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Your horror game sucks.

Your horror game sucks.

No, seriously. It sucks. You know why?
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Raghav Mathur
A Few Quick Tips On How To Become A More Productive Game Designer

A Few Quick Tips On How To Become A More Productive Game Designer

Many people new to the gaming industry have a warped idea of what being a game designer actually is like. First off, game designers don’t…
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Daniel Doan
10 Ways to Improve Your Productivity When Working Remotely

10 Ways to Improve Your Productivity When Working Remotely

We’ve all been there: staring blankly at a computer screen, eyes glazed over for who knows how long, until you finally zap yourself to the…
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Jennifer Mendez
4 Reasons Why You Have No Excuse Not To Make Games

4 Reasons Why You Have No Excuse Not To Make Games

The last ten years in game development have been quite the rollercoaster with the constant update to game engines, the ever-growing…
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Alex Cicala
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3 Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read

3 Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read

In the startup and entrepreneurship space, books are a dime a dozen. Self-help, marketing, branding, design, organization, leadership…
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Raghav Mathur
Don’t Just Treat Symptoms, Solve Problems

Don’t Just Treat Symptoms, Solve Problems

Last week I had a bad cold. I was coughing, sneezing and trying to stop my head from exploding. To try and alleviate my suffering, I was…
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Raghav Mathur
How to Build a Computer for Game Development

How to Build a Computer for Game Development

There are no bones about building a computer for game development. Many indie developers don’t plan on building a computer the first time…
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Alex Cicala
Will PUBG Have a Future in eSports?

Will PUBG Have a Future in eSports?

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds is an early access battle royale game that pits one player against 99 other people on one map. Being an early…
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Alex Cicala
How to Effectively Fit Marketing into Your Busy Workflow

How to Effectively Fit Marketing into Your Busy Workflow

Once you’ve created your marketing strategy (make sure you have a marketing plan in place before optimizing your workflow!), you should…
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Raghav Mathur
Should you pursue a full-time career in game development?

Should you pursue a full-time career in game development?

So many people have asked me this question over and over again.
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Daniel Doan
Four mandatory assets that every game developer should have…

Four mandatory assets that every game developer should have…

1. A website or landing page. Whether your website acts as a hub for all of your games or just your current project, it needs to be updated…
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Daniel Doan
Binaural Simulation: How It Benefits Your Game

Binaural Simulation: How It Benefits Your Game

There are various elements that make up the player experience within video games. Visuals, story, level design, and audio all meld…
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Alex Cicala
5 Tricks for Managing Your Indie Game’s Discord Community

5 Tricks for Managing Your Indie Game’s Discord Community

Discord is a rising superpower amongst the available free voice chat clients. It allows for free voice chat between two people, a group, or…
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Alex Cicala
3 Quick Tips to Help New Devs Avoid Stress

3 Quick Tips to Help New Devs Avoid Stress

When deciding to develop a video game from the position of an amateur or newcomer, you may find yourself working as a one-person team, at…
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Alex Cicala
Here are 7 Marketing Tactics for Indie Game Developers with Zero Marketing Budget

Here are 7 Marketing Tactics for Indie Game Developers with Zero Ma...

1. Post on popular groups and forums such as gaming and game development Facebook groups as well as reddit’s /r/gaming and /r/gamedev. Tell…
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Daniel Doan
The only thing that really matters in game development…

The only thing that really matters in game development…

I believe that I’m about to change your perspective on the game development process.
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Daniel Doan
A-Life: An Insight into Ambitious AI

A-Life: An Insight into Ambitious AI

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series developed by GSC Game World is somewhat of an underrated gem with a global cult following. They are a…
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Alex Cicala
4 Highlights from ChinaJoy 2017

4 Highlights from ChinaJoy 2017

The 15th ChinaJoy event was held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center July 27th through the 30th. Nearly a thousand exhibitors and…
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Jennifer Mendez
Don’t bite your own tail.

Don’t bite your own tail.

You see this doggo? He’s biting himself in the tail. He won’t be able to go anywhere or do anything.
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Raghav Mathur
My thoughts on how to actually build a real audience for your indie game…

My thoughts on how to actually build a real audience for your indie...

If you start out with the goal of reaching some arbitrarily large number of people, you’re more than likely going to fail.
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Daniel Doan
How I got people to actually care about my indie games…

How I got people to actually care about my indie games…

Have you ever thought about how many people need to play your indie game in order for you to be happy?
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Daniel Doan
Learning From Joel: A Dissection of Successful Character Design

Learning From Joel: A Dissection of Successful Character Design

For the sake of background and proving the strength of my argument, let me begin this article by saying I have an unending love for…
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Jennifer Mendez
The best life advice I’ve ever received…

The best life advice I’ve ever received…

I was 17 years old.
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Daniel Doan
The common thread among dozens of successful people I’ve talked to…

The common thread among dozens of successful people I’ve talked to…

I was faced with a very tough decision early on in my career.
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Daniel Doan
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