Gaming & Game Dev
Insights from the Cinetoon Lab
Process notes on Unity and Unreal production, looks into our publishing pipeline, and practical lessons from running a boutique studio in Gujarat.
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Unity Tutorial
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Jan 15, 2025
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12 min read
How to Create an Endless Runner in Unity
A complete step-by-step guide to building your first endless runner game in Unity. Perfect for beginners looking to create engaging mobile games.
Unity Tutorial
Game Development
Mobile Games
Learn how to create an endless runner game in Unity from scratch. This comprehensive tutorial covers player movement, obstacles, scoring system, and optimization tips for mobile games.
Perfect for developers who have basic knowledge of Unity and C# scripting.
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Game Design
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Jan 10, 2025
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10 min read
Top 5 Indie Game Ideas for 2025
Explore innovative game concepts perfect for solo developers and small teams. These creative ideas combine unique mechanics with achievable scope for indie developers.
Game Design
Indie Development
Creative Ideas
Discover five compelling indie game ideas that offer great potential for success while remaining achievable for independent developers. Each concept includes core mechanics, target audience, and development considerations.
Perfect for solo developers and small teams looking to create unique gaming experiences.
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Industry Analysis
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Jan 5, 2025
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15 min read
The Future of Indie Games in 2025
Exploring emerging trends, technologies, and opportunities shaping the independent game development landscape. What does the future hold for indie developers?
Industry Analysis
Game Development
Trends
Comprehensive analysis of the trends, technologies, and market dynamics that will shape the future of indie game development. Understanding these factors is crucial for developers looking to succeed.
Covers emerging technologies, platform trends, marketing challenges, and future opportunities.
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Industry Analysis
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Jan 1, 2025
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18 min read
Game Development in India 2025
A comprehensive overview of the rapidly growing game development industry in India. Explore opportunities, challenges, and the future landscape for Indian game developers.
Industry Analysis
India
Game Development
India's game development industry has experienced remarkable growth, emerging as one of the fastest-growing gaming markets globally. Discover market trends, opportunities, and challenges facing Indian developers.
Covers market size, development hubs, opportunities, challenges, and future prospects.
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Unity
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Nov 18, 2025
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8 min read
Building LiveOps Friendly Unity Projects
Addressables, remote config, and instrumentation tips so every post-launch tweak happens without a redeploy.
Unity
LiveOps
Mobile
Learn how we structure content packs, toggles, and dashboards to keep free-to-play titles agile.
Includes guard-rail playbooks and rollback rituals.
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Publishing
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Oct 07, 2025
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10 min read
Shipping Indie Games from India
The milestone checklist we complete before pitching APAC or MENA publishers.
Publishing
Business
India
Prototype metrics, localisation plans, soft-launch budgets, and honest pitch decks.
Built for studios chasing regional publishing partners.
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Art
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Sep 15, 2025
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6 min read
Concept Art Pipelines When AI Joins
Guard rails for Midjourney explorations, paint-over sprints, and client transparency.
Art
AI
Production
See how we tag prompts, manage PSDs, and reassure stakeholders that humans stay in control.
Perfect for art leads blending traditional and AI workflows.
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UX
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Aug 30, 2025
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7 min read
Designing Telemetry Loops for UX Decisions
How Mixpanel funnels, heatmaps, and moderated interviews work in tandem.
UX
Analytics
Design
Build dashboards that live beside design docs so teams react to evidence, not gut feel.
Includes research cadences and alerting tips.
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Console
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Aug 05, 2025
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9 min read
Our Console Porting Checklist
The optimization passes, certification swim lanes, and patch rehearsals we run before submission.
Console
Optimization
Production
Includes performance profiling tactics, QA accountability, and day-one patch drills.
Use it as a pre-cert audit list.
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