Digest of the game industry: November

While the preparation for the winter holidays has not overwhelmed you completely, there is time to look at interesting articles about the gaming industry. Read our digest and keep cleaning the tangerines.



Mobile direction

Reducing the size of files in the .apk format by 88% in the game for Android.
Loss of control: A / B testing in mobile games.
Google Play will begin to warn users about the presence of advertising in applications.
Will Google Play appear in China?
Jessica Jones has appeared in two Marvel mobile projects .
Google Play update 8.3.
How to write a game for iOS.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Epic War's Mobile Strike game .
Announcement of MGF London 2016 - the conference of mobile game developers, which will be held January 20–21, 2016 within the framework of London Mobile Games Week.
Will the Indian mobile market become more promising than the Chinese ?
Released pre-build Android Studio 2.0.
Mobile game on the universe Futurama is already in development.
Research: differentiation of game genres by popularity among men and women.
3 tips on launching a mobile game in the Christmas season.
7 out of 10 top grossing mobile games in Russia are strategies .
When do players make purchases in mobile games?
TopTraffic: the newer the mobile OS, the higher the conversion .
27 tips on creating a good banner for a mobile game.
Top Google Play in India for the first time led the Indian game .
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Audio

Basic music system based on Unreal Engine 4 for game levels.
Creating a soundtrack for the game Cathedral using the program FamiTracker.
5 gaming audio enhancements presented at the Electronic Music Midwest festival.
AES Convention : new audio equipment on the exhibition floor.
Interview with game composer Winifred Phillips.
Technical composer: middleware, adaptive music and VR. Part 1 . Part 2 .

Making games

Video course "Writing code for game developers."
Keeping goals in games.
Writing a game engine from scratch: part 2 , part 3 .
Working with the camera in the game: the 50 most common mistakes and ways to correct them ( video ).
Video : from concept to production - art for Halo 2: Anniversary.
Level design : from paper to screen.
From MDA (Mechanics / Dynamics / Aesthetics) to DDE (Design / Dynamics / Experience).
Video : 4 questions to help you find the best theme for your game.
Creating the environment in the game Tidal Affair: Before The Storm.
How to optimize various data entry devices to control the game in the genre of brick breaker.
In the book Ankura Prasad and Alain Vu for novice game developers described the creation of five games in the editor Construct 2.
Minimalism in game design : examples, tips and ideas.
How to develop levels in games using the "Nintendo method".
The complete guide to debugging games made on the Phaser engine.
How to create a bomber game using the Phaser engine: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 .
How to use a shader to dynamically change the colors of the sprite.
Secrets of creating an ideal level: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 .
There was a steady update for Construct 2 r216 - 2D game editor from Scirra.
Crytek released the free demo of Back to Dinosaur Island , which it had previously demonstrated at GDC 2015 in San Francisco.
Unreal Engine 4.10 release .
Video reports from White Nights Moscow'15 are already available.
The big release of GameGuru 1.1.
WebGL / HTML5 open source Goo Engine was released.

news

PlayStation 5 and Xbox 2 are already in development .
Ubisoft said that Assassin's Creed Syndicate's low sales are associated with a lot of bugs in Assassin's Creed Unity.
Microsoft and Code.org teach children how to program with Minecraft.
PlayStation 4 has become more powerful .
Ubisoft is investing $ 8 million in new educational initiative CODEX.
Nintendo designers download levels from Super Mario Maker under made-up names .
Crytek provide training for VR specialists.
Codemasters changed Bandai Namco publisher to Koch Media.
The director of the films “Rush Hour” and “The Red Dragon” is producing a film about Alexey Pajitnov and “Tetris” .
Gameloft opened an office in Minsk.
The prize fund of the competition Gamiron №11 "Below zero" - 40 000 rubles.
The online game War Thunder goes to Dagor Engine 4.0 .
CCP Games are investing $ 30 million in VR projects.
The growth of the Canadian gaming industry is impressive .
Disney supported Code.org in teaching kids game development.
Steam will introduce a delay in the exchange of items to deal with fraudsters.
In Japan, put on a performance based on Resident Evil.
Activision will be engaged in the production of serials and movies .
There is a new service Steam Item Store.
Codemasters close the branch that created the Battle Decks.

