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A Beginner's Guide to Designing Indie Game Store Pages
Marketing is an increasingly important part of game development, and your store page is crucial for getting new people interested in your game. For this post, I'm breaking down the areas you need to focus on when building an attractive store page.
June 18, 2021
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Level of Detail (LOD): Quick Tutorial
In this blog post, I will show you why, when and how you should use LOD in Unity. Remember, LOD is not only about the poly count.
June 18, 2021
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Game Dev Digest Issue #99 - A Peek Behind The Curtains
Game Dev Digest Issue #99 - A Peek Behind The Curtains. The latest from the free weekly Unity3d/gamedev newsletter.
June 18, 2021
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Don't buy (Steam games) for me, Argentina...
So, this mini-investigation started after a developer GameDiscoverCo knows started asking questions about his Steam game's sales in Argentina. The results? Intriguing...
June 17, 2021
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Patching Conversations to Pin the Blame
New murder-mystery game Overboard! uses a unique patchwork approach to dialogue to assemble its case against the prime suspect... whoever that might be!
June 17, 2021
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A history of game accessibility guidelines
A look back at the decades long history of game accessibility knowledge sharing
June 17, 2021
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E3 showcases - what discovery boost do they really give? 2
If your game does get in one of the E3 showcases with your game, how does the extra visibility help? And how can we quantify that? Let's check it out...
June 15, 2021
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Global Success: The Role of a Live Ops Manager During Soft Launch
In this blog post you can find out what Live Ops Managers do during Softlaunch of a game at Square Enix Montreal.
June 15, 2021
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Game Developers Conference: Ask Me Anything about being a video game music composer
Leading up to her lecture during the upcoming GDC 2021 event, composer Winifred Phillips offers highlights from her Ask-Me-Anything session from GDC Summer. Topics include looping strategy, composer workflow, team dynamics, recurring themes, & networking.
June 14, 2021
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Game Studios Should Option The Rights to Game Design Documents
The games industry should take a cue from the film industry and start optioning game design documents.
June 11, 2021
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Data dive: anatomy of a Steam game launch 2
We're looking at the launch of winemaking sim Hundred Days, with real Steam numbers, alongside a whole bunch of other trends in and around game discovery.
June 10, 2021
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Microsoft's future vision sees premium gaming on every screen
Omdia analysts George Jijiashvili and Matthew Bailey summarize Microsoft's latest news about Game Pass and cloud gaming, while highlighting their key takeaways.
June 10, 2021