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7 quick ASO actions to improve your app’s downloads today
Give your app the full treatment and perfect your app store optimization. Ranking your app in App Store or Google Play may feel like an unrealistic goal, but following these steps will help you get where you need to be. Let’s start!
April 8, 2016
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Troubleshooting Physically-Based Content
With Physically-based rendering, artists can remove the guesswork around authoring surface attributes and set up a material once, then reuse it throughout the game development process. This blog explores common troubleshooting issues with PBR and lighting
April 7, 2016
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6 Benefits of an activity feed in your mobile game
If activity feeds are known to increase engagement, retention and even revenues within apps, then why not add one to your mobile game? Here are six benefits...
April 7, 2016
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PAX is Coming - Give Your Booth the Thought it Deserves
Planning a booth for a large convention such as PAX can be intimidating. How can you stand out from all of the other booths around? How can you make the booth work in your favor? Get started thinking about your booth.
April 7, 2016
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How Learning League of Legends Helps Me Understand Game Design
Multiplayer Games, especially MOBAs, can be obfuscating or hard to get into, but committing to one has helped me reshape how I think about Game Design..
April 6, 2016
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How our small indie team created a trailer for our biggest Early Access update yet.
With the most important update of our game while we're in Early Access just come out, we need to make new trailer of our game to attract attention.
April 6, 2016
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ARPU and ARPPU: one symbol, but fundamental differences
What is the difference between ARPU and ARPPU? We decided to answer this question once and forever.
April 6, 2016
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An Examination of Leitmotifs and Their Use to Shape Narrative in UNDERTALE - Part 1 of 2
This is the 1st half of a 2-part article on leitmotifs in UNDERTALE and how they inform the narrative and enhance one's experience with the game.
April 6, 2016
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Teaching Game Mechanics: A Hierarchy of Learning
Many designers struggle with properly explaining their games to new players, but today's post looks at some important questions to consider when trying to teach the player.
April 6, 2016
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Gaming Needs To Argue More. Here Are Some Suggestions!
Game devs have a lot of things to argue about. Our art form is very, very new, and there are countless unanswered questions. I helpfully provide a list of Open Questions In the Field of Video Game Development and Marketing. Pick one and start shouting!
April 6, 2016
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Working with puzzle design through state space visualization
Visualizing the state space of puzzles is a new way of working with puzzle design that tells you vital things about the puzzle design at a glance. I created a free tool for doing this and I write about how you can implement it in your own tools too..
April 6, 2016
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Guide to Learning ChoiceScript
For everyone who wants to make their own choice-and-stat-based stories, I've created this Interactive Guide to ChoiceScript, which details the game-writing system using detailed examples, visuals, templates, error message interpretations, and more.
April 5, 2016