Yobob Games

JANUARY 18, 2023

My Game Development Journey in Making a Trailer Game Development Journey in Trailer Making What I’ve learned is that making a trailer is extremely important. It’s pretty much one of the greatest marketing tools ever because I’m showing a glimpse of my game. Let’s say, for example, I wanted to make the next stardew valley game.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 12, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Our assumptions are always a little bit wrong, but the act of assuming we know how to act is sometimes a useful way to deal with the bigger enemy of indecision. Need help on your board game? Click here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2023

Written by Tiffany Keller , who is a Director of Product and investor with a decade of experience in mobile games across Scopely, Activision Blizzard, Miniclip, and Zynga. Mobile knockout games are springing up everywhere - such as Stumble Guys or Netease’s Eggy Party , which launched with a UGC creator mode last May.

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 1, 2022

With GDevelop, anyone can easily get started making and even selling their own games – and you won’t need to write a line of code! In this article, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about GDevelop to take you from beginner to game developer. In short, GDevelop is a full-featured game development tool.

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Game Designing

JULY 23, 2023

Animation is a creative and effective way to tell a story, so much so that the global animation industry was worth $395 billion in 2022 according to a Yahoo! It is an essential tool for animators, especially freelancers and those looking for new jobs. Finance report. What Is an Animation Portfolio?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 30, 2019

Our new Godot course Kickstarter campaign was funded in less than four days! Since then, we kept working hard on: Game creation tutorials. There are seven right now, with more to come, and you can find them all in our 3d tutorials playlist. Great 3d prototyping assets to help you develop games faster. Godot demos.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

is out and it comes fully packed with features and quality of life improvements! x branch to develop and publish their games today, so it's important for us to keep giving Godot 3 users an improved gamedev experience. now and read on to learn more about the many new features in this update. is compatible with Godot 3.4.x

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 16, 2021

This text is written by Michail Katkoff , CEO of Savage Game Studios. Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC. Yet there are always games that stand out.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

Summarizing an entire year of mobile gaming while providing predictions for what is going to happen next is a challenge that we at Deconstructor of Fun undertake every year. An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. Get control over your creative strategy by signing up at lunalabs.io , so you can start scaling up today.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Well, that will be up to you to decide. In fact, Hypercasual games alone made up for ~45% of 2019’s total download volume across all mobile games.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Thanks again to the organizers of the Game Industry Conference for hosting us as a pre-GIC event, as well as hosting the Godot Sprint on 14 & 15 Oct at the same venue, where engine contributors will meet to work together, discuss the roadmap for 4.0 This post will be updated with a plan for when each talk should be in coming days.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 5, 2020

We're coming to you live and direct with Issue #18 and we can confidently say.it's gonna be good. As you know, our mantra here at ACS Games has always been one of inclusivity, togetherness, acceptance, and love. Welcome back to the riveting, the joy-inducing, the awe-inspiring Kristala dev blog! We hear you. We stand by you.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 25, 2021

This analysis is written by Mladen Dulanovic , Game Lead from Nordeus, and Om Tandon , UX Director at UX Reviewer. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Games that have a huge fan base.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For some, the idea of developing a game alone is daunting. Sadly, the reality of the business showed me that the type of games that pay the rent weren’t the type of experiences I wanted to create”, he says. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 17, 2019

We'll make up for this in this progress report where each student will present themselves and their project. As announced previously , Godot is participating for the second time in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) programme, which lets students from all over the world work for three months on specific projects thanks to a Google stipend.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 7, 2024

Spine is a 2D skeletal animation tool for game development and other animation projects. Imagine each character with a series of single 2D images making up its various body parts. How Our Spine Animation Story Began Behind every animation created is a story, often not told, and always involving a coming together of various skills.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Guest post by Alexander Devyaterikov , Producer at Belka Games In today's gaming world, it's not enough to just have a good game. Here in the screenshot, you can see how our position in the Top100 US App Store grossing games has changed from 2017 to 2020, according to data.ai. First of all, create a 1-week cycle.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Carol Miu , a retired gaming industry leader, looks back at her journey with no regrets. On the podcast, they delve into what it's like being a female CEO, achieving work-life balance, industry trends, and the wisdom Carol has amassed on her thrilling journey through the gaming industry. Not everyone aspires to be a CEO.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 23, 2018

Facebook has connected the world in an unprecedented way, opening up a wealth of previously unimaginable opportunities to business owners. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. It’s funny that I’ve just effusively praised Facebook.

