A Closer Look At Parallax Occlusion Mapping

Procedural Generation of 2D Tile Maps in Games

The article explains how to build a procedural 2D cave map generator using cellular automata. It covers map representat…

Localizing A Game Into French — Which Variant Should You Choose?

So, you’re making an awesome indie game, and now you’re thinking about localizing it into French? Great idea! There ar…

Level Up Translation

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How Long Does It Take To Localize An Indie Game?

So you’re planning on localizing your indie game, but you’re not sure how much time to schedule in. While the timing o…

Level Up Translation

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Creating game videos: best practices and pitfalls to avoid

Game video production: practical tips on how to create a game trailer or teaser that you can be proud of. Give your aud…

Alconost

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Adopting CI/CD: How Midwinter Entertainment iterates at speed with the help of IMS

Game development was once like one long sprint: a huge effort until you reached the finish line — at which point you co…

GameDev.net

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5 Things to Consider When Making a Video to Promote Your App or Game

How can you show an app or game in your video in a way that attracts new users? Let’s take a look at what to go by when…

Alconost

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Comparing Shadow Mapping Techniques with Shadow Explorer

New Incentives and a Whole New Platform From The Intel AppUp developer program

The final installment in this series on Intel's AppUp program details additional incentives and opportunities for devel…

The Game Maker

This book excerpt contains the first chapter of the book that introduces beginning game developers to the Game Maker pr…