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Get Started Now With Performance Optimization — Learning Resources for Unity Addressables 2020+
With so much content out there, you might be confused about where to start learning Unity addressables. To help you there, here's a list of resources to help you learn Unity addressables in 2020+
April 6, 2020
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A/B Tests for Analysing LiveOps. Part 2
How to choose the right metric to run an A/B test. What options do you have while testing (jut A and B or multiple variants). Important notes on preparing a sample for the test.
April 6, 2020
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Best Practices Learned in Virtual Development in a Covid-19 World
As game dev teams around the world figure out how to work remotely in a pandemic, I thought I would share a few best practices we've discovered in the past two weeks in the hope that it helps other teams out there.
April 3, 2020
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Introducing Submarines into World of Warships: How to Balance Fun Gameplay Against Realism
Adding a brand new class to a game 5 years after its release isn’t an easy task at all. As Executive Producer, id like to submerge developers and players into our experience of making submarines, and the hurdles we overcame.
April 3, 2020
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Video Game Deep Cuts: The Year Of The Pac 2
The latest picks for the week's best writing & videos about video games includes a look at Over The Alps, Good Job!, & lots more.
April 3, 2020
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Interview: Tuning promotion to make Academia a success
How did Squeaky Wheel co-founder Ryan Sumo help scale his studio's game Academia: School Simulator to $1 million in gross Steam revenue. I interviewed him to find out.
April 2, 2020
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Thumbs Up: Getting The Most Out Of Player Reviews
A quick guide to understanding why players write reviews, how to interpret their feedback, and what you as a community manager can do to drive the narrative. The whole team can take a slice from this one!
April 2, 2020
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Data special: Cultist Simulator's first year on mobile
A deep-dive into Cultist Simulator's data from its first year on sale. Sales, units, ratings, features and more! Hope you like numbers.
April 2, 2020
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Super-Charged C# Tuples With Unity (C# 7.0) - The Gamedev Guru
Increase your programming productivity by learning how to use the improved version of Unity C# Tuples that came along C# 7.0.
April 1, 2020
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The Differences Between Random and Randomized Progression
Lootbox design has often been equated to randomized progression seen in ARPGs, but today's post will dispel that myth and how random and randomized progression aren't the same for the player.
March 31, 2020
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Games culturalisation: What does it involve?
This article introduces the Three Levels of Culturalisation model to demonstrate why knowing your global players and their context is critical to the success of games studios.
March 31, 2020
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Unity C#: Improved Out Parameters (C# 7.0)
Today I'm starting a new series of short posts about neat C# features that many Unity game developers are missing on. In this post, you will learn about the improved Unity C# out Parameters feature that is available since C# 7.0.
March 30, 2020