Best free game development software and tools to make your indie games
The first choice that all developers have to make in their life, is to choose which game development software and tools to use to make games. In this article, we…
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Game marketing cheat sheet: all you need to know in one page
Every time I had to do marketing I spent a ton of time to doing research to find out the best way to do it. So I decided to save…
Learn game development: How to build your game development skills
The life of an indie game developer is simple:learn game development while making games. Do you know that before Rovio became a successful company with angry birds, they made 51…
Unity tutorial: how to fade between scenes
Unity doesn’t have a native way to add a fade betweens two scenes. But that’s not a problem because with a couple of lines of code we can easily solve…
Object pooling design pattern in unity c#
The object pooling design pattern is one of the most used patterns in the game industry. It’s the design pattern that you must know if you want to make games,…
Game analytics: Analyze and improve your game with analytics
Why should you use Metrics and game analytics in your game? Most of the time the importance of analytics in game development is underestimated. But we must understand why metrics…
Game ideas: how to create your game ideas in 5 steps
So you want to come up with new game ideas for your next game, but you don’t know exactly where to start? There is a simple and efficient technique that…
How to make games : 6 steps to become a game developer
So you wanna know how to make games don’t you? Here you will find all the possible tips to become a game developer. I must tell you that the road…
Best game development books to read
When I started to get into the game development world, I spent a lot of time to read and study, so today I what to advise you with some of…
How to be a freelance game developer
Are you dreaming of becoming a freelance game developer? Well it’s easier than what you think. Let’s see how to achieve your goal and become a freelance game developer. …
Finite state machine for game developers
Finite state machine (FSM) for game developers: If you want to develop games, sooner or later you will have to deal with a finite state machine. Let’s start with the…
Spiral model for game development: Techniques to develop games
The Spiral model for game development is a simple and elegant technique which is usually used to develop game efficiently. Inexperienced game developers tend to design a game with a lot…
Unity : how to run two animations at once
How to run two animations at once? This is one of the most common problem in the animations field. Let’s see how Unity can help us to solve this problem….
Increase your productivity in Game development part 2/2
This article will help your small indie team to increase your productivity and achieve your main goal: “Create your game”. In part one of the tutorial, we saw how to…
Increase your productivity in Game development part 1/2
Your time is limited, especially if you’re an indie team. It’s very important to manage your time as well as possible, because time is the only resource that you have,…