iXie gaming

JULY 23, 2023

Unity has rapidly risen in popularity to become one of the most widely used game production engines throughout the globe. In this article, we will discuss the factors that contribute to Unity’s continued dominance in the game development industry. This enhances Unity’s reputation as a fantastic game engine.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Now that my title has savagely baited your click, let's talk about the weirdness of the game industry and the big mess we're all in. I've been working continuously making indie video games longer than, let's say, anyone. I've been working continuously making indie video games longer than, let's say, anyone. A good long look.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This is the last of four articles in the Failure Recovery series on Start to Finish. My own recent failure to launch a board game in 2018 , Highways & Byways , is what inspired this detour from the originally planned articles. Need help on your board game? Failure is brutal. Nobody wants to fail.

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iHobo

MAY 23, 2023

Of all my hundreds of game projects, this is still the title where I am most proud of the game design, the project where I beam with pride when I think of the incredible team and the contributions everyone made to make such a memorable and unique experience. Today is the twentieth anniversary of the release of Ghost Master.

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The Bottom Feeder

APRIL 28, 2023

But I do it in a highly popular, successful, vibrant, undervalued medium (video games) instead of a respected, posh medium that nobody cares about (books). My almost thirty year fantasy-writing career has been very prolific (18 all-new games!) When a child dreams of growing up to be a fireman or astronaut (does that happen anymore?),

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 13, 2023

Aurore Coutelier had always dreamed of building worlds that positively impacted people’s lives, and architecture initially seemed like the way to do it. I had been playing the Supergiant Games game Hades and started wondering what the River Styx could look like in a fantasy/fairy tale world. Aurore's journey down the River Styx.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games. Visit Facebook Gaming where you’ll find an incredible amount of insightful, actionable and relevant information along with tips, tools and solutions to help you grow your business.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

However, the dream quickly turned into a nightmare when Stronghold Definitive Edition started crashing to desktop without warning. Interesting fact: Did you know that historical strategy games like Stronghold are known for their attention to detail? Corrupted Game Files : Crashes can occur if game files become corrupted or are missing.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 1, 2022

Dream11 is the flagship brand of Dream Sports, India’s leading Sports Technology company, and has partnerships with several national and international sports bodies and cricketers. To sustain growth, it’s important for us to offer the best in class experience to end-users by providing an uptime of 99.9%

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. Early this year, when it was first suggested to me that I investigate blockchain gaming, I immediately rejected the idea. This post is sponsored by Xsolla.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This post is written by Sophie Vo who’s building a kick-ass game team at Voodoo Berlin. I am Sophie, a creative Game Lead working at Voodoo. With all the knowledge I have accumulated over a decade, I am now building a new team in Berlin at Voodoo - my Dream Team. What games to make? It’s only once a month!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

This week, we jump into what it takes to design great Match 3 games and how we would improve Makeover Match. psst, here’s the article folks are talking about: What’s Next for Rovio? Case: Makeover Match Making games is hard. Shorts are analyses and opinion pieces originally published as a part of our weekly newsletter.

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Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

There’s clearly no way that will end badly. HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. Dreamcatcher ” invokes a long-standing science fiction trope, including one with which Star Trek has flirted in the past. The episode doesn’t really offer anything in terms of surprises with respect to the trope, at least in this part, but that’s not really the point.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Kickstarter – Maker and Breaker of Dreams. Kickstarter – Maker and Breaker of Dreams. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Sure, tabletop games made $113 million on Kickstarter in 2016. Kickstarter. ” Well, yeah.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the fifth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Rules provide directions on how to execute activities within a game.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Rules provide directions on how to execute activities within a game.

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Keith Burgun

JUNE 18, 2022

The 1P videogames I’ve always dreamed of had these qualities: Mechanically deep and systemically driven – perhaps even if that means it’s got a learning curve. Framed as almost more like a sport / abstract strategy game, and therefore light on narrative.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Strategy game lovers who want a modern-age vibe prefer the COH series over other games. The Company of Heroes 3 is the latest addition to this game franchise. When you are dreaming of crushing the enemy with your in-game tactics, a big disappointment will come if the game doesn’t run at all.

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The Knights of Unity

MAY 6, 2020

What is the most attractive thing in games? Hyper-casual games do not have a story, they have little content, and yet it is one of the most addictive genres in the history of gaming. Hyper casuals dominated the mobile games market in 2017 and they are still growing in popularity. What are Hyper-Casual Games?

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. I don’t think anybody would expect anything less from a guy who created a board game called Highways & Byways. Need help on your board game? The board game business can work like that, too.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 28, 2017

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Creating board games can be an expensive affair. In fact, minimizing costs is one of the most compelling reasons to create a game and send it to a publisher instead of self-publishing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focused on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. Summary Warcraft Rumble is an action-strategy game akin to Clash Royale but with a focus on single-player tower offense. Written by Christopher Brousseau.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. From our sponsor: Do you need funds to finish, release, or promote your game? Your game gets screened internally by our industry experts within two weeks. Create an account 2.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Dream11 is the flagship brand of Dream Sports, India’s leading sports technology company. To read more about this pattern, see the articles Building a Multi-Tenant SaaS Solution Using AWS Serverless Services and Let’s Architect! It empowers tenants to validate and confirm their end-user’s identities using provided authentication data.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

Supercell is one of the rare companies that doesn’t try to beat the competition; rather, it tries to beat the high score set by its own prior games. To date, Supercell has created multiple genre-defining games and generated billions in revenues -- all with little more than 300 employees (!). Our short answer is no.

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Sirlin

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The perk of Dinosize is that even though you can often use it to kill an enemy unit or hero, later in the game it helps you set up for a huge turn where you attack their base for 20+ damage. Argagarg Garg is the Growth spec hero of the green faction. Just because they look different from humans, doesn’t make them bad! That’s a lot of upside.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Early this year the Turkish mobile startup Dream Games has raised $50 million in new funding ($57.5M total funding), despite having only soft-launched its first game, Royal Match. Dream Games was founded by two of Peak’s former Product Directors. Thus a full breakdown of the newly released game is warranted.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Over the last four articles of Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game , I’ve talked about a lot of things that are more complicated than you’d think. I’ve written about the five levels of communication game developers must master. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the thirteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. This week, I want to zero in on the subject of making the perfect board game rule book.

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