iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Synchronization Deep-Dive: Managing Real-Time Player Actions Across Regions Ensuring stability across regions requires network protocols tailored for scalability, with fallback mechanisms to handle high traffic loads. However, managing this data at scale can be challenging. Often, the key may lie in the way single-player testing is done!

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased.

Game Development 100

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 7, 2017

We’re in this together, game devs. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Development of Highways & Byways is continuing at a pleasantly brisk pace. The latest version of Highways & Byways in Tabletop Simulator.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

If you’re a fan of the viral puzzle game Wordle , all of this should sound very familiar. Magic Cauldron follows Wordle’s template, with similar mechanics but featuring potions instead of words. Island Hopper has also integrated minigames into daily login mechanics, presenting players with a refreshing memory minigame every day.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

Still, sometimes, some games require larger amounts of instances but less complex behaviors instead. This is needed for some types of game mechanics such as: Projectiles (bullet hell for example). Units in some types of strategy games with thousands of entitites roaming across a map. Sandbox style simulations.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What originally started out as a treehouse building simulator prototype, slowly evolved as the duo gradually added different mechanics. “It It being a silly game made by engineers about engineering is something that just effectively fell into place pretty naturally”, says Farrell smiling. Do we know how to implement it?

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 4, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. By using color/contrast zones, stripping all text from the board, and generally making the game look pretty, I was finally able to coordinate play-tests through Tabletop Simulator.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 31, 2017

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Naturally, this game is nowhere remotely close to completion. Some game designers – and I count myself among them – consider to be win conditions pretty important to games.

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Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2023

USD is an open-scene description with APIs for describing, composing, simulating, and collaborating within 3D worlds. Tools Pipeline Engineering Lead Megumi Ando sat down with NVIDIA to discuss the integration process in the company’s latest release as well as their adoption plans in Polyphony’s game development pipeline.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week with Highways & Byways , I’ve been making little improvements to the game to make it more usable and easy-to-understand. Need help on your board game? Click here.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 23, 2025

According to Udonis , 62% of users will uninstall a mobile game if they experience crashes, freezes, or errorshighlighting how critical performance stability is to player retention. QA as a Trust Mechanism Players expect frictionless experiences. Crashes, frame drops, and unresponsive UI arent just technical failures; they erode trust.

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Art Quality Assurance Mobile Mobile 52

Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In case you’re a Basketball Simulator enthusiast looking for the latest codes to improve your gaming experience, this is the right place for you! What are the Basketball Simulator codes for 2023? Expired codes As of now, there are no Basketball Simulator expired codes. What is the best basketball game in Roblox?

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Game Refinery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Mobile game developers are constantly looking for new ways to bring in new players and keep existing players engaged with their games. One of the most successful ways of doing this is by introducing meta elements – gameplay elements and mechanics from other game genres – into your 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? Short-term mechanic testing. Private testing.

Mechanics 130

Mechanics Writing Concepts Games 130

iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Functional Testing Beyond Basics: Ensuring Core Game Mechanics Perform as Expected Functional testing goes beyond identifying bugs; it verifies that every game feature aligns with the console’s performance standards. This includes gameplay stability, in-game transactions, and complex mechanics like multiplayer integration.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 27, 2020

” Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Before you ask people to play-test your game, bear in mind the following advice. If circumstances require you to, or if you prefer to, you can always play-test board games online.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Unity, a widely adopted game engine, plays a pivotal role in empowering aspiring game developers in making great gaming experiences, thanks to its user-friendly interface and strong community support. But where does one start with game development on Unity? Because help is just a click away.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 29, 2024

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. “We We’ve gone to great lengths to recreate the feel of driving legendary rally cars.”

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Brand Game Development

MAY 12, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Over the course of the last week, I’ve taken a bit of a left turn in the development of Highways & Byways. Need help on your board game? Want to learn game development?

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, I posted How to Work Alone in the Board Game Industry. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Point and Click Games Mechanics Dev 130

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Last Saturday and Sunday, I attended my first board gaming convention – Protospiel in Atlanta. Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario. Need help on your board game?

