Every indie dev has asked this: Should I enter another hackathon… or just ship my game? We break down: – Burnout – Big prize money myths – GDC networking – Niche platforms like Playdate & Reddit – Being “half developer, half marketer” New Pixel Pushers is live 👇

That's how you get zero stutters in your game. You're welcome, game industry. #uetips

Writing my debut graphic novel was a ton of work so I have a substack to share 11 lessons I learned about writing fiction. ❗Because sometimes, playing it "safe" with your heroic characters is exactly what's keeping your story world from evolving into a place readers want to

Just read Matthew Ball new The State of Video Gaming in 2026 report. Top ten takeaways for me: 1. Game industry revenue hit $195.6 billion in 2025. That's a new all-time high. Operating profits have declined since 2019. 2. Almost all of the growth went to three parties: Chinese

This is accurate.

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Writing my debut graphic novel was a ton of work so I have a substack to share 11 lessons I learned about writing fiction. ❗Because sometimes, ending your story with a clean resolution is exactly what stops your story world from feeling truly alive. ❓You might be wondering,

Hadoken!!! Franuka 🦊 🤣 #SteamNextFest #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

Friends keep asking about our music in our demo, our friend YannZ has been uploading some of his tracks on SoundCloud. Enjoy! soundcloud.com/yzprod/sets/de… #gamedev #GDC2026 #screenshotsaturday

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Sorry to say because I've enjoyed NVIDIA's gfx cards and I still use CUDA for sims but the criticism of a DLSS 5 use case in games seems legit. Changing a game's fidelity from cartoony to "realistic," especially with face renderings, moves a game straight into the uncanny valley.

Oh no, not again. To those of you who were impacted by today's layoffs, my heart goes out to you. If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know epicgames.com/site/en-US/new…

In the coming days, employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality folks. An important thing to understand is that Epic never lowered our hiring standards as we grew, and the layoff wasn't a performance-based "rightsizing" as companies call it nowadays. It's

This. And if I may add a thought. For every designer or programmer or artist you know, there are dozens of professionals doing work to support them. None of the names you know would get much done without the support they get. Layoffs at any level do massive damage to game teams.

Just listened to a fantastic interview of my good friend and colleague Hardy LeBel -- there are lots of great design insights in this one. Do yourself a favor, give this episode some of your attention, and thank me later.

Makes sense since the COGS is rising globally blog.playstation.com/2026/03/27/new…

Certainly feels like it. pcgamer.com/gaming-industr…

Mike was a high performer, he deserves better. If you play a game or watch a film or drive a car with UE in it, chances are a dev referenced docs that Mike published. The industry is better off because Mike chose the selfless path of helping those who make games, make games.

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