Game Developer

AUGUST 1, 2024

Since initially speaking on the Apple Arcade's woes in February, developers have revealed new (and continued) issues with Apple and the platform.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With no 'imminent' acquisitions planned, Spencer hopes to find new partners in areas vital to growing Xbox's platform.

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Game Developer

MAY 20, 2024

Shift Up wants to build Stellar Blade into a franchise as it actively begins to start up a new project to become a hopeful cross-platform giant.

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Game Developer

MARCH 13, 2024

Discord's next developer-focused update offers more freedom to make and release apps for the platform.

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Game Developer

APRIL 4, 2024

The platform's relationship with kids has been the subject of scrutiny for years, but Stefano Cozarro thinks Roblox helps more than it exploits.

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Game Developer

MARCH 15, 2023

We take a look at the PlayStation VR2, and examine what opportunities there are for developers on the platform.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 14, 2025

It depends on how they go to the new platform. There are two main ways of doing this - porting the game project to the new platform or emulating the old game on the new platform. Porting the game basically means taking the old code and assets and making them run on the new hardware.

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ That bit of feedback was a big part of how I knew I had found my career. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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Brand Game Development

JULY 9, 2018

For the longest time, /r/boardgames was my only destination on the platform. Reddit is an interesting place and if you’re unfamiliar with the platform, it can be tough to jump into a community. That is the number one issue that industry folks unfamiliar with the platform run into. That’s still mostly true.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 27, 2017

Step 3: Choose your platforms and learn them. For board game devs, you’ll find people on all of these, but some communities are better than others. Don’t just pick a platform and get started, though! Figure out the mindset of your audience on each particular platform and customize your message. Many people do.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 6, 2024

French solo dev Matthieu Houllier , operating under the name Brute Force , has been making games by himself for five years. In that time he has released the 3D platform game Crumble. “It I was lucky enough to release my first game Crumble as a solo-dev, it did way above what I anticipated and allowed me to live off of gamedev.”

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2025

For 2-3 years I've been contributing level design to Big Hops (check us out at Day of the Devs) and I've learned a lot about making 3D platformer levels But for a demo / better sense of the game, contact the director Chris Wade ( chris [AT] luckshotgames.com ). A lot of the dev team will be hanging around GDC too. social event.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 6, 2025

I have social media platforms where I receive great feedback about the game, which reassures me that Im on the right track. The biggest difficulty is that my own perspective isnt always enough, and having multiple viewpoints is an irreplaceable help in making decisions. Thankfully, theres always social media.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 28, 2025

This is true of every tech platform ever and won't be any more different with Unreal Engine 5 than it has been with UE4, 3, or anything else. Epic is making fixes and improvements, but us third-party game devs must still ship our games and this kind of issue is par for the course.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

He worked 5 years on his nostalgic 3D platformer Raccoo Venture , but according to Brazilian solo developer Diego Ras the journey was ‘extremely rewarding’. As I’ve always been a big fan of 3D platforms, this would be a more comfortable choice for me to work on, as this way I would have a little more knowledge and references.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. And… that’s what I did professionally for almost 10 years: released many games on different platforms, working for multiple companies. The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs. How do you deal with that?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 7, 2023

To put this in perspective, you have to realise that local game dev giant CD Projekt Red was responsible for half of all Polish game revenues in 2021 with the release of Cyberpunk 2077. When developing games Polish studios declare PC as leading platform (68.4%), with mobile trailing behind in second place (12.8%).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 6, 2025

Announcing the Meta Toolkit extension We are pleased to announce the release of the Godot Meta Toolkit , a GDExtension plugin that exposes Metas Platform SDK and provides other tools to simplify and accelerate XR development on Metas platform. the Godot Meta Toolkit supports v72 of the Platform SDK. As of version 1.0.2,

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 5, 2024

The European Game Showcase (EGS) is an invite-only event aimed to help developers in connecting with platform holders, publishers and members of the press. All European video games for any platform are eligible, as long as the game is not yet released before GDC 2024. The 2022 edition of the European Game Showcase.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 18, 2024

