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The Strategies Behind a $5M+ Per Day Mobile Game (Clash of Clans)

The Strategies Behind a $5M+ Per Day Mobile Game (Clash of Clans) A little more than 3 years older, Clash of Clans rankes much more than $1M $5M5 daily and regularly graphs in the top three grossing apps.  It is the app that brand new video game developers look to for motivation. But the future didn’t generally look so vibrant for the game’s developer, Supercell.  In mid-2011 the year-old firm discovered their web- and Facebook-first technique would not produce the hit game they required (this was later in the Facebook game craze), so that they rapidly changed to a tablet-first strategy and destroyed all of their old games.  At that time, touch screen phones – and especially tablets – were an unproved marketplace, however their exciting technique determined. By mid-2012, Supercell got launched one tablet game and eliminated two, nonetheless they were acquiring nearer to the objective.  Profits lastly came in May 2012 once the freshly introduced Hay Day rapidly turned out t

Error building Player: Win32Exception: zipalign.exe in Unity3d [FIXED]

Recently i was getting this error in one of my game, But unable to figure out where the problem is but after searching lots of site, finally got the solution on stackoveflow and that was simply 1 minute solution you wont believe. They error was this Error building Player: Win32Exception: Error building Player: Win32Exception: ApplicationName='C:/Users/craiglerr/Desktop/adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140624/sdk\tools\zipalign.exe', CommandLine='4 "C:\Users\craiglerr\Desktop\Game\Temp/StagingArea/Package_unaligned.apk" "C:\Users\craiglerr\Desktop\Game\Temp/StagingArea/Package.apk"', CurrentDirectory='Temp/StagingArea' Soulution: Just goto your Android SDK folder Go to build-tools and select a version (e.g.build-tools\22.0.1) Copy zipalign.exe Go back to build-tools Go into tools Paste zipalign.exe That's it! Now build game and Error building Player: Win32Exception: zipalign.exe in Unity will never come a

Open Source Game Engines, 13 Here To Choose From

Looking for open source game engines Frameworks for building games across multiple platforms. Here i collected 13 game engines to choose from. cocos2d / cocos2d-x cocos2d-x for C++ okamstudio / godot Godot Game Engine SFTtech / openage Free (as in freedom) open source clone of the Age of Empires II engine. turbulenz / turbulenz_engine Turbulenz is a modular 3D and 2D game framework for making HTML5 powered games for browsers, desktops and mobile devices. GarageGames / Torque3D MIT Licensed Open Source version of Torque 3D from GarageGames OpenRA / OpenRA An open-source implementation of the Command & Conquer: Red Alert engine using .NET/Mono and OpenGL. Gamua / Starling-Framework The Cross Platform Game Engine gameplay3d / GamePlay Cross-platform 3D native C++ game framework for mobile and desktop games. GarageGames / Torque2D MIT Licensed Open Source version of Torque 2D from GarageGames spring / spring A powerful free cross-platform RTS engine jMonkeyEngine / jmonkeye

New Unity 2d Tools You Can Get Its Early Access

Unity recently giving early access to their new unity2d tools that are very much improved and important. what they said: Early alpha access for Unity Pro users Perhaps the most exciting change is that we’re releasing features that are in development to Unity Pro users much earlier. With your feedback, we hope to cut development time by better understanding how we can meet your needs. You can find the link to the  current alpha from our Bitbucket repo . Here’s a sneak peek at some of the features in the current alpha build: Tile Map Editor 9-Slice Sprites Smart Sprite ETC1 Compression Masking Improved Sprite Packing And many more… Learn more see also: Unity Analytics Open Beta Getting Started Unable to find suitable jdk installation [Quick FIX] What Makes A Game Good ? [INFOGRAPHICS]

Unity Analytics Open Beta Getting Started

Lets Try Unity Analytics. A powerful data platform to enhance player preservation, activation and also monetization. Backed by a powerful division engine, Unity Analytics control panel gives important metrics you worry about. Unity created the control panel for the Unity community according to your suggestions. Monitor Active Players, Visits, Retention, and Income. If you need further insights just Apply Custom Events to keep track of player activities. FEATURES AVAILABLE IN OPEN BETA Metric Monitor Custom Data Collection Segment Builder Custom Event Metrics Funnel Analyzer To getting started simply Create an account / sign in at https://analytics.unity3d.com/  and integrate the sdk. TRY OUT THE FREE BETA Integration instructions Unity Analytics Open Beta : https://analytics.cloud.unity3d.com/docs Platforms supported: Mac, Windows, Linux, Windows 8.1 Store and Phone, iOS, and Android

Unity Web Player Chrome Not Working !Yes Google Killed It

Google Chrome version 42 was recently launched and they disables supporting for any Unity Web Player, Completly removed it Unity Web Player Chrome Not Working Chrome carries a huge competitiveness total, which range from 25-50% based on whatever source you are examining. What unity blog said about it! With Google about to complete the deprecation of NPAPI assistance in their Chrome browser, we’ve been receiving many questions regarding exactly what the ideal alternatives are for publishing games on the web and achieving Chrome users at the same time. With Chrome’s broad usage, these are fair questions So what exactly should I do whether my game requires the Web Player? In case your current game needs the Web Player to work properly (specifically for people using advanced high performance games), here’s a few recommendations of what can be done within the meantime: Option A : motivate gamers to make use of alternate web browser where unity plugins are still wor

Unable to find suitable jdk installation [Quick FIX]

Many begginner game develoeprs error about unable to find suitable jdk installation in unity. No problem it can be solved using this easy solution. First make sure you installed JDK if not download and install now. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html Now you just need to set the path in window Environment 1) Goto the control panel 2) Open the System item 3) Click "Advanced system settings" in the left bar 4) A popup opens 5) Click the Environment Variables button 6) A popup opens 7) In the User variables for USERNAME area click the New. button 8 ) Enter JDK_HOME as Variable name, enter the jdk installation path, in my case C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_79\, this can be different in your pc 9) click Ok And you are done! Try building game and this time it will be fixed! see below image for more detail This is the simple guide on terror Unable to find suitable jdk installation hope you like it! S