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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you really wanna go nuts, try to define what a “game” is. I mean, Hidden Object Games barely even count as an activity. And yet, we know they are games, because they have “game” in the name. things about making and writing about games for 30 years is the patterns you get to see.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Head of VFX Daniel Hourigan ( Aquaman , The Hunger Games: Mockingjay , Terminator: Dark Fate ) takes us through how he built his KitBash3D Mission to Minerva settlement in Houdini, detailing key steps from his recent informative livestreams, including a great workaround for creating a fast rendering volumetric glow. Setting up your Kit.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The mobile games market is dominated by a few titles that players return to again and again. Fostering that kind of loyalty is crucial, especially given that only around two percent of a game’s player base can generate up to 95 percent of its in-app purchase revenue. The report is also based on interviews with players.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 2, 2018

If you are a board game developer like me, you are simultaneously privileged and burdened to live in this current time. On the one hand, board games have seen a massive surge of popularity, growing about 20% every year for the last few years. It seems like board gaming just broke a billion dollars as a market.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

This week, in the changing economic environment, we take a look at the recent consolidation of blockchain gaming to weather tough times ahead. ? Deconstructor of Fun has teamed up with MY.GAMES, AWS, Unity, Data.ai, and Google to supercharge the Game Drive accelerator program. Read more and get accelerated!

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Game Refinery

MARCH 16, 2023

From national calendar days to religious holidays, seasonal events are a great way for mobile games to find new and exciting ways to drive player engagement. We’ve updated the blog post with new seasonal event implementation examples and best practices for introducing seasonal events into your mobile game.

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Game Global

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A video game can only attract a global user base if it doesn’t compromise on localization quality: 3 industry experts reveal how to get ahead of the game. Which best practices can help make your mobile game a global hit? What does “quality” mean in video game localization? Challenge no. 1: Getting the timing right.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 11, 2023

Professional 3D character modeler J Hill shares two key tips on how to become a better 3D artist and explains why they are so important to improving your craft. He is currently employed at Californian indie game development studio Turtle Rock Studios as a Lead Character Artist. Some of the reasons might surprise (and motivate) you!

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

And while those two titles dominate the top charts, Playrix road to the top started a long time ago with a non-assuming little game know as Township. The game was launched in 2011 as a freemium social game first as Google+ (!) Strong iPad monetization indicates that this is a game played at home by a more mature audience.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

More than once over the years we’ve had discussions in the roguelike development community regarding the idea of “backtracking,” and with good reason: whether or not to allow it has quite a lot of implications! DCSS variant “ Hellcrawl ” removes the up stairs from that game, notably increasing the difficulty.).

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 26, 2018

The term “content marketing” gets thrown around carelessly on the Internet way too much and with little meaning attached, but the basic idea is simple. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. News Sites/News Feeds.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

But they’ve long since stopped being exclusive to mid-core, cosmetic-driven games and nowadays are present in a constantly growing amount of genres and games. It’s also important to understand that Passes are not a straightforward feature to balance that can be applied to any game without risks. Source: SensorTower.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC. Deconstruction by Anton Datiy , Games marketing & publishing specialist I think it’s safe to say that the battle royale gold rush is over.

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Game Designing

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The role combines both artistic and technical skills into a single job that is crucial for productions in film, television, video game development, and more. And, we will provide you with some tips you need to begin your journey getting started in 3D animation rigging. What is a 3D Animation Rigger?

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Rindoku

MAY 8, 2017

Let’s get that out of the way first. Looking back at the experience and attempting to answer why I felt that way, I got to thinking about what makes a great conference for an indie dev in general. This is the #1 priority for Rikodu at the moment and we’re doing our best to find the right people to talk to and pitch our game.

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Sky Betting and Gaming Technology

DECEMBER 19, 2019

I recently attended the performance.now() conference in Amsterdam courtesy of Sky Betting & Gaming’s Tech Ninja Fund. Things have moved on a long way since then both in terms of user behaviour and technology. Takeaway 1 - Web performance is as challenging today as it ever was. Use a CDN - 48% of sites still not served from CDN.

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