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How strands work and why you should use them
In this post, I dissect how strands work (e.g: Boost Asio strands), why you should use them, and one way to implement it.
March 18, 2016
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Kinetic Novel Development: costs and tips
Costs and tips for iOS indie devs based on our own experience during the development of The Fall of Gyes: sci-fi kinetic novel.
March 18, 2016
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Using Unity plugins in development of Mimpi Dreams
Unity plugins are a great way to simplify tedious tasks to free up some time for more important ones. The problem is: what plugin to choose?
March 16, 2016
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Casualising Mid-core? King ready to march on Supercell's turf. Has Supercell already upped its game?
Casualised Mid-Core? Are we looking at dawn of new genres appear in mobile games which can mature players from casual gaming to mid-core? A look at concept of user maturity (UM) vs user acquisition (UA) as a new avenue to acquire player base.
March 16, 2016
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Three mistakes to avoid when you’re making your first game(s)
The motivation of this article is to describe these mistakes and how to avoid them so that fellow developers could skip few mistakes, accelerate their career and make better games for all of us.
March 16, 2016
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Better Games from Diaries and Data
An article explaining the benefits of Diary Studies for improving player retention, engagement and monetisation in games
March 15, 2016
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Video Game Memories, 1986: Wanting the NES for Christmas, getting King's Quest III instead
A look back at a sixth-grade gamer's Christmas of 1986, the crushing disappointment of not getting an NES, and the great satisfaction of being introduced to Sierra's 3D adventures by way of King's Quest III.
March 15, 2016
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Small is much, much better
'Art of Perception – Ravioli' is a visual puzzle game app. It uses a large number of very high-quality graphic assets which need to be custom-rendered for each device resolution. We needed to get this right to make the game useful on all target devices.
March 15, 2016
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DeepMind Challenges for StarCraft
My thoughts on the challenges DeepMind will face if applied to StarCraft
March 15, 2016
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5 Steps to a Great Game Dev Hiring Process
A step by step guide to a better game dev hiring process.
March 15, 2016
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Simple tips all indie devs can use
We must always be careful when reading advice given to indie game developers but a few of these tips are simple to apply and are often just common sense that are far from being controversial.
March 15, 2016
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How we (didn’t) name TASTEE
This is the story of how we changed the name of our game 3 times. This isn’t an advice article, or a “here’s what we learned” article. This is a quick story about our struggle to name our game. Hopefully you’ll find some value, or at least a good laugh.
March 15, 2016