Game development insights, tutorials, and updates from the Egmatic team.
Jitter, tunneling and floaty jumps are setup mistakes, not bugs. Eight fixes: meters not pixels, fixed timestep, correct body type, CCD on fast bodies.
Fix physics bugs by method: debug draw, isolate, read the symptom. Tunneling: step exceeds collider. Jitter: overlapping bodies the solver can't settle.
Single-platform releases rarely pay off. Xbox games ship on PlayStation, Sony titles hit PC same day, and modern engines reach desktop, mobile and console.
GameMaker in 2026: worth it for 2D — $99.99 one-time to sell, no royalties, GML and drag-and-drop. Console export needs the $79.99/month Enterprise plan.
Android game won't publish? The cause is one of five: version code, AAB format, signing key, policy violation, or the 12-tester 14-day closed-testing gate.
The best game monetization platform depends on your model: AdMob for ads, RevenueCat for subscriptions, Xsolla for web shops. Here is how to choose.
Most rejected iOS games fail for crashes, incomplete metadata, wrong privacy details, or spam. Test on real devices and declare every SDK to ship clean.
Code doesn't kill creativity — slow code-only loops do. Visual tools cut the feedback tax and let non-programmers iterate. The winning move is hybrid.
MonoGame suits solo devs who want a free, royalty-free C# framework for desktop, mobile, and console. Stardew Valley sold 50M+ copies, built solo.
Ten GameMaker alternatives for 2026: Godot, GDevelop, Construct 3, Defold, MonoGame, Bevy and more — with a three-year total cost table.
Real-time preview updates the scene as you edit it — no build, no Play button. Feedback that fast makes trying any idea nearly free, so you iterate more.
MonoGame is a framework, not an engine, yet it shipped Stardew Valley (50M+ copies), Celeste, and Streets of Rage 4 among the biggest indie hits.