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Go
and Ebitengine
Here someone summarized the first third of our course in one 20ish page post
Starting
as an indie Dev: be careful
Some 'you should know about this and be careful' advice for aspiring indie game developers.
Starting
as an indie Dev: the Good
Some 'you should do this' advice for aspiring indie game developers.
A
Solo Success story
this is the most successful solo game dev I know of in the last year, a lot of things had to go right, but with a good game, you can make a decent living.
Game
engine usage Analysis
This article from gamedeveloper.com looks at game engine usage and money for games
The
Unity Fallout Continues
As Unity makes "adjustments" to its new cost structure, some developers are returning to Unity, some are not.
AI
Art is not copy writable
The US constitution says Intellectual property laws protect the intellectual creations of people for the express purpose of getting more creative work into the public domain. AI creations are not from people so they cannot be covered by copyright.
The
death of Unity?
Unity is changing their terms with the new version. They are now going to charge royalties for every copy sold. Will this be the death knell of Unity?
The
Red Cross and War Crimes in Games
Every five years or so the Red Cross goes around to game publishers and outlets to raise awareness of War Crimes in an attempt to make them less easy to do in games
The Itch.io Game Jam Calendar
Itch.io maintaines a pretty good calender of game jams going on at any one time