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Spring RTS Engineering Internals

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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

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By Albert Tedja - Be sure that the people you team up with can actually contribute to the project's success

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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.

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