Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In order to understand how something is "hard coded", you need to understand what we do to the code in order to make it run on your device. Code is written in a human-readable format, but there is a lot of optimization and changes that get done to the code before the device can run it.

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Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

GameFromScratch.com C# Development with Godot and Visual Studio Code Tutorial This is a quick tutorial to get you up and running with the C# programming language in the Godot Game Engine using Visual Studio Code and the newly released C# Dev Kit.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In this blog, we look at some of the new and interesting ways developers have implemented minigames into some of the most popular mobile titles on the market, from Royal Match’s Wordle-inspired potion puzzle to Goddess of Victory: NIKKE’s recreation of Dave the Diver. That’s even more true now than it was back in April 2023.

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Game Developer

APRIL 2, 2024

Developers Doug Sharp and Mark Roth walk us through the game's glorious past and promising future.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2025

I had never actually shipped any gameplay features with code I had written. Determined to push himself, he embarked on a new path as a solo developer. One that would force him to master every aspect of game creation, from coding to marketing. Why did you become a solo developer?

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Game From Scratch

APRIL 16, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Descent 3 Source Code Released The source code for the 1999 Interplay/Outrage Entertainment game Descent 3 was just open sourced on GitHub under the MIT license.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 17, 2023

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? Nurture : “Dissect the idea.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Here at PreMortem.Games we have a great admiration for developers that go through a complete development cycle alone. And it takes a special kind of developer that wants to fly solo. This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights.

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Real Programming

MARCH 28, 2025

So, it makes sense that one of the fastest-growing extracurricular activities today isnt basketball or pianoits coding. According to a recent Nova One Advisor market report , the global online coding-for-kids market is experiencing explosive growth. Why Is Online Coding So Popular With Parents? Its happening online.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

German indie developer Vivid Storm Interactive is a three person team that started when they launched a Kickstarter campaign for Ascent of Ashes in 2021. Studio owner and Lead Developer Max Hermann originally developed the idea for the game in the time when he was still a computer science student and active in the RimWorld modding scene.

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Game Developer

MAY 23, 2024

In a Game Developer interview last year, creator Billy Basso discussed his animation process and use of creative coding to build Animal Well's unique aesthetic.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Dove and Open Source Afro Hair Library has unveiled the Code My Crown guide. The free downloadable resource aims to provide game developers instructions, references, and source code for creating Black hairstyles in video games. Read more

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Game Developer

MARCH 17, 2023

Yarn Spinner lead developer and Secret Lab co-founder Jon Manning joins us on the Game Developer Podcast to share the secret trick to teaching writers to code, sing the praises of good documentation, and highlight the value of a collaborative development community.

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Game developers face numerous challenges in managing game servers such as scaling servers to meet player demand, managing game deployment pipelines and optimizing server fleets for costs. Lets explore available development workflows using Amazon GameLift Anywhere. Choose the created Custom location you just named and select Submit.

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Perforce

MAY 28, 2024

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Laboratory for Reliable Software developed a set of code guidelines for developing safety-critical code. The NASA power of 10 rules are intended to eliminate C coding practices that make it difficult to review or properly analyze with static analysis tools.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Similarly, in a game development setup, various virtual reality tools have become easily accessible to both creators and consumers to create and encounter immersive experiences. 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools There are a range of tools and frameworks that are being used for VR game development projects.

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AWS Games

MARCH 12, 2025

Following are a few key learnings from Epic Games work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that game developers should consider when developing a cloud governance strategy. Establish guardrails Game developers often dream of releasing a smash hit title, but popularity can be tough to predict.

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Becoming a C# and Unity Game Developer Humble Bundle The Becoming a C# and Unity Game Developer Humble Bundle is a collection of Unity engine related video courses from Packt. The courses are redeemed as a single key on the Packt website.

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Rocket Brush Studio

JULY 19, 2023

Traditional coding development methods have limitations and challenges, as does coding with ChatGPT and that will be no different with ChatGPT-assisted coding.

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Real Programming

MAY 23, 2024

That’s why online coding classes are so popular, but which one should you take? RP4K has a summer coding class program that lets students take a deeper dive into coding. Instead of weekly one-hour sessions, kids spend two hours a day learning to code five days a week. Each course lasts 1-2 weeks. Just read this guide.

