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Developer Spotlight Apr 17, 2018
'Heroes of Rings: Dragons War' Dev Q&A with Codigames

Heroes of Rings: Dragons War is the latest mobile game published by Kongregate, now available on iOS and Android devices [https://kon.gg/2HvHUnb]. We sat down with Francisco Martínez, President & Co-founder of Codigames to talk about their development process. KONGREGATE: Codigames is a small team based in Spain. Can you tell us a little bit about your team’s background and how the company was formed? FRANCISCO: The idea of Codigames was born in 2012, two years after Apple released the iPhone

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Talks Mar 27, 2018
All the Families: The Making of 'Animation Throwdown' (GDC 2018)

This year at GDC, Kongregate Senior Producer Peter Eykemans and Producer Katrina Wolfe gave a talk titled "All the Families: The Making of 'Animation Throwdown.'" Check out the description and slides below! Talk Summary Ever wonder what it would be like to create a AAA game with a skeleton crew, split between two developers, one publisher, one IP owner, and five individual IPs? Join two producers from Kongregate to hear how "Animation Throwdown" was created in an unusual way, and how they tur

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Game Development Feb 13, 2018
Creating 2D Particle Effects in Unity3D

Hello, my name is David Finseth and I am a Technical Artist at Synapse Games. I work across multiple games to create visuals that require some technical and artistic components. A big part of my job is working on particle effects for our mobile games. I am very passionate about this work and wanted to share my process and some tips for creating these effects with you. Particle effects are a unique tool that can add interactivity and responsiveness to your games. They excel at creating a lot of

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Game Development Nov 28, 2017
Oops I Did It Again: Finding Flow in Hard Games

pictured: Thumper Dark Souls is more likely associated with anguish than euphoria as a series, but it -- and other notoriously difficult games -- are where we can find some of gaming’s most pleasurable moments. If you work through your urges to throw your controller at a wall, you might be lucky enough to experience the joy that keeps us all coming back for more “YOU DIED” screens. We’re going to delve into what leads to these experiences, why they feel so good, and how they can be designed.

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Developer Spotlight Nov 09, 2017
'AdVenture Communist' Dev Q&A: Digging into a Dynasty

KONG: Hyper Hippo is a Canadian-based independent game developer best known for the hit idle game AdVenture Capitalist. How did you all meet and start making games together? CODY: Hyper Hippo sprang out of the imagination of Lance Priebe, the creator of Club Penguin. He assembled what he felt was a "dream team" for game development, then opened the floodgates and said, "GO!" TRISTAN: We all met while working on the virtual world "Disney’s Club Penguin." We wanted to try our hand at some new

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Game Development Oct 12, 2017
How to Streamline Your QA Process

Before your game can be released into the wild, first it needs to survive the rigors of the internal QA process. Ideally this process will go smoothly, but there are a few common problems that can delay testing, which this article will explain. These are things that we believe should be considered early in development. They may seem minor, but they can stall out a release in a big way, especially if you’re developing in a different time zone from your publisher. For some context, let’s start wi

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Game Development Oct 10, 2017
The Perfect Stormbound Q&A with Paladin Studios

We sat down with the team who works on Stormbound [http://www.kongregate.com/pages/stormbound-kingdom-wars-mobile] to learn more about their studio and development process. When not developing the next smash hit, they enjoy “Thundering Thursday,” an after-hours event full of food and board/video games. KONG: Paladin Studios is an independent development studio located in The Netherlands; can you give our readers a better understanding of how Paladin came to be and what types of games you have

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Game Development Sep 28, 2017
Devcom 2017: The Art of Building Amazing Demos

Kongregate's John Cooney gave a talk at Devcom this year about building amazing demos. Check out his slides below: The Art of Building Amazing Demos [//www.slideshare.net/Kongregate/the-art-of-building-amazing-demos] from Kongregate [https://www.slideshare.net/Kongregate]

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Developer Spotlight Sep 05, 2017
'Castaway Cove' Q&A: How Synapse's New Tidal Idle Came to Be

We sat down with the co-founder of Synapse Games, Alex Reeve, to explore their newest launch Castaway Cove [https://app.adjust.com/ek72lt?fallback=http://www.kongregate.com/pages/castaway-cove-mobile&campaign=2017_09_05-CastawayCove-Free-All-S&adgroup=Blog] , an idle game set on a far-off deserted island. Synapse is responsible for hit titles like Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards [https://app.adjust.com/83cgg4?fallback=http://www.kongregate.com/games/Throwdown/animation-throwdown&campa

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