Game Development Platform YoYo Games Announces GameMaker Marketplace Xbox One Support
Friday, August 29, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
YoYo Games has unveiled the GameMaker Marketplace, a one-stop-shop for all of the assets and technology created by developers for developing games with YoYo’s GameMaker: Studio. The GameMaker Marketplace is now in open beta and is available to everyone who has licensed GameMaker: Studio license either through the product itself or from YoYo Games’ web site. Develop...
WiMi5 HTML5 Gaming App Development Platform Launches Public Beta
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 by Richard Harris
WiMi5 is a cloud based platform to create, publish and monetize HTML5 casual games. The company has been in private beta and is now in public beta.The company seeks to become the next iOS and Android marketplace by using HTML5. Users of the platform will be able to create casual games, launch them in WiMi5’s in-house app marketplace and monetize through a F2P share...
Apple’s WWDC Brings OS X Yosemite With New Swift for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch and Advances in App Extensions, SpriteKit, SceneKit, Safari, and iCloud
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 by Richard Harris
The announcement of OS X Yosemite brings the new Swift programming language for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch as well as advances in SpriteKit and SceneKit, Safari, iCloud, and more.Some of the highlights include:App ExtensionsWith App Extensions any app can add new functionality to OS X Yosemite, enabling access to app features from almost anywhere. Once a user installs an app...
Celtra Introduces Smart Mobile Video Ad Formats & Responsive Ad Design for Mobile Marketers
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Celtra, a provider of mobile display ad creation, serving and analytics, has launched a family of new Smart Video Ad Formats for all mobile devices. These formats use a new developed video technology created by Celtra and leverage newly developed responsive ad design capabilities.Companies participating in the launch include Skype, Opera Mediaworks, and A...
How Javascript and HTML5 Make the Perfect Mix To Develop Your Next Game
Friday, March 28, 2014 by Craig Robinson
Last year we had the opportunity to create a series of five mahjong link games (a variation on the standard) in HTML5 for Spil Games. The first game we built was Dream Pet Link. Given that we were tasked with building four additional games with the same mechanic but different themes, we knew we’d be able to reuse much of the same code. We could just write the first game...
Lanica Game Platform: Why App Developers Should Pay Attention
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Lanica has announced the release of its Lanica Game Platform for iOS and Android app developers to the indie development community. While the meat of the platform is Platino, a 2D and 2.5D cross-platform JavaScript game engine, the company also sets a full plate with its Cosmo cloud back-end services and Animo toolset which includes a sprites animation editor and much m...
App Bloat How Reducing the Size Of Your App Helps Downloads and Retention
Saturday, September 7, 2013 by Richard Harris
You spend time polishing your creation, and making sure it is bug free, but did you keep in mind its size? With devices having 32GB or even 128GB in storage, and carriers increasing app size limits, this might be the last thing on your mind when you’re your developing your app. However, there are some reasons for you to factor size into the equation.
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App Developer News Weekly Roundup for The Week of August 9th, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013 by Richard Harris
From the Editors DeskHello everyone! It's been a great week in mobile and we've got lots to share with you! The August issue is here officially so be sure and check it out if you haven't already. We have been getting alot of great feedback from the developer community and it's much appreciated! Top Stories for the week of 8/10/2013Easier to Do: Find Bigfo...
Lanica Releases Animo Sprites, A Complete Sprite Editing Tool Suite For App Developers
Friday, August 9, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Lanica has released Animo Sprites as part of its Animo tools suite for mobile app developers and designers. The Sprites animation editor offers a complete sprite-building and editing environment for in-game elements. Included in the release is a new physics editor, a deep-dive sprite sheet manager, and a skeletal animation studio.
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