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From Concept to Launch: The Step-by-Step Game Development Process

Big Games

Developing a game is no child’s play! Game developers can vouch that the game development landscape does not look as pretty and exciting as it seems. If you are just starting as a game developer, this blog will provide all the steps and processes constituting the game development cycle.

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Math Concepts You need for Game Devolopment

Game Development for Beginners

Game development is a multi-disciplinary field that requires a combination of skills in programming, design, and mathematics. While programming and design skills are essential for creating a fun and engaging gaming experience, mathematical concepts play a crucial role in building the underlying mechanics that drive a game.

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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

Logic Simplified

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. Is it well-defined?

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Games Speak through Mechanics, Not Rules

Brand Game Development

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. The mark of a great game developer is to make great complexity and interaction come out of simple elements. I’ve come up with a theory which I call the Five Levels of Communication through Game Development.

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Theme vs. Mechanics

Brand Game Development

“Theme-first or mechanics-first” might be the most asked “big question” in the board game community. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Theme and mechanics are inseparable parts of board games as a whole. There is no hard-and-fast line that splits mechanics and theme.

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COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”

PreMortem.Games

years of development. The game immerses players in a captivating odyssey across worlds within worlds, beckoning them to master the art of world-leaping mechanics to uncover a cosmic mystery. Carlsen’s vision for Cocoon sprang from a fascination with game mechanics. One day the idea simply popped up”, explains Carlsen.

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Solo developer Kaighen Finley: “It’s easy to lose myself in game development”

PreMortem.Games

Fresh out of school Kaighen Finley started his own web & game development company Team iNtuition. Just to be on the safe side he mainly focused on web development, but his heart was not in it. Why did you become a solo developer? How do you stay motivated through (years of) development?