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    My somewhat recently published book, PlayStation Mobile Development Cookbook is currently the top ranked game programming book on Amazon…   …in Japan …on Amazon …in Kindle format.   But it’s still pretty cool.   I check Amazon sales rank every once in a while to see how my book is doing ( it’s […]

  Cocos Creator is an all in one open source JavaScript game engine and editor built over the Cocos2d-x game libraries.  They just released version 1.0.1, primarily a bug fix release as you can see from the details below.  If you are interested in learning more about Cocos Creator I did a fairly in-depth hands […]

  Another week another Unity patch.  This one is almost entirely fixes unless of course you find Windows store IL2CPP backend changes or updates to the installer EULA as exciting new fixes.  Not mocking of course, new fixes are always welcome.  Well unless of course they break more than they fix I suppose. Here are […]

  Welcome to another episode in the ongoing Closer Look At game engine series.  This series combines an overview, review and getting started guide into a single document and hopefully let you evaluate in minutes instead of days if a game engine is the right fit for you.  Today we are going to be looking […]

  Ok, bad pun to start the day, I’ll freely admit.  While groan inducing, the title of this thread is accurate.  Unity have a new Input system in the works, and are looking for users to try it out and give feedback.  In a nutshell, they appear to be taking the now nearly universal action […]

  Construct 2 is a popular HTML5 game engine and editor, that enables developers to create games without any coding required.  They just released r227 bringing the following new features: Beta support for UWP apps on Xbox One! An updated certificate for the installer, which should avoid security warnings in some cases Multiple fixes for […]

  The following is a recap of major events in the world of game development for the week ending April 3rd, 2016.  I do a weekly video recapping the news available here with this week’s video embedded below.  This post is a collection of links mentioned in the recap.   Torque2D 3.3 Released Unity Certification […]

  Another week another Unity patch.  The biggest additions in this patch are support for the iPhone SE and iPad Pro, although I’m not entirely certain what would be different about the SE.  Il2CPP has also seen a reduction in binary size and build time for certain projects.  Of course there were several fixes as […]

  In 2013, Google announced the switch from Eclipse to Android Studio as the primary route for Android Development.  Android Studio is a fork of the popular IntelliJ Java IDE from JetBrains.  Yesterday they announced the released of Android Studio version 2. So, what are the new features in this release?  Well… Instant Run – […]