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Productivity Hacks

7 Productivity Hacks for Game Developers

By | Buildbox, Game Dev Tips

Are you looking for productivity hacks to help you tackle your next big game project? Game development is an exciting process, but let’s be honest—it can get a little chaotic. Between designing, coding, troubleshooting, and meeting deadlines, staying productive isn’t always easy. You’ve got killer ideas, but turning them into a finished game takes focus, time, and energy, sometimes more than you have. What if you could simplify …

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how to name a game in 7 steps

7 Steps to Finding the Perfect Name for Your Game App

By | Buildbox, Game Dev Tips

When you’re browsing games in the App stores, it’s often the game’s name that catches your attention. A game with an awesome name is bound to be pretty dope, right? You’d think that a game with a name like “Operation Darkness” would be pretty cool, especially since it’s an RPG set in an alternate World War II. Instead, the game was a visual mess with poor mechanics. Of course, the opposite can be said …

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how to make a 2d game

7 Steps to Designing a Great 2D Game

By | Buildbox, Game Dev Tips

If you’re ready to start developing your first video game, Buildbox Classic has everything you need to create a 2D game that will keep players coming back for more. For players, 2D games are as popular as they’ve ever been, and they offer several advantages for developers as well. 2D and 3D games differ in a couple of ways. 3D games attempt to recreate a world in three dimensions on a flat …

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free 3D game art

Top 10 Sites For Free 3D Game Art

By | Game Dev Tips, Top Lists

Want some free 3D game art and cool assets to use for your upcoming game? We’ve recently scoured the internet and compiled a list of the best game asset resources and sites to download free 3D game art. All of these awesome websites offer 3D game art for free or have both free and paid options available for game developers. So, if you’re working with a budget …

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Free Game Music

How to Get Free Game Music & More

By | Game Dev Tips

Do you want to learn how to get free game music, loops, samples, and more? It’s easier than you may think. There are hundreds of royalty-free music sites and game dev resources with free music loops and tunes that you can download for practically nothing. Adding a great soundtrack to your game doesn’t have to be expensive. You can find tons of free …

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What a Publisher Looks for in Hyper Casual Games

By | Buildbox, Guest Post

If you’re already making games in Buildbox, you may already be dreaming of reaching a massive global audience with your creations. You should be too, because it’s well within your grasp! Buildbox is a great tool we regularly recommend to those who want to create brilliant hyper casual mobile games, so if you’re already using it you’re on the right track – especially if you’re taking part in the latest Buildbox game jam! 

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Game Design Tips

20 Indie Dev Tips for Awesome Game Design

By | Game Dev Tips

Want to know the secret to awesome game design? I’ve put together a list of 20 essential indie dev tips for game design and development success. Whether you’re just starting or have a couple of games under your belt, these must-know tips can help you design better games and feel more confident as a …

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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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