Game Developers Conference organizer Informa released its annual State of the Games Industry survey today, giving a window into developer experiences and attitudes on a variety of subjects, including layoffs, generative AI, unionization, and on which engines and platforms they're making games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2024

Browser-based games platform Arkadium has opened to third-party developers. The firm will offer developers a 75% revenue share model, and game makers globally can submit their titles to the Arkadium for Developers program. Arkadium aims to release 30 new titles from third-party developers in 2024 via the new initiative. Read more

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2024

How the transition to a unified.NET has impacted platform support, and re-adding the ability to port to mobile.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 22, 2017

I am thrilled that many of you enjoyed Setting Up Social Media as a Board Game Dev: A Primer Course. Getting Started Getting Noticed Refining Your Approach Using Twitter for More than Just Tweeting Key Takeaways for Game Devs. A little bit of clarity and little bit of genuineness go a long way on this platform. Talk to them!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. Physics: Allow to apply the angular velocity of a moving platform ( GH-63650 ). You can also try the Web editor (early testing, it's still slow and unstable). What's new. specifically.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

Rendering: Decompress RA_AS_RG formats on Web platform in GLES3 renderer and disable texture swizzling ( GH-71574 ). Downloads The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Rendering: Remove light from dynamic light list when removing scenario ( GH-71584 ).

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Indie DB

JULY 18, 2024

I'm a solo dev working on my first commercial project, WINCH IT OUT. It's a hardcore, physics-based driving puzzle platformer set to release later this year.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

This game could become the ultimate digital climbing game platform, where people can upload their own models, create boulder problems, try out climbing locations before traveling and more.” The post Indie dev studio Wikkl Works takes virtual rock climbing to New Heights appeared first on PreMortem Games.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Featured sessions include Leveraging AI in Live Service Games with AWS for Games Global Business Development Lead Shayan Sanyal from 2:40-3:40 PM, and Reimagining Game Dev in the AI Era featuring Andrei Muratov, AWS Head of Game Analytics from 10:50-11:50 AM. Reserve your spot for the all-day event.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 16, 2024

It's relatively easy to build a game out of a generic system and task our engine programmers with getting that generic system working on each of our target platforms. As for why Square-Enix decided to go platform exclusive with FF16 and the FF7 Remakes, it is likely that Sony offered them a seemingly-better deal. Sometimes they don't.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

Given the scope of this change for all platforms, we expect some regressions, which will be fixed for beta 16. Downloads The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Import: Update instances of scenes which have been reimported ( GH-57606 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2025

Game consoles are primarily platforms on which to deliver content to players, alongside PC, mobile, VR, and other various devices. Adding or fragmenting more exclusive content among more platforms isn't necessarily a good thing. I don't think it would be helpful.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2023

You can now deploy your projects to all desktop platforms over SSH, as well as run a remote debug session similar to what we already offered for Android and Web. The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET x version ( GH-71137 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 5, 2023

Vampire Survivors launched on Android and iOS last month, but Poncle developer Luca Galante had intended to bring the breakthrough hit to mobile platforms considerably earlier. Unfortunately, nobody I spoke with was on board with the monetization I had in mind for the platform: non-predatory.".

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 29, 2024

This is why I believe Korean indie game developers are increasingly shifting their focus to platforms like Steam, where their game skills can be enjoyed by a global audience.” The post Korean indie dev Funnylocks “We made Unstoppable for a global audience” appeared first on PreMortem Games.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Last month, game industry documentary makers 2 Player Productions debuted a massive 32-part YouTube game dev doc series Double Fine PsychOdyssey , chronicling the development of Psychonauts 2 from its earliest glimmers of pre-production in 2015 to its final release in 2021.

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Unity Blog

MAY 9, 2023

In this blog, Unity’s Kristijonas Jalnionis walks through updates he has made to the original Sponza environment to help Unity developers.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The more you are playing to the strengths of the platform, the better.”. Be aware of what platform you’re using. While VR often feels like its own platform, it actually varies quite significantly between devices. Or are you using a standalone platform, like the Quest, where it’s not connected to anything?” Liam said. “If

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