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Sprited Dev3h ago · 4 min read

Our hero is now a live 3D model that plays like a sprite

Materia's heroes are 2D sprite sheets drawn by Sprute, our pipeline that turns one drawing into an eight-direction animated character. Sprute is powerful, but every new motion is a roll of the dice: a

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Yuval Eizik14h ago · 3 min read

How I decide which feature to cut (notes from building Tingbase)

Every game I've worked on hits the same wall: something has to go, and it's usually something I liked building. I'm making Tingbase in Unity 6 and C#. It's a 3v3 hero shooter where you swap between Ta

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Yuval Eizik1d ago · 5 min read

How I scope a first game so it actually ships

Every first game starts small in your head and then quietly grows. Scope is just the work you've promised to finish, and keeping it small is how you actually ship. A finishable first game is one verb:

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Rahim Khan4d ago · 5 min read

We let a random tapper decide how hard each level of our cat puzzle game is

Kitten Box Parade has 150 levels. We made the first 10 by hand. A program made the rest, and it judges how hard a level is with an odd yardstick: how often a player who taps completely at random would

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CGTRocketX4d ago · 5 min read

One job at a time: sequencing a Godot web-runner outro

Most browser runners slam a score panel the instant the route ends. That is efficient. It is also three jobs fighting for the same second. In CGT Rocket X Racer — a fan-made rocket-car runner for desk

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Praveen4d ago · 4 min read

Device Not Compatible on Google Play? Five Checks Before You Blame the Tester

A tester messaged me on day two of a closed test: the opt-in worked, the Play Store page opened, and then it said "Your device isn't compatible with this version." Everyone else could install. That on

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Praveen5d ago · 5 min read

How I Fill In the Google Play Production Access Form After a Closed Test

The closed test is done, the Dashboard finally shows Apply for production, and then you hit a form full of open text boxes. This is the part where a lot of us rush. I did on my first app, and I wrote

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CGTRocketXOct 22 · 6 min read

Designing a fleet lift-off end screen for a browser runner

Building a fleet lift-off end screen for a browser runner Suggested tags: godot, gamedev, javascript, webdev Most runners end the same way: you crash or cross the line, a panel slides in, and you pres

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Rahim KhanOct 21 · 4 min read

I'm making a one-bullet puzzle game on my own. Here's what changed after players got their hands on it.

I'm the only developer on Bloop. Design, code, UI, levels and the store pages are all me. It's a mobile puzzle game where you get one bullet per level: pull back, bank it off the walls, and pop every

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SundarOct 20 · 4 min read

What I Tell Closed Testers on Day One (So They Stay Opted In for 14 Days)

Every closed test I've run lives or dies on the first message testers get. Not the build, not the store listing. If a tester doesn't understand what they signed up for, they leave on Day 6, and the 14

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