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Getting your big break - 2021 edition (Video game music composer)
Composer Winifred Phillips explores strategies for new composers to land their 1st game - with tips on educational resources, developing a solid reputation, cultivating a network of contacts, & surfacing opportunities. Resources list included.
Jan. 13, 2021
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The Successful Steps of Early Access Games
Early Access has proven to be a popular and viable option to release and develop a game by for indie developers. For today, we're going to look at what it means in the current market and the steps you need to take to have a successful early access game.
Jan. 13, 2021
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Long Dark: Survival game HUD UI
Try to solve this challenge – convey to the player over 10 different game states without breaking immersion.
Jan. 12, 2021
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Discount strategy: your key post-launch game discovery tool 2
So, when your game has been released, how do you get people to keep talking about it or buying it? Discounts are key, but are you looking at comparables, & do you have a methodical strategy?
Jan. 7, 2021
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How good does your game look on a Steam search?
How appealing is your game on the eyes of a player search? I don't know, but I can tell you what we did about it!
Jan. 7, 2021
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COVID-19, Unity and I - The post mortem of Chestnut Grove
I’m Philip, a hobby indie game dev (@PhilipDrobar), and this is my story of how I got started with Unity, created my first game in roughly 6 months, and how the world-wide pandemic influenced me and my design.
Jan. 7, 2021
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How many currencies should my game have? & other game economy F.A.Q.
Wondering how many currencies to use in your free-to-play game? Or what should be their unitary prices? Or how to avoid that they suffer devaluation? This article might help you!
Jan. 6, 2021
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How Studios Can Prevent Unauthorised Spending in Games
Video games are being played at record levels and spend on in-game content for children is on the rise. But what about accidental and unauthorised spending? Let’s take a look at how game studios can help prevent and improve handling these situations.
Jan. 6, 2021
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Deconstructing PC Building Simulator product strategy
Once a game reaches maturity, how can it keep generating revenue and maintain player interest? We talk about that while analyzing the challenges and opportunities on PC Building Simulator.
Jan. 6, 2021
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Bioshock Infinite: A level analysis from a gameplay point of view #4
This fourth part of this analysis will cover enemies and the concept of "difficulty". We'll analyze each enemy's curve that will lead to multiple conclusions and ways to create multiples gameplay scenarios from a fixed set of enemies
Jan. 6, 2021
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A Diligent Approach to Ray Tracing
This article gives an introduction to ray tracing API in Diligent Engine by the example of a simple physics-based rendering application.
Jan. 6, 2021
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PART I: It's Time to Move Out of the Boogle House
Cross-platform development is based on a Boogle House foundation that is beginning to creak from age and reaching its limit. In part one of this series, Neil Schneider demonstrates some of its challenges through one of the ecosystem's biggest successes.
Jan. 6, 2021