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Real Programming

MARCH 15, 2024

In over twenty years of teaching kids to code, RP4K has found that these two things are deeply connected. Fun is the underlying motivator that drives kids to become coding champions, improve their skills, and turn their imagination into things like video games that they can play with friends and family.

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Perforce

MARCH 20, 2024

But flying vehicles need safe and secure coding standards during development if they are to truly get off the ground. This blog investigates new developments in air taxis and the importance of safety standards and secure coding standards.

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Real Programming

JUNE 27, 2024

Similarly, kids enrolled in RP4K’s summer coding camps walk away with foundational programming skills that employers seek. Let’s look now at how RP4K’s summer coding helps develop better leaders. When kids learn to code online , they need to test their assumptions and reevaluate what does and doesn’t work constantly.

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Rocket Brush Studio

AUGUST 3, 2023

ChatGPT, the acclaimed AI language model developed by OpenAI, excels at generating human-like text across domains. However, ChatGPT needs more clarity and readability regarding code generation. This blog explores real coding examples that illustrate these issues and discusses strategies to overcome them.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 1, 2023

A free one-hour webinar on software and code assessments will take place on March 15th, via GamesIndustry.biz. The event is all about how game developers can overcome and identity issues such as slow development, system weak spots, and whether anything is missing in the team’s knowledge. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 24, 2024

Activision Blizzard has updated Call of Duty's code of conduct to combat player harassment and provided more insight into its voice moderation system.

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Rocket Brush Studio

JULY 25, 2023

From improved textual understanding to real-time data resources, ChatGPT coding is a sure-shot way to make development easier and more efficient. If your engineering team hasn’t started using ChatGPT for coding it's important that you get started soon.

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

Developers are constantly seeking the best tools to create engaging, high-performance games that can run smoothly on a wide range of Android devices. Two of the most popular game enginesUnity and Unreal are the top choices for Android game development. Merits: Easy to learn and use for rapid development.

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Rocket Brush Studio

JULY 26, 2023

The field of software development is undergoing a transformative shift with the advent of AI tools like ChatGPT. In this blog, we will explore how ChatGPT simplifies coding for several problematic scenarios. We will examine practical coding examples that showcase the difficulties ChatGPT encounters when tackling complex problems.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Experience first-hand how Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games helps build breakthrough gaming experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 17-21, 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Visit the demo-packed AWS booth (#S927): Engage with purpose-built solutions from AWS that span the entire game development lifecycle.

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Real Programming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The number of jobs people can apply for when they have excellent coding skills is incredible; not only are there prestigious, high-paying jobs like app or video game developer. More than that, parents want their kids to understand the underlying code driving digital technology so they can shape it rather than the other way around.

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Harold Serrano

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

After months of coding, tweaking, and testing, I’m thrilled to share that the rewrite is almost done. This modular approach keeps everything clean and efficient, allowing developers to focus on their game logic instead of wrestling with tangled code. It’s all designed to make game development as smooth as possible.

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Developers must ensure necessary Wasm modules are loaded before use. Optimizations Package size reductions : Removed unused Web platform GFX layer code and applied Terser compression to shorten internal property lengths. Enabled “inline enums” and “private property compression” for engine code.

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Real Programming

JUNE 11, 2024

More than anything, RP4K’s coding camp classes are fun. Let’s check out what makes the screen time kids enjoy at RP4K’s summer coding camp so productive and fun for kids. Our summer coding camp for kids emphasizes out-of-the-box problem-solving because there are many ways to tackle coding problems — there isn’t merely one right answer.

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Real Programming

APRIL 26, 2023

Learning to code is mathematical too, and also doesn’t directly require multiplying or dividing large sums. Let’s check out how RP4K’s coding classes are grounded in mathematical concepts. In 2020, Elliott returned to his mathematician roots to create a new coding course, “Mathematics and Physics for Video Game Programmers.”

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Real Programming

JULY 30, 2024

Thankfully, summer coding classes for kids make learning fun with generous, deep-dive sessions that revolve around creating a real video game. Please read on to learn how our summer online coding classes balance fun and education. Math At the Core It’s impossible to learn coding without also learning some fundamental math concepts.

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Real Programming

MARCH 21, 2023

Coding students of all ages and experience levels are tackling a subject that keeps them stimulated and challenged. Let’s look at some of the benefits of twice-weekly online coding classes for kids. When you do something repeatedly, you develop new neural pathways over time that serve to create muscle memory or assimilate knowledge.

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