Journey Through the CPU Pipeline

Published in General Programming

By Bryan Wagstaff (frob) - The CPU does not need to be an opaque box of mystery. Skilled programmers learn their tools, including what goes on inside the CPU. Very skilled pr...

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