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Design Patterns: Singleton Basics

Published in Game Programming

By Ivan Spasov - In this article we will take a quick look at what is the Singleton Design Pattern, how to use it, when to implement it and what it's good for.

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

Building a First-Person Shooter Part 1.2: The Player Class

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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.

Math for Game Developers: Intro to Matrices

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By Jorge "BSVino" Rodriguez - Explores various game development techniques that utilize a basic understanding of matrices

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