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Are you a US-based developer with a complete or near complete PC title? Submit your game to Intel for testing and get in he running for amazing prizes:

http://gamedev.io/RGOI-Contest

Is OOP making your programs less performant and harder to reason about and maintain?

http://gamedev.io/qVF03

How to implement custom UI meshes in #Unity:

https://www.gamedev.net/articles/programming/engines-and-middleware/how-to-implement-custom-ui-meshes-in-unity-r5017/

Are you a US-based #gamedev with a complete or nearly complete PC game?

We're excited to have partnered with Intel to bring you a contest with awesome prizes including marketing, a distribution and publishing meeting, hardware, and more!

Check out the full details:
https://www.gamedev.net/contests/rgoicontest2018

Audio professional and GameDev.net moderator Nathan Madsen shares 5 things he wished he had in his contracts sooner. Mainly aimed at audio professionals, but largely relevant to any freelancer:

https://www.gamedev.net/articles/audio/music-and-sound-fx/madsens-musings-ep10-5-things-i-wish-id-put-in-my-contract-sooner-r5012/

From the archives - an introduction to octrees:

https://www.gamedev.net/articles/programming/general-and-gameplay-programming/introduction-to-octrees-r3529/

Model organic shapes (such as creatures) quickly and easily with the Skin Modifier in Blender:
http://gamedev.io/yhG9N

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Flexible room layout algorithm:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/9pyk94/flexible_room_layout_algorithm_projects_of_some/

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Looking for a good explanation of quaternions? Check out this great explanation and examples:

https://eater.net/quaternions

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Looking for a job as an engine programmer?

https://gamedev.jobs/job/dragons-lake-entertainment-kiev-c-senior-engine-programmer-game-development-3/

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A different approach to difficulty in #game design:

https://www.gamedev.net/articles/game-design/game-design-and-theory/game-design-a-different-approach-to-difficulty-r4992/

Want to make games, but don't know how to program? There are still options:

https://www.gamedev.net/articles/programming/general-and-gameplay-programming/how-to-make-games-without-programming-r4987/

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Frictional Games are looking for a tools programmer:

https://gamedev.jobs/job/frictional-games-europe-tools-programmer/

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#gamedev Tutorial: Reverse-Normal 3d Outlines:

https://www.gamedev.net/articles/visual-arts/reverse-normal-3d-outline-tutorial-r4979/

Using code from the recently popular presentation by @aras as a base for his example, GDNet moderator and industry pro Brooke Hodgman opines on the differences between the unfortunately popular "bad" OOP, and properly structured OOP design:

https://www.gamedev.net/blogs/entry/2265481-oop-is-dead-long-live-oop/

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Looking for a great project to push yourself and develop your skills? Try the latest Gamedev Challenge - create a "frogger" game.

https://www.gamedev.net/blogs/entry/2265494-fall-2018-gamedev-challenge-frogger/

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In our latest featured (video!) article, audio professional and our very own Music & Sound forum moderator Nathan Madsen talks about being "hypercritical" of your work. It's aimed at audio professionals, but the concept applies to everyone!

https://www.gamedev.net/articles/audio/music-and-sound-fx/madsens-musings-ep1-are-you-hyper-critical-r4978/

#gamedev #gamemusic #music

Check out our latest feature: 7 UX Lessons From The Trenches!

https://www.gamedev.net/articles/game-design/ux-for-games/7-ux-lessons-from-the-trenches-r4969/

We'd love to feature YOUR #gamedev articles too - get in touch if you're interested in publishing with us! :)

A look at fixing time step in Godot:

https://www.gamedev.net/blogs/entry/2265460-fixing-your-timestep-and-evaluating-godot/

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In our latest featured article, we take a look at efficient instancing when streaming assets for a large (or infinite) level:

https://www.gamedev.net/articles/programming/graphics/efficient-instancing-in-a-streaming-scenario-r4966/

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We're always looking for more authors, if you're interested in publishing with us please reach out! :)