2D Game Development

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Key Takeaways from the Unity Game Studio Report 2018

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The Unity Team has come out with  Unity Game Studio Report 2018 to share insights of its relevant benchmarking data on the existing studios...

Building the Untangle Game with Canvas and the Drawing API

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In this article by Makzan, the author of HTML5 Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition has discussed the new highlighted feature in...

Designing an Avatar in Flash Multiplayer Virtual Worlds

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(For more resources on Flash, see here.) Designing an avatar Avatar is very important in a virtual world because most of the features are designed around...
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Meet wideNES: A new tool by Nintendo to let you experience the NES classics...

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Nintendo has come out with a new tool, called, wideNES, to let you relive your childhood days. Only this time, you can record the...

Improbable says Unity blocked SpatialOS; Unity responds saying it has shut down Improbable and...

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A fresh drama has emerged between Unity and Improbable. According to yesterday’s blog post by the SpatialOS creator, Improbable says that Unity has blocked...

Animating a Game Character

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In this Article by Claudio Scolastici, author of the book Unity 2D Game Development Cookbook. we will cover the following recipes: Creating an animation tree Dealing...

Game publisher, Activision-Blizzard to begin massive layoffs, 800 employees to be dismissed

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Game publisher Activision-Blizzard announced that it will lay off 8% of its staff of 9,600 employees. This announcement was made during the company’s fourth-quarter...

Getting started with Cocos2d-x

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 In this article written by Akihiro Matsuura, author of the book Cocos2d-x Cookbook, we're going to install Cocos2d-x and set up the development environment. The following...

Electronic Arts (EA) announces Project Atlas, a futuristic cloud-based AI powered game development platform

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Electronic Arts (EA) announced Project Atlas, a new AI-powered, cloud computing based game development platform, earlier this week. Project Atlas comes with high-quality LIDAR...

Microsoft announces Game stack with Xbox Live integration to Android and iOS

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Microsoft has good news for all the game developers out there. It launched a new initiative, called Microsoft Game Stack yesterday, which includes an...

Must Read in Game Dev

Why should you use Unreal Engine 4 to build Augmented and...

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This is an exciting time to be a game developer. New technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are here and growing...

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