Many game developers (mainly those that work with 3D graphics) often overlook this small aspect of how graphics hardware works, thereby introducing subtle...

While Unity is an amazing gamedev platform, getting used to it will require a bit of initial work, as you'll likely need to shift your cognitive cogs to...

Procedural generation helps boost replayability by using internal rules to create parts of the game on the fly: from designing the plan of a dungeon to...

Client-side prediction is a technique used in multiplayer games to reduce (the appearance of) lag: each player's machine runs its own simulation of what...

In this article, I'll explain what a normal map is and why normal mapping is an important and useful technique for any 3D game developer. I'll also share...

In this post, I'll define the concept of freemium - an increasingly popular business model for online games. You'll learn how an freemium game loop works,...

To "blit" is to copy bits from one part of a computer's graphical memory to another part. This technique deals directly with the pixels of an image, and...

In this article I will explain the concept of bump mapping, with both a practical and technical explanation. I'll also compare this technique with...

In this post, I'll explain the heart of every game: the game loop! All the code that makes the game interactive and dynamic goes in the game loop, but is...