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Designing Zero-GC Hot Paths in .NET With Explicit Memory Ownership

A practical guide to allocation-free hot paths, unmanaged memory, reusable buffers, and Zero-GC architecture in modern .NET, APIs, and Unity games.
shattered.io

Google, Unity Debut Spark, an AI Game Maker for 18+ [2026]

Google and Unity launched Spark, an AI game maker gated to users 18+. Here is what it means for indie developers and Unity's ...

10 Little-Known Cozy Games From Famous Developers

If you're looking for relaxing experiences with guaranteed quality, I recommend these ten little-known cozy games from famous ...

Unity Stock In Focus After Google AI Game Creation Partnership

Google and Unity Software previously announced a partnership to build an AI-powered game creation platform called Unity Spark, combining Google’s AI research, large consumer ecosystem, and Unity’s ...

10 Best Strategy Games That You Need to Play in Fall 2026

He began writing about games in 2013 through public forums, reviews, news, and opinion pieces, before moving into ...
shattered.io

Dean Hall’s Brutal Ships Free, Powers 6 Games [2026]

DayZ creator Dean Hall and RocketWerkz release Brutal, a free open-source C# game framework already used in six projects, ...
romaniajournal

Why People Connect With Online Video Games That Tell a Story

Research says that storytelling in video games results from the combination of narrative, mechanics, and context.

Designing Exciting Rituals Starting with a 'Ready, Set, Go'—Designing 'Rituals' to Synchronize Player Experiences and Create a Sense of Unity

Nice to meet you, or thank you for returning. We are Kaku and Maru from Kakumaru Games.In board games, there are moments when ...

Google Playground lets you create games with no coding experience — here's my first game

With the unexpected launch of a new game creation platform by Google that uses AI, I ended up making something that I hope some gamers find fun ...

What is Unity Spark? An easy-to-understand explanation of the new service from Unity and Google that lets you create and publish games in your browser

What is Unity Spark? How is it different from Unity?On October 7, 2026, Unity partnered with Google to announce "Unity Spark.
Eurogamer

Google and Unity unveil gen-AI game-making platforms, and demonstrate one of them with depressingly rubbish "dream game" Space Corridor

Google and Unity yesterday announced new generative-AI game-making platforms designed to make and shape games by inputting ...
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This indie game about AI doesn't use gen-AI but features a lot of content from real people and creators

It's partly why the indie devs behind Limerence, a branching narrative thriller about an AI partner decided to explicitly declare on their Steam page that no gen AI has been used in the game's ...