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Getting closer to simulating the real world: Applying ray tracing in games
At Tencent Game Developers Conference, Yuan Xie explored the challenges of applying ray tracing
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GamesIndustry.biz Academy resources to champion women in games
To celebrate International Women's Day, we gathered guides to help studios improve their gender balance
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Creating a diverse workforce | UKIE #RaiseTheGame report
An excerpt from the first annual report for UKIE's #RaiseTheGame diversity initiative, which now has more than 100 pledge partners
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Best practices for designing an effective user interface
Double Eleven's Edd Coates shares the essential components to designing accessible and effective UI for video games
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Are Steam followers the best predictor of success for unreleased games?
GameDiscoverCo's Simon Carless examines how Steam festivals and showcases have changed the impact of being wishlisted
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Balancing data and creativity: Is there a magic formula for hypercasual games?
Voodoo's Antonin Chapelon details what it takes to stay at the top of the hypercasual mobile market
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How to be a better character designer
At the Yorkshire Games Festival, Lucy Kyriakidou explored visual storytelling, body diversity, and how to improve your art skills
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Making terms and conditions more accessible to users
Sulake discusses how to make something that epitomizes "boring" into something that adds to the user experience
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How to get your music placed in a video game
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy talks to experts from both industries to create the ultimate guide to getting your music placed in a video game
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The black art of platform conversions: The release candidate
Sponsored article: Abstraction Games details the penultimate stage of the adaptation process -- the release candidate
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GoldenEye, Mario and how to succeed in the world of nostalgia
There's a huge market of 30-somethings eager to replay the games from their youth, but getting it right can be hard
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Things you wish you knew before starting a studio
Melissa Phillips reflects on what she's learnt in the 12 months since co-founding Silver Rain Games
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Five steps to boost your game's performance on the app stores
SplitMetrics' Lina Danilchik details how to optimise your app store's product page
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How to protect your intellectual property in the games industry
GG Insurance's Philip Wildman gives an overview of what intellectual property means in practice and what can go wrong
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Azure PlayFab: The world's biggest dev tools you've never thought of
Microsoft's James Gwertzman tells the GamesIndustry.biz Academy about his mission to help developers succeed
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Navigating the new normal: Studio culture in the time of COVID
Mediatonic's Annie Clare details the studio's answer to a critical question: how do you take care of your staff remotely?
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Piracy: Does it matter?
People will try to steal your game in huge numbers, says Butterscotch Shenanigans' Adam Coster -- treat it as a design constraint
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Dealing with delays: A guide to production optimization and crisis management
META Publishing's Alessandro Cossidente explains how to avoid setbacks, and how to cope when it does happen
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Using player-avatar relations to make more engaging and successful games
Avatars can be the key to offering more intense and satisfying game experiences, and inspiring loyalty among players
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How to localize a game video: A checklist for developers
From the timing of the voiceover to text in the UI, preparing a game video for a target market is more complicated than you think
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Celebrating one year of GamesIndustry.biz Academy
Browse through the GamesIndustry.biz Academy's most essential reads as the section enters its second year
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How to enable cross-progression between generations and platforms
AccelByte's Raymond Arifianto gives a crash course on how to implement platform-agnostic cloud save features
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Maximum safety, minimum cost: How to launch your game on a new platform
Focusing on the Epic Games Store, Reto Moto's Jean-Marc Broyer dives into launching a PC game on a new platform
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How to bring blockbuster brands to the gaming world
Outright Games on three key principles that can bring success when working with major licenses
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A closer look at Raw Fury's publishing contract
GameDiscoverCo's Simon Carless digs into the details and developer criticisms of the publicly posted agreement