Merge Game Design: Merge-2, Merge-3 and Drop-Merge Explained
Build a satisfying merge game with readable transformations, meaningful space decisions, fair pacing, and a metagame that gives every merge a purpose.
Devlogs & Studio News
Behind-the-scenes game mechanics, art retrospectives, and insights from the indie trenches.
Vietnam’s Game Industry in 2026: Mobile Games, Talent and Studio Partnerships
Why Vietnam became a mobile game hub, what Da Nang contributes, and how to evaluate a studio partnership with clear costs and publishing responsibilities.
Juice Fruit Devlog: A Cozy Jar Puzzle Comes to itch.io
Nam Bui shares the physics, level tuning, Chef Bunny art, and platform work behind Juice Fruit, now playable free in your browser on itch.io.
How to Distribute an Indie Game in 2026: App Stores, Web Portals and Soft Launch
Google Play testing tracks, App Store review, web portals like Poki and CrazyGames, soft launch markets, ASO and privacy rules, with a launch checklist from our studio.
Puzzle Game Design: How to Make Casual Puzzles Players Can't Put Down
Clear rules, aha moments, juicy feedback, sawtooth difficulty curves and fair boosters: what makes casual puzzles satisfying, with notes on match-3, merge and block puzzles.
Hyper-Casual Games in 2026: What Still Works (and What Hybrid-Casual Changed)
What hyper-casual games are, how hybrid-casual changed the genre, and how to prototype, run CPI tests, read D1/D7 retention and mix rewarded ads with IAP.
Trails and Particle Effects in three.js: Ribbons, Pools and Additive Glow
How we build tapered ribbon trails and pooled, one-draw-call particle systems in three.js, with diagrams of every step and a live demo you can steer.
Spinning 3D Characters in three.js: Turntables, Drag-to-Rotate and Smooth Facing
A character viewer that feels good in the hand: a pivot turntable, drag with inertia, and quaternion slerp so turning to face a direction never takes the long way round.
Building a Parallax 2D Platformer in Plain JavaScript
Layered parallax backgrounds, a fixed-timestep game loop, coyote time and a smooth camera: a playable canvas platformer with no libraries, explained step by step.