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Buildbox Summer Sale Going On Now!

By | Buildbox

The best days of summer savings are here! For a limited time only, all Buildbox subscription plans are 30% off! This includes both monthly and annual plans. So, no matter what option you pick, you’ll save big this time around! You’ll also get to keep the same lowered price as long as you renew. Our Summer Sale starts August 5th and ends August 12th at 5 PM PST. If you’ve been thinking about upgrading …

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Why a Prototype Is All You Need to Land a Publishing Deal

By | Buildbox, Game Dev Tips

As a publisher of mobile games, one of the biggest misconceptions we come across at Kwalee is that developers need to have fully-fledged and complete games to even stand a chance of striking a publishing deal. For us and especially within the world of hypercasual, this couldn’t be. It’s something we do with our own internally developed games, so why change the rules for the external developers we work with? Here, we’ll talk …

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What Does It Mean to Get Published?

By | Buildbox, Game Dev Tips

With thousands of apps being released each day on the app store, getting your game noticed can be tough and, for many indie solo developers, a daunting task. Luckily, you don’t have to do everything alone. You can work with a publishing company, like Kwalee, our official publishing partner, to help optimize your game and boost success. Going the publisher route is one of the best ways to gain support and visibility in the …

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Buildbox 3.2.3 Update With New Martian Marathon Template Now Available!

By | Buildbox

We’ve just released Buildbox 3.2.3 update with several improvements and some out of this world freebies to help take your game development to that next level! Although the focus of this update was to improve the software’s performance with fixes for Windows 7 support, scene switching, and controls on the Multitool, you’ll notice a few cool new additions as well. There’s now a storyboard …

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Buildbox Game Spotlight: Donuts Delivery

By | Buildbox, Game Showcase

This week’s game spotlight is Donuts Delivery by Rakshak Kalwani from VRPlaying Games. It’s an extremely fun sliding puzzler that won third place in our hyper-casual game jam sponsored by Kwalee and has been featured in 167 countries globally, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Australia, France, and Germany. It also was recently featured in the ‘5 New Games We …

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How to Make a Game in 5 Minutes

By | Buildbox

Do you want to learn how to make a game? Good news! We’ve just released a new video showing you how to make a game in only five minutes using Buildbox! This short tutorial shows you exactly how easy and fast it is to make a game with Buildbox 3 from start to finish with no prior coding or design skills whatsoever. If you’re new to our software or don’t know where to start, this video will show you …

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Buildbox Game Spotlight: Railway Canyon

By | Buildbox, Game Showcase

This week’s game spotlight is Railway Canyon by Tepes Ovidiu’s Crevasse Studios. It’s a relaxing 3D puzzler that won the ‘Most Visual Impact’ category in our recent hyper-casual game jam sponsored by Kwalee. Railway Canyon also was featured in the ‘New Games We Love’ section of the app store and ranked Top 100 in 42 different countries. This unique 3D puzzler has been featured globally in the arcade puzzle category, including countries like China, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Russia, Australia, and …

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Buildbox Free

Buildbox Free Is Now Available!

By | Buildbox

We’ve just released Buildbox Free, a completely free version of our no-code game development software that anyone can download. With Buildbox Free, you can easily create amazing 2D and 3D games for iOS or Android without writing a single line of code. Our software has unique creation layers that make it super easy to build out your game quickly. No previous coding or design experience is required. You can jump right in and start creating. It’s that easy. Buildbox Free is the …

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Catch Fehst Dedicates His Buildbox Game Jam Entry, Panic-Demic to Essential Workers

By | Buildbox, Game Showcase

Panic-demic was one of the many fantastic entries in our recent hyper-casual game jam sponsored by Kwalee. The game was created by a 17-year-old game developer, Catch Fehst, from Vancouver, Canada. He dedicated his recent game jam entry to his mother and all the essential workers on the frontline working during the COVID-19 pandemic. We had the honor of chatting with him about his upcoming …

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Our Buildbox Community Continues to Grow!

By | Buildbox

Wow, our no-code community of developers is now over 650,000 strong! 💪 We have Buildbox users from all over the world, making cool 2D and 3D games with our software and finding success in the App Store. Some Boxers, have even managed to quit their day jobs and pursue making games full-time using Buildbox …

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