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Jesse Schell
Game Dev Books
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
A lens-by-lens approach to thinking about game design.
Independent game studio
We craft worlds worth getting lost in.
Next Fiction Games builds playful, story-driven titles for mobile and desktop — and shares what we learn about game development along the way.
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Games from the studio
Announced, in development and released titles from Next Fiction Games.
Released
Branching runner
Branches Go
Every fork rewrites the road ahead — and you never see the path you didn't take.
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Released
Endless runner
Sky Surfer — Lone Journey
Ride the wind, dodge the peaks and keep a lone surfer gliding across an endless sky.
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Released
Hyper-casual arcade
Don't Touch Black — Ultimate Legacy Game
One rule, zero mercy: never touch the black tiles. How far does your focus last?
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In Development
Casual puzzle
Crossy Circle Round The Ball
Orbit, dodge, repeat — a circular twist on the crossing formula.
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From the dev blog
Release notes, gameplay write-ups and honest lessons from shipping games.
Guides
Oct 28, 2026
Five Unity settings that quietly wreck mobile performance
Texture compression, batching, occlusion and the three quality tiers that eat your frame budget before you've written a line of code.
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Studio
Oct 27, 2026
Branches Go: making a branching-path runner in a weekend game jam
48 hours, two designers, one idea: a runner where the road splits and you never see the path you didn't take.
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Devlog
Oct 26, 2026
What we learned shipping Don't Touch Black on iOS and Android
Store listings, soft launches and the uncomfortable truth about our first week numbers.
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Devlog
Oct 25, 2026
Design notes: building Sky Surfer — Lone Journey
How a simple tap-to-glide mechanic turned into our most downloaded title, and what we cut along the way.
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News
Oct 24, 2026
Future Games Show 2020 going live
The next major game reveal event is the Future Games Show, hosted by GamesRadar. Here is how to watch it live.
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News
Oct 22, 2026
GOG free game: Hitman: Absolution
Io-Interactive's murder simulation / action-adventure mix Hitman: Absolution makes a limited-time freebie appearance on GOG.
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Developer toolbox
Tools we actually use
Engines, asset pipelines, analytics and services that help small teams ship.
Free
★ 4.3
Audacity
Free audio editor for trimming, cleaning and exporting sound effects.
Freemium
★ 4.5
FMOD Studio
Adaptive audio middleware for games.
Free
★ 4.7
Tiled
A flexible level editor for 2D tile-based maps.
Free
★ 4.6
Krita
Free, open-source digital painting for concept art and textures.
Gear shop
Gear we recommend
Controllers, headsets, capture gear and game-dev books — hand-picked, with links to Amazon.
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Elgato
Streaming & Creator Gear
Elgato Stream Deck MK.2
Fifteen programmable keys for scenes, sounds and shortcuts.
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Sony
PlayStation
PlayStation DualSense Wireless Controller
Haptic feedback and adaptive triggers make every game feel different.
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Microsoft
Accessories
Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2
A premium, customisable controller for players who want every edge.
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