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Deep Dive: Designing a new dwarf race in The Last Spell

Game Developer

Introducing a new race in Dwarves of Runenberg meant paying careful attention to balance and putting weight in community feedback.

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#Drive Rally by Pixel Perfect Dude is a love letter to the golden age of rally games

PreMortem.Games

The low-poly racing game, developed by Polish indie developer Pixel Perfect Dude , feels like a love letter to the PlayStation 1 era of rally games, where you could actually name the top drivers and the cars they drove. So, what sets our game apart is its blend of authentic ’90s rally racing experience with modern gaming mechanics.

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Strategies for Optimizing Multiplayer Games in Unity

Logic Simplified

Optimizing bandwidth usage through data compression and server load balancing is crucial for large-scale multiplayer experiences. Graphics Settings: Balance Performance & Visual Quality The settings that control graphics quality determine the smoothness of multiplayer gameplay. What worked?

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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

Game Refinery

QQ Speed An arcade racer implementing TCG mechanics The first game on our list is QQ Speed , an arcade racing game with a manga-inspired art style that’s been very successful in the Chinese market. These mechanics are unconventional for a racing game but aren’t surprising.

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2025 Mobile Games Marketing Predictions

Deconstructor of Fun

Over time, this could also create a race to the bottom, where speed prevails and quality drops, in that world the developers with established brands and IPs start to prevail as the difference in production value shines through and captivates an audience looking for the anti-AI ad. To balance CPIs (now $1.20

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How Splitting Point caught 80% more bugs with real-time data

Game Analytics

Rage Runner is a game where the player races along a speed course. In the end, we were able to start tagging these sections with different difficulties and balance out our maps.”. Building out difficulty using data. But Splitting Point was having trouble with some of the sections. “In

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How Mobile Game Developers Are Using Anime to Boost Engagement and Revenue Across the Globe

Game Refinery

These abilities allow players to gain an advantage in the race to the finish line by grabbing or punching other competitors. Some of these could be obtained by playing through the event, while others required in-app purchases, so there was a balance in trying to keep all players relatively happy.

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