Game development insights, tutorials, and updates from the Egmatic team.
Tilemap design is four decisions in order: tile size, tileset structure, autotiling and layers. This guide walks each one with defaults you can reuse.
Indie game development software compared on the ship layer: what each tool does after Export. Godot, Unity, GDevelop, Construct 3, GameMaker, Egmatic.
App store optimization for an indie game is 160 characters of indexed metadata on iOS, honest keyword copy on Android, and a listing that converts.
Five no-code AR tools for indie game devs in 2026: Snap Lens Studio, Blippbuilder, 8th Wall, Zapworks and Onirix, ranked by export reach and effort.
Thirty checks for the day your indie game goes live: store flips and regional prices, the waitlist email, creator keys, crash triage, and a hard stop.
A pre-launch game community is thirty people who show up on day one: a Steam page people follow, a Discord worth joining, devlogs, and a list you own.
A store-ready game trailer costs $0 in software: OBS Studio records, DaVinci Resolve cuts, free music scores. Steam, App Store and Play specs covered.
Kenney, itch.io, OpenGameArt and CraftPix head this map of free game asset libraries: what each holds, which license it uses, what you can legally ship.
Five of these six game UI tools cost nothing in 2026, and the sixth is $10.99 once. What each free plan limits, checked at the source in August 2026.
The five best tilemap editor tools for indie devs: Tiled, LDtk, Godot, Construct 3 and SpriteFusion — what's free, and which one fits your engine.
You can cover a whole game's audio for free. Audacity and ChipTone handle the tools; Kenney, Freesound and Sonniss supply CC0 sounds. Mind the licenses.
How to start pixel art for games: pick a free editor or Aseprite, work at 16-32 px, keep the palette under 16 colors, export crisp PNGs for your engine.