PLAYSOFT’S BLOG

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How To Test User Experience Before Mobile Game Launch – Introduction To Playtesting

WHY PLAYTESTING IS SO IMPORTANT Designing a game is a complicated process that should always be performed by qualified and talented people. But even the greatest minds in the field can’t fully prepare the product for the unavoidable collision with the user base. Any kind of expectations or educated guesswork tends to bring very surprising […]

PRODUCTION BLOG

Authoritative Server with Photon on-Premise for a Sailing Game

Hi, I’m Bogdan, and I’m going to walk you through the first part of a four-part series on our project with Virtual Regatta in re-creating their web browser game, Virtual Regatta Inshore. This first post will focus on our utilization of an authoritative server with Photon on-Premise. About Virtual Regatta Inshore Virtual Regatta Inshore is […]

GDC 2017

Now that I’ve shaken off the last of the jet lag, I thought I would sit down and quickly write up my thoughts on GDC 2017 in San Francisco this year. It is always amazing to walk around the different buildings of the Moscone Center and cross thousands of people wearing the GDC badge, rushing […]

3 Books You Should Read Before Implementing Lean Software Development

Lean Software Development. Agile Production. Everything’s starting to feel a bit buzzwordy, isn’t it? Something we’ll attest to is that a lean approach has changed our production operations for the better. We’re still learning, of course, as are many of the people who join our company. To help with that, we have three foundational books […]

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Google Daydream to Samsung Gear VR: A Story of Virtual Reality Transformation

Hi, I’m Dominik, and I would like to share with you some details about our first virtual reality project. This is cutting-edge technology which is leading to game creation for VR-only games as well as to transformation from mobile platforms to VR platforms. INTRODUCTION The virtual reality boom began when cardboard first appeared. The community noticed […]

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Playlive: Playsoft’s Platform as a Service

Hello, I’m Rafał, one of the developers behind Playlive, our server-side solution for all of our games. Today I will tell you how we add new features to our platform. THE PLATFORM So what is Playlive? Playlive is a platform as a service (PaaS) which helps in game development. The platform is a server-side solution […]

Playsoft’s Development Methodology: The First Date

It started like any other day. I was thinking about what all CEOs think about – the possibility of finding a robust development methodology to become more efficient; to improve our production processes. On this particular day, I was scheduled to visit the offices of a local software company in Paris. This company had supposedly […]

The Game Development Methodology That Changed Our Lives

Finding the right game development methodology is a challenge that every game development studio faces. Some ways of working allow the production team to have full reign over their creative processes without a timeline while others turn their employees into robots. Now, before you think I’m going to spout off a bunch of nonsense about […]

INSIDE PLAYSOFT

Finally it’s finished!!

Here you can take a look on new face of Hala Olivia: http://trojmiasto.tv/Iluminacja-Hali-Olivia-18578.html To some of you who might not know: inside you can practice or just have fun on ice skates during the winter time It’s open for everyone on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays at 10:30am, 12:00pm, 1:30pm, 3:00pm, 4:30pm, 6:00pm, 7:30pm. Single […]

Free weekend in Code School

Free courses this weekend at Code School  https://www.codeschool.com/free-weekend Submitted by Anna Mazur Anna Mazur cuddly anna.mazur@playsoft.fr

Codingame

Cool site worth checking out https://www.codingame.com/start   Submitted by Anna Mazur Anna Mazur Yes anna.mazur@playsoft.fr