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Call for data: your Steam wishlist to follower ratio! 2
Followers are a useful metric for Steam interest! And nowadays, we think many unreleased Steam games fall in the 6 to 10 wishlists per follower range. But... we don’t know. So let’s find out!
Feb. 11, 2021
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Behind the curtain and under the sheets with Haven
In this article, Haven's creative director Emeric Thoa talks about the representation of love and sexuality in RPGs and how he wanted to make a game about intimacy and a relatable representation of love.
Feb. 11, 2021
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LiveOps Essentials Part 1: The Content
We're breaking down the foundation of every successful LiveOps strategy: its content. What it is, how to use it, what it can do for your game.
Feb. 10, 2021
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The Design of Millennium Maximus, and Its Core Fantasy
Millennium Maximus is a hybrid management-narrative-card game, with a strong emphasis on theming and humor, made in 72 hours for a game jam. That's a lot going on, so I wanted to talk about the design and ideas that went into it.
Feb. 9, 2021
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Design Deep Dive: Angelical Echo Boss Fight
Join me as we discuss the process of developing one of the bosses of 3D Brawler "Obey Me", focusing on challenging the player and breaking their expectations.
Feb. 9, 2021
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Advocating for Accessibility in Video Games 2
When hosting internal discussions, it can sometimes to be hard to advocate for accessibility. What is a "Fundamental Alteration" and how can we use this language to promote accessibility?
Feb. 9, 2021
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How to Use Occlusion Culling in Unity — The Sneaky Way
For those who never went through an occlusion culling tutorial in Unity... can you guess what's wrong in this game's indoors scene?
Feb. 8, 2021
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Game Dev Digest Issue #80 - Tips Galore
Game Dev Digest Issue #80 - Tips Galore. The latest from the free weekly Unity3d/gamedev newsletter.
Feb. 5, 2021
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Learnings From Our Most Recent Hiring Experience
In this post, I talk about our most recent hiring process—how we wrote the job description and conducted our interviews in order to avoid as much bias as possible. I discuss the learnings from this process, and include tips for employers and applicants.
Feb. 5, 2021
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Building an Arcade Cabinet for the 21st Century
The unique challenges of designing a custom arcade cabinet in an indie game development studio and the time necessary to complete a game hardware project.
Feb. 5, 2021
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Revisiting the Fall of Resident Evil
With all the news surrounding Resident Evil 8, I wanted to take a step back and talk about how the series lost its way and what lessons to take away from it.
Feb. 4, 2021
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A Guide to Building Killer Player Support Operations
How do you build Player Support Operations for game studios? How do you set them up for success? What are the key components companies utilise to serve their audience's needs in customer service for games?
Feb. 4, 2021