Video Game News

Exit Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is delayed until August 2016.
The developers of Gravity Rush Remastered will launch the game in Europe a week earlier .
Read Only Memories, a cyberpunk noir style pixel game, will soon appear on PS4 and Vita.
The charming adventure game Jenny LeClue will be released on PS4 in 2016 .
The 16-bit sequel to the Retro City Rampage is coming soon .
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 is too sexist for Europe .
The fourth act of Kentucky Route Zero is on its way .
Grand Theft Auto V has acquired a map editor .
Path of Exile: Ascendancy - demonstration of a new class .
The developer and publisher of Stardock creates a new Star Control .
Valkyria Announcement : Azure Revolution and Valkyria Chronicles Remaster.
Paladins has moved to the closed beta stage.
Pale Echoes - JRPG with a unique combat system .
The creators of Californium are inspired by the works of Philip Dick .
Life is Strange will be released in a limited edition .
The game of cathedrals is the announcement of The Pillars of the Earth based on the Kingsbridge cycle by Ken Follett.
Exit StarCraft 2: Nova Covert Ops is scheduled for 2016 .
Announced Escape from Tarkov - story MMO from Russia .
Release Battleborn postponed to May .
Torment: Tides of Numenera will be released in 2016 .
The developers of the game Hellblade, dealing with the subject of mental disorders, intend to create the most realistic protagonist .

It is interesting

2D transformation for beginners .
15 of the most rare and valuable games for the Xbox 360 .
How to use your namespace to make your C ++ code reliable and timeless .
The executive director of Unikrn explains why professional girl gamers are important for eSports .
EA: for microtransactions, involvement is more important than benefit .
Video : why women are not so difficult to animate.
Making of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Entertaining adventures while creating artificial intelligence in the game.
The classic post-mortem Asheron's Call.
Game Designer tells how and why he studied programming.
The creators of Sublevel Zero talked about the dangers and benefits of procedural generation.
Ode to Flash technology.
Postmorthem games Swing Racers.
Humor in video games : what makes games funny?
Video : Creating the coolest enemies and artificial intelligence in the game Sunset Overdrive.
The first steps to create artificial intelligence.
Comparison of UX Clash of Clans and Rival Kingdoms.
Forget film comparisons: games are more like operas .
The classic postmortem Making of Half-Life 2.
How Monarch defines what winning strategy means .
Classic postmortem Guitar Hero.
7 mini-games that every game developer must learn.
About the design of the game Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime.
Tomb Raider and the conflict of narration and violence in games.
The lessons that I learned after writing from scratch engine for eight-bit game.
Sergey Galenkin about replacing computers with tablets .
Comparison of analytics systems for game projects: Mixpanel, Localytics, Flurry, devtodev, deltaDNA and GameAnalytics.
How to find a publisher? Resource Develop has discussed this issue with the heads of major studios.
“The Billion We Tamed”: the head of Game Insight, Anatoly Ropotov, about the post-casual era in the gaming industry .
StarCraft history : past, present and future.
Review of Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Report on the British gaming industry.
Riot Games : "If once in 10 years we release one genre-defining game, this will be a success."
GameAnalytics research : how do paying users behave in mobile games.
Why output to the tops of the App Store and Google Play no longer works .
The four lives of Atari : the story of success and defeat of the famous game manufacturer
About Russian Steam from Rostelecom.
Tops gaming industry in 2015 according to vc.ru.
What makes an indie game a hit ? How to choose the right design?
Interviews with the organizer of IgroMir exhibitions and Comic Con Russia Maxim Maslov and DTF.RU founder Alexander Fedorov.
Review of Fallout 4 from "Disgusting men."
Review of the Rise of the Tomb Raider from "Disgusting men."
Review of Planetbase by Kitchen Riots.
Star Wars Review : Battlefront.
Graphics Setup Guide for Fallout 4.
So, you came out of the Vault. Guide on Fallout 4.
Data analysis of F2P games : 3 ways to calculate LTV.

Press

November issue of Render Magazine.
The 38th issue of the FPS magazine , dedicated to various programs for developers, game creation and programming.

Podcasts

How are games different from other media?
Sergey Galyonkin podcast a : why micropayments began to appear in paid games.
Mini-podcast by Sergey Galyonkin about Early Access on Steam.
Sergey Galyonkin's podcast : features of distant work in game dev.
Sergey Galyonkin podcast : outsourcing art on an industrial scale, remote work, features of western and eastern art.
Sergey Galyonkin's podcast : the potential of games, the evolution of possibilities and the transition of quantitative changes into qualitative ones.
Podcast "Disgusting men" about Fallout 4.
Kitchen Riots podcast about U: CON and new games.

Crowdfunding

The Muv-Luv project for developing games in the genre of visual novels and the JRPG raised over a million dollars on the Kickstarter service.
Kickstarter continues to beat all records .
John Hare collects money for Sociable Soccer using Kickstarter.
The development of an illegal remake of the Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers 2 has begun .