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Detect different iOS device types, screen widths and screen heights.
Detect different iOS device types, screen widths and screen heights.
I got rejected because my iPhone code would not run on an iPad. I failed to meet the requirement 2.10 of the App Store Review Guidelines. I have to re-engineer my code to make it running nicely on an iPad. This post will explain how that was achieved.
June 9, 2016
How Political Animals Got a Publisher : Part 2
How Political Animals Got a Publisher : Part 2
In part 2 of a 3-part series of blogposts, Ryan Sumo describes how working with Introversion Software eventually led to a publishing deal with Positech Games.
June 9, 2016
7 Most Important Things to Keep Your Unity Project Organized
7 Most Important Things to Keep Your Unity Project Organized
I saw a person on Quora the other day, asking how programmers are able to write projects that consist of over 10 000 lines of code. When project gets bigger, it gets more difficult to maintain.
June 9, 2016
Lessons Learned Making a Trailer for Cosmic Trip (VR)
Lessons Learned Making a Trailer for Cosmic Trip (VR)
The process and lessons I learned while making a trailer for the VR game Cosmic Trip by Funktronic Labs.
June 9, 2016
Niche - a community-based Kickstarter campaign
Niche - a community-based Kickstarter campaign
In this in-depth analysis of our Kickstarter we talk about our community-based approach to crowdfunding and how we raised over $70,000 without a marketing budget.
June 9, 2016
Report: Global games revenue to grow nearly 5% every year through 2020
Report: Global games revenue to grow nearly 5% every year through 2020
A report from accounting firm PwC attributes increased revenue to more microtransactions and add-on content.
June 8, 2016
Popular Witcher 3 minigame Gwent may become standalone game
Popular Witcher 3 minigame Gwent may become standalone game
New trademark filings suggest the runaway minigame from CD Projekt Red's The Witcher 3 may be getting its own standalone version.
June 8, 2016
The rumors about the death of story mode are greatly exaggerated
The rumors about the death of story mode are greatly exaggerated
A few years ago, game developers declared story modes dead--today, they're alive and well. We looked at some data and talked to developers to find out why.
June 8, 2016
In the wake of Quantum Break, Remedy is becoming a two-game studio
In the wake of Quantum Break, Remedy is becoming a two-game studio
Remedy is making a public show of becoming a dual-developing studio following the launch of its latest, Quantum Break, in an effort to "create more games and hopefully get them out more often."
June 8, 2016
Investors pour another $4.5M into PC gameplay capture service Forge
Investors pour another $4.5M into PC gameplay capture service Forge
Forge, that PC gameplay clip-sharing startup that launched early this year, has now raised another $4.5 million in funding from longtime backer True Ventures and other investors.
June 8, 2016
Ex-SOE devs join ex-Square Enix president to form Hero Machine
Ex-SOE devs join ex-Square Enix president to form Hero Machine
There's a new indie outfit in San Diego: Hero Machine Studios, cofounded by former Square Enix America chief Mike Fischer alongside former Sony Online Entertainment devs Mat Broome and Kevin McPherson.
June 8, 2016
You'll soon be able to sell App Store subscriptions to your iOS games
You'll soon be able to sell App Store subscriptions to your iOS games
Apple's making big changes to the App Store, most notably allowing all devs to sell subscriptions to their apps & cutting its 70/30 rev-share to 85/15 on revenue from subscriptions older than a year.
June 8, 2016