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Behind the monstrous challenge of "just adding multiplayer" to Salt and SacrificeBehind the monstrous challenge of "just adding multiplayer" to Salt and Sacrifice

Salt and Sacrifice adds multiplayer to the 2D Souls-inspired model of Salt and Sanctuary. It wasn't an easy task.

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Preparing the Sprawl: On Developing Lil’ Guardsman’s Code Foundation Preparing the Sprawl: On Developing Lil’ Guardsman’s Code Foundation

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Making Immersive Games 101: Maintaining the Magic Circle Making Immersive Games 101: Maintaining the Magic Circle

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Transforming Lives and Industries: Ukraine's Youth in the Gaming World Transforming Lives and Industries: Ukraine's Youth in the Gaming World

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Long Gone Days - Early Access Devblog Long Gone Days - Early Access Devblog

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A simple scene in Unity with a player and objects on a bright green field

Developing a video game in Unity: an easy, step-by-step guide

Developing a video game in Unity: an easy, step-by-step guide

byMars Buttfield-Addison, Contributor, Computer Science Researcher

The war on lag starts with latency

The war on lag starts with latency

byAndrew Walker, Blogger

Testing Games with AI Bots

Testing Games with AI Bots

bySophia Clarke, Blogger

Inspiring, not Demotivating: The Art of Giving Feedback

Inspiring, not Demotivating: The Art of Giving Feedback

byAnastasia Zaiceva, Blogger

Volumetric Lighting Explained

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byPiotr Bomak, Blogger

Challenges in porting to Nintendo Switch - How Pingle Studio ported Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

Challenges in porting to Nintendo Switch - How Pingle Studio ported Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

byVladyslav Popushoi, Blogger

From Unity to Godot in a Weekend

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bySergio Flores, Blogger

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Be smart about automation: the future is AI driven game testing with Keywords Studios

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byBen Britten, CTO, Mighty Build and Test

Cracking the Code: Harnessing Key Analytics for a Profitable liveOps Game

Cracking the Code: Harnessing Key Analytics for a Profitable liveOps Game

byNancy Garcia, Blogger

How Mr. Run and Jump leapt onto the Atari 2600 (and modern PCs)

How Mr. Run and Jump leapt onto the Atari 2600 (and modern PCs)

byJohn Harris, Contributor

Improving procedural terrain generation using a single deep learning model

Improving procedural terrain generation using a single deep learning model

byLars Sluijter, Blogger

“Lessons Learned from Reducing Scope Mid-Development”

“Lessons Learned from Reducing Scope Mid-Development”

byReed Devany, Blogger

Key art for Hidden Door. The narrator stands in front of magical door.

Hidden Door CEO: AI controversy is about "value," not tech

Hidden Door CEO: AI controversy is about "value," not tech

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

StatefulUI: A Unity UI Library Based on States and Markup

StatefulUI: A Unity UI Library Based on States and Markup

byDmitrii Ivashchenko, Blogger

How Champ Games tricks old hardware with new cartridges on the Atari 2600

How Champ Games tricks old hardware with new cartridges on the Atari 2600

byJohn Harris, Contributor

Assembly line: An urge to preserve game history brought a 40-year vet back to the industry

Assembly line: An urge to preserve game history brought a 40-year vet back to the industry

bySam Machkovech, Contributor

GameMaker's 2023 plans bring AI integration and mod extensions

GameMaker's 2023 plans bring AI integration and mod extensions

byJustin Carter, Contributing Editor

AI takes center stage at GDC 2023 as Web3 loses its shine

AI takes center stage at GDC 2023 as Web3 loses its shine

byLiam Deane, Principal Analyst, Games Tech

Crafting a "narrative instrument" with Yarn Spinner's Jon Manning - GD Podcast ep.31

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byJon Manning, Danielle Riendeau

A screenshot from Fortnite. A medieval town sits in the foreground with snow-white mountains in the background.

Inside Epic Games' "battle testing" of Unreal Engine using Fortnite

Inside Epic Games' "battle testing" of Unreal Engine using Fortnite

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

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How Tarn Adams upgraded and optimized Dwarf Fortress for its official Steam release

How Tarn Adams upgraded and optimized Dwarf Fortress for its official Steam release

byJohn Harris, Contributor

ChatGPT's AI-made game is built from a game that already exists

ChatGPT's AI-made game is built from a game that already exists

byJustin Carter, Contributing Editor

A stock 3D image render of a microchip with the words "AI" on it.

Generative AI tools got a warm, if cautious welcome at DICE 2023

Generative AI tools got a warm, if cautious welcome at DICE 2023

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

Get a Job: Xbox, PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions, and more are hiring now!

Get a Job: Xbox, PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions, and more are hiring now!

byGame Developer, Staff

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Respawn is making Apex Legends matchmaking more fair

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byJustin Carter, Contributing Editor

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Using AI bots as game development tools, not replacements with modl.ai

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Using the Unity Memory Profiler to Troubleshoot Out-of-Memory Issues

Using the Unity Memory Profiler to Troubleshoot Out-of-Memory Issues

byOz Syed, Game Dev Evangelist at Backtrace

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Deep Dive: The soft body physics of JellyCar, explained

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