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

In todays dynamic game development world, animation plays a vital role in defining player experiences and shaping game aesthetics. From the pixelated classics of the 80s to todays immersive and realistic graphics, animation has redefined the gaming experience. Lets examine these differences one by one.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 23, 2023

Wearable technology is rapidly gaining traction and reshaping various industries, and the gaming sector is no exception. In 2023, the integration of wearable technology into game development is emerging as a significant trend. Conclusion Wearable technology is undoubtedly a rising trend in game development in 2023.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 28, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week in Start to Finish , I wrote Choose Your Own Adventure: Self-Publish or Not , an article dedicated to the benefits and pitfalls of self-publishing your game. Need help on your board game?

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 7, 2023

Naturally, the process of building these experiences on AR/VR platforms calls for some of the most talented groups of developers who love a challenge. To understand AR/VR game development , one needs to understand the fundamentals of AR/VR as a platform. Why is AR/VR different? Why AR/VR then?

Game Development 52

Game Development Game Developer Build Development 52

Cocos

APRIL 13, 2023

The purpose of developing Cocos Cyberpunk is to showcase the Cocos Engine’s ability to create complex 3D games on multiple platforms and to motivate the developers in Cocos community to learn game development. Today, I am thrilled to share with you an amazing 3D shooter game project that I think you’ll love.

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Game Development Game Developer Code Culling 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

Using it to check on Godot game development streamers resulted in this funny compilation both the content creators and their viewers expressed happiness that the communities they had built were being recognized by us. The twin-stick shooter requires you to keep track of and fight the ever-closing game windows while evading enemies.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In the world of game development , ensuring a seamless and enjoyable experience for players is crucial. One of the most critical steps in achieving this is stress testing—which involves putting your game through its paces to identify and address potential issues before they reach your players. What is Stress Testing?

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Simulation Games Game Development Game Developer 52

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Second, what goes into making tabletop games? Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Back in the heat of the summer of 2017, I wrote two articles about this A Crash Course in Games and A Crash Course in Game Development.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 1, 2023

.” Brandon Pham noted that AI technology has advanced at a rapid pace, observing that “it felt like the last six months have been supercharged in a way that I haven’t seen new technology being thrown in, embraced in the gaming or at least game development scene.”

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This is a process I follow to ensure a game’s quality. This method may not be appropriate for every developer, every team, or every game, but it is one I like. Click here.

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Point and Click Games Dev Prototyping 130

Yobob Games

AUGUST 9, 2022

In fact, there’s one game that comes close to it and it’s rune factory, but that’s a flip of a coin because the main goal of rune factory is to farm and get marry just like the other farming simulator. What I mean by a story driven farming simulator is that you have a centralized plot: beginning, middle, and end.

Simulation 52

Simulation Fantasy Mechanics Build 52

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In the highly competitive gaming industry, ensuring game quality is crucial for success. To meet these expectations, game developers rely on various testing methods, with Black Box and Grey Box testing being two of the most effective in game test automation.

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Yobob Games

AUGUST 5, 2022

A Story Driven Farming Simulator. I get asked a lot about what makes my game so different compared to stardew valley. It’s gotten so bad that people hate my game because they think it’s a stardew valley copycat. Harvest Island Game Mechanics. More Game Mechanics Comparison.

Mechanics 52

Mechanics Animation Animation Simulation 52

Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

Game design software does play a pivotal role in bringing the digital world to life, which allows game developers and designers to create immersive and engaging experiences. The world of game design is a captivating landscape brimming with possibilities. It is important to understand the genre of your game.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

Their top 3 leading games of all time are Park Master with 175M installs, Ball Run 2048 with 149M, and the more recent Number Master with 83M. How do you approach development of Hypercasual games in 2024, considering the general shift towards Hybridcasual? As a result, many publishers are struggling to find new game ideas.”

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Games Development Content Media 104

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As technology advances, new solutions have emerged in the gaming industry. Some highly transformative technologies introduced in gaming are augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). AR/VR game development has revolutionized how we create and interact with games, introducing a more immersive experience.

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