14 Top Skills for Video Game Designers to Learn Nick Kolakowski, January 2, 2020 5 min read Want to become a video-game designer? The potential rewards are vast—nobody in the industry has forgotten how Markus...
Lumberyard: What Happened to Amazon’s Gaming Dreams? Nick Kolakowski, September 27, 2019 3 min read In the beginning (that is, early 2016), Amazon Lumberyard offered a lot of promise to game developers at all...
Unity Offering New Project Tools for Student Coders Nick Kolakowski, August 14, 2019 4 min read Unity Technologies is pushing into the education realm with two new educational tools, one aimed at students and the...
Want to Build a Game Boy Game? Now’s Your Chance Nick Kolakowski, May 28, 2019 3 min read If you’re a tech professional of a certain age, you no doubt remember Nintendo’s Game Boy, the handheld game...
Augmented Reality Really Needs This UI Lighting Feature Nate Swanner, February 1, 2019 3 min read We’ve already seen a ton of wonderful things come of developers’ work with augmented reality (AR), but a seemingly...
IBM Unity SDK Could Change How Developers Build AR, VR Nick Kolakowski, March 1, 2018 3 min read IBM’s Watson division is working with the creators of the Unity game engine on an open-source SDK that could make...
Nintendo Switch Attracting Big Developer Interest Nick Kolakowski, January 25, 2018 4 min read Although the PC remains the most popular platform for game developers, there’s growing interest in the Nintendo...
Game Developers, Get Your 2018 Strategy Ready Nick Kolakowski, December 14, 2017 4 min read The holiday season is upon us, and that means one thing: a lot of people are purchasing game consoles. For game...
Microsoft Tries to Make ‘Mixed Reality’ a Thing Nick Kolakowski, May 15, 2017 3 min read Last week at its annual Build conference, Microsoft executives kept using the term “mixed reality.” “Mixed...
Which Game Platforms are Attracting Developers? Nick Kolakowski, March 23, 2017 2 min read What gaming platform has the most developer momentum behind it? According to a survey taken earlier this year by the...
