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Arjen1d ago • 6 min read

Delta encoding multiplayer game state

Old Light is a browser strategy game where a tab can stay open for days. The client holds a full cop...

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Porting a 20-Year-Old Game to Mobile: Lessons from RuneScape

Ocean View GamesAug 24, 2026 • 8 min read

Porting a 20-Year-Old Game to Mobile: Lessons from RuneScape

RuneScape is one of the longest-running MMORPGs in history. First released in 2001, it had already.....

#gamedev#unity3d#programming

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I finally added Squirrel scripting to my Python game engine

Nathan C.2d ago • 5 min read

I finally added Squirrel scripting to my Python game engine

ABS Engine now embeds a Squirrel VM. Here's the loader, the first function I moved into it, and the ...

#gamedev#python#showdev#opensource

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The Gacha Is Not 0.6% — A Data Nerd's Breakdown of Genshin's Wish System

Shaivi3d ago • 5 min read

The Gacha Is Not 0.6% — A Data Nerd's Breakdown of Genshin's Wish System

You've been lied to. Mathematically. If you've ever opened Genshin Impact, stared at a banner,.....

#gamedev#python#matplotlib#numpy

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Building Eisen Engine: Architecture of a Custom C++20 Game Engine from Scratch (Vulkan, ECS & AI Subsystems)

Shubhanshu Shrimali3d ago • 4 min read

Building Eisen Engine: Architecture of a Custom C++20 Game Engine from Scratch (Vulkan, ECS & AI Subsystems)

An exhaustive architectural breakdown of building Eisen Engine in modern C++20: explicit Vulkan 1.3 ...

#gamedev#cpp#vulkan#programming

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I forked an open-source game wiki template — the hard part was keeping it correct

a3535510715d ago • 3 min read

I forked an open-source game wiki template — the hard part was keeping it correct

A new roguelite ships balance patches every few weeks. Here is the content pipeline I built so the w...

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I built an AI that writes and runs Luau inside Roblox Studio

Korvus 4d ago • 2 min read

I built an AI that writes and runs Luau inside Roblox Studio

Roblox Studio scripting is mostly boilerplate. You already know what you want — a healing potion tha...

#roblox#ai#gamedev#tutorial

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Doron6d ago • 5 min read

Part 3: Good Models Finish Last

The previous post glossed over teaching the agent to pick card rewards. Beginner StS players usually...

#slaythespire#machinelearning#gamedev#ai

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Deland18h ago • 4 min read

Delta E is a distance, not a score

I run a game where you get a brand name — Spotify, IKEA, Home Depot — and rebuild its primary color....

#gamedev#javascript#ux#showdev

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Zero allocation is a habit, not an optimisation pass

PatilRB5d ago • 3 min read

Zero allocation is a habit, not an optimisation pass

"We'll optimise later" works for most code and fails specifically for allocation, because by the tim...

#performance#javascript#gamedev#webdev

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Decentraland warns your scene UI will clash with its mobile controls — but won't say where they are

Edy Cu4d ago • 6 min read

Decentraland warns your scene UI will clash with its mobile controls — but won't say where they are

I put two buttons at the bottom of a Decentraland scene, the way the platform's own mobile guidance....

#showdev#gamedev#typescript#ux

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I Turned the How to Fish Creature List Into a Search Tool

MRZHU6d ago • 3 min read

I Turned the How to Fish Creature List Into a Search Tool

A flat table looked like the obvious way to publish a How to Fish fish list. It also became annoying...

#typescript#javascript#gamedev#webdev

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Doubling the Volume Didn't Fix It. The Two Events Landed on the Same Frame.

JohnAug 24, 2026 • 4 min read

Doubling the Volume Didn't Fix It. The Two Events Landed on the Same Frame.

A stamp landing and a fill-complete confirmation sound fired on the same video frame, and neither ev...

#animation#frontend#gamedev#software

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Building NICHLYST: How to Code a Survival Engine When You Are Failing to Survive

Eugene Kozlovsky2d ago • 7 min read

Building NICHLYST: How to Code a Survival Engine When You Are Failing to Survive

Building NICHLYST: How to Code a Survival Engine When You Are Failing to Survive I track...

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Designing a shared daily trivia set in Flutter (without an account wall)

Kiran Patel2d ago • 3 min read

Designing a shared daily trivia set in Flutter (without an account wall)

I shipped a small trivia app called Trivia Quest. The product bet is boring on purpose: ten...

#flutter#firebase#mobile#gamedev

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How I Built a Local, Read-Only Save Analyzer for theHunter: Call of the Wild

Hex20776d ago • 2 min read

How I Built a Local, Read-Only Save Analyzer for theHunter: Call of the Wild

If you have ever searched for theHunter: Call of the Wild cheats, what you may actually want is...

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PatilRBAug 24, 2026 • 3 min read

Put your particle effects in CI

Particle effects are the last asset class most web teams still treat as an opaque blob. Textures get...

#gamedev#git#performance#softwareengineering

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Five UX Lessons from Building a Browser-Based Dubbing Game

JD Liu4d ago • 3 min read

Five UX Lessons from Building a Browser-Based Dubbing Game

Building a browser-based dubbing game sounds straightforward: play a scene, open the microphone,...

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I Built a GTA 6 'Can You Run It?' Checker That Runs 100% in Your Browser

Anshul Rajpal5d ago • 3 min read

I Built a GTA 6 'Can You Run It?' Checker That Runs 100% in Your Browser

How I built a free GTA 6 system requirements checker with live browser hardware detection - WebGL GP...

#showdev#javascript#webdev#gamedev

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The curve editor is the actual interface

PatilRB5d ago • 3 min read

The curve editor is the actual interface

Most particle editors present themselves as a wall of numeric fields, and most tutorials teach you t...

#gamedev#animation#javascript#ux

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How I faked a real-time opponent on shared hosting with zero background processes

Ecom Solutions1d ago • 4 min read

How I faked a real-time opponent on shared hosting with zero background processes

Shared hosting has one rule that quietly kills most multiplayer designs: you cannot run a persistent...

#php#webdev#gamedev#architecture

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An AI script generator that lives inside Roblox Studio

Korvus 4d ago • 1 min read

An AI script generator that lives inside Roblox Studio

Searching for a Roblox AI script generator? Most of them are a website where you paste a prompt, cop...