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Spring RTS Engineering Internals
Published in APIs and Tools
By Issam Lahlali - Uses an open source RTS engine to demonstrate how the CppDepend tool can be used to break down and understand a game's code design
For a Career in Gaming, are Game Design Degrees Worth It?
Published in Breaking Into the Industry
By Brice Morrison - Many students and parents believe that if they are interested in a career in games, then the best thing for them to pursue is a degree in “Game Des...
Building an In-Game Store for the First Time? Here are the 4 Keys to Success
Published in Game Design
By Yaniv Nizan - So you have a great concept for a mobile game and you have heard that free games with in app purchase is the way to go but you are not sure where t...
Indie tutorial: Organizing your work as a team
Published in Production and Management
By ANtY - Let's see, we already have a game prototype and a team of quality people. What do we do now? Well, you could always actually start working on y...
Never Team Up with the Idea Guy
Published in Production and Management
By Albert Tedja - Be sure that the people you team up with can actually contribute to the project's success
Building a First-Person Shooter Part 1.2: The Player Class
Published in Game Programming
By Chris Vossen - In this tutorial we will begin to flesh out our player class by adding in a camera and setting up character physics.
Featured Developer Journals
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Journal Entry #2In this entry, I want to talk a little bit about a very simple thing that many people do when they first start out making a game. Specifically, I'm talking about a ToDo list. The thing is, when you start about...
Journal Entry #2In this entry, I want to talk a little bit about a very simple thing that many people do when they first start out making a game. Specifically, I'm talking about a ToDo list. The thing is, when you start about...
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This update to Leadwerks 3 brings the addition of lightmapping across curved surfaces with smooth groups. The image below is a set of lightmapped CSG brushes, not mesh lighting. You can read a detailed account of our implementation of this feature...
This update to Leadwerks 3 brings the addition of lightmapping across curved surfaces with smooth groups. The image below is a set of lightmapped CSG brushes, not mesh lighting. You can read a detailed account of our implementation of this feature...
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In 2012 I had the pleasure to work with Meta3D Studios in developing artwork for my mobile game "Hamster Puzzler," and I'd like to share some tips on getting the most out of working with an art studio.Here's the short version: An employed studio i...
In 2012 I had the pleasure to work with Meta3D Studios in developing artwork for my mobile game "Hamster Puzzler," and I'd like to share some tips on getting the most out of working with an art studio.Here's the short version: An employed studio i...
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Microsoft applies for patent on TV achievements
www.gamesindustry.biz -- Xbox One maker calls dibs on technique to encourage viewership of shows and ads
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EA: Xbox One and PS4 a generation ahead of PC
www.develop-online.net -- Publisher benchmarks video and audio performance of new Xbox at eight-to-10 times higher than current gen
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DeNA developing Dungeons & Dragons: Arena of War for mobile
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- The D&D experience is getting optimized for mobile thanks to the experts at DeNA.
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Unity mobile game development goes free
www.develop-online.net -- Popular game engine ditches costs for smartphone and tablet deployment
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Free Shipping in honor of Memorial Day at the Windows Phone Central Store
wpcentral.com.feedsportal.com -- In honor of the Memorial Day Weekend, if you're in the United States you will receive FREE SHIPPING on your Windows Phone Central Accessory Store order. This special offer is valid all weekend long until Monday night (midnight PT). We have tons of...
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Android Studio: An IDE built for Android
Android at Google I/O 2013: Keynote Wrapup
All Google Play Developers Can Now Reply to User Reviews
Android at Google I/O 2013
Serious Games For Starting Your Own Video Game Dev Company
10th Anniversary Games for Change Festival Marketplace
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The next Nokia Lumia Challenge, Reflections
wpcentral.com.feedsportal.com -- The Nokia Lumia Challenge is a series of challenges by Nokia involving the Lumia line of Windows Phones. Most of the challenges deal with photography, challenging Lumia owners to show off their camera skills. The challenge covers a wide range of...
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Basic Javascript
Perceptual Computing and Exergaming: It’s a Match
New Ways to Optimize Your Business in Google Play
Social Gaming, Location, and More in Google Play Services
Android Studio: An IDE built for Android
Android at Google I/O 2013: Keynote Wrapup
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The Rhythos RPG Builder Kickstarter
indiegames.com -- It's really simple actually. If the Rythos RPG Builder gets kickstarted it vows to become a freeware, open-source, cross-platform RPG creation kit, that will offer a ton of options and enough versatility to cover all genre needs. Apparently quite...
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Hooked Media turns in an entirely new take on app recommendation — one that Apple can’t kill
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- App recommendation engines are getting booted from Apple's app store because they suck, according to a new player in the app-finding business. But Hooked Media has come up with an entirely new take on app recommendation that has two unique qu...
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Tablet Optimization Tips in the Google Play Developer Console
New Look, New Purchase Flow in Google Play
The Rise of the Independent Game Developer
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“App Of The Day” type apps can help indies with app discovery
Perceptual Computing and Exergaming: It’s a Match
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Contrast leaps from shadows and back into view in this new trailer
indiegames.com -- A new trailer has arrived for the Greenlight-approved shadow-platformer Contrast. Developer Compulsion Games has now found a publisher in Focus Home Interactive, who will release the game on PSN, XBLA and Steam in Q4 2013. Compulsion gave...
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Marissa Mayer and Yahoo are on fire, acquire yet another company, PlayerScale
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- If I can paraphrase a popular Alicia Keys song, this woman is on fire. And Marissa Mayer is clearing moving Yahoo back into the center of the Silicon Valley tech conversation.
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Kinect 2's visual DRM may threaten user choice
www.develop-online.net -- User privacy may be invade as Microsoft patent suggest 'snooping tech' in motion sensor
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The next-gen Xbox reveal: Live from Microsoft (liveblog, livestream)
venturebeat.feedsportal.com -- GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi will be on site, reporting live and updating this post. Other GamesBeat writers will also be contributing content to this post as it arrives.
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Attempt to create life in Element4l, nature's platformer [PC Release]
indiegames.com -- Anyone looking for an escape from gaming's usual sounds of gunfire and need for violence should take note that Element4l released on Steam today. It's a momentum-based platformer built around nature and the creation of life, so its serene setting...
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Basic Javascript
Perceptual Computing and Exergaming: It’s a Match
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New Ways to Optimize Your Business in Google Play
Social Gaming, Location, and More in Google Play Services
Android Studio: An IDE built for Android
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Top 1% of IAP monetisers worth a third of total user spend
www.develop-online.net -- Top 20% of new users paying money on in-app purchases worth 90% of total spending
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C/C++ Low Level Curriculum Part 12: Multiple Inheritance
www.altdevblogaday.com -- Hello, and welcome to the 12th part of the C / C++ low level curriculum. Really soon after part 11! (No, of course part 11 didn’t get too big and need to be split. Why would you ask?) Read more on C/C++ Low Level Curriculum Part 12: Multiple...
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Content creators could take a slice of Xbox One pre-owned revenue
www.develop-online.net -- Microsoft and publishers to take a cut of marked up pre-owned Xbox One games
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