App Store Update: February 8
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention. Game Debuts Dragon Keeper ($0.99) This casual PC dragon raising title is now on iOS. It has more depth than appears at first glance...

App Store Update: February 7
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention. Game Debuts Timeline ($2.99) Timeline is a unique historical puzzle/party g...

'December Project' trio, DLSU Lipa lad rule Manila Game Jam 2012
Under 48-hour time pressure, 191 Filipino game developers gathered at two Metro Manila campus sites over the weekend and churned out 41 piping-hot new computer games in a 48-nation challenge with at least 11,000 cyberspace gladiators huddled in 247 separate sites worldwide.

Getting your feet wet in Android's SoundPool
William Francis explains how the Android SoundPool library may save you from being accused of writing "an old man" app.

In-depth: Abusing C++ with expression templates
[In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, software engineer Don Olmstead starts off his Abusing C++ metaprogramming series by examining expression templates with a valarray implementation.] Abusing C++ is an exploration of how far a compiler can be pushed using metaprogramming techniques. Templates are typically frowned upon in game development due to the additional complexity and the ...