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Mobile Game Development: A Complete Guide, Period!Mobile Game

Mobile Game Development: A Complete Guide, Period!

Somewhere right now in a minimalistic or brutalist-themed boardroom, a founder is pitching investors on "the next Candy Crush Saga." Most of them will fail, and almost never because the…
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Game Art Outsourcing: The Complete GuideGamer Art

Game Art Outsourcing: The Complete Guide

Every studio that says it does not outsource game art is usually lying or has not shipped enough games to need to yet. Somewhere in the pipeline of nearly every…
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What Is Game Character Design?Character Design

What Is Game Character Design?

Players remember characters, not code. Nobody replays a game because the collision detection was elegant. They come back because a character felt real enough to root for, hate, or grieve.…
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What Is Game Prototyping?Game Prototyping

What Is Game Prototyping?

Game prototyping is the process of building a rough, playable version of a game mechanic or system to test whether it is fun, feasible, and worth full production investment, before…
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What Is Web Game Development?Game DevelopmentWeb Game Development

What Is Web Game Development?

A web game does not ask permission. No app store review, no forty percent platform cut, no install button standing between a player and the game. Click a link, and…
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Game Animation Outsourcing: Complete GuideGame Animation

Game Animation Outsourcing: Complete Guide

A rigged character that looks flawless in a portfolio reel can still fall apart the moment it gets dropped into an actual game engine, and that gap between "looks good"…
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