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Jesse Schell
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The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
A lens-by-lens approach to thinking about game design.
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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.
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Casual stress relief
Wreckwell: Stress Relief Game
Break objects with satisfying material effects, then reset with guided breathing and private mood notes.
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Arcade bike racing
Dino Bike Escape: Sewer Run
Race through dark sewers, leap over obstacles, and outrun the dinosaurs on your tail.
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Branching runner
Branches Go
Every fork rewrites the road ahead — and you never see the path you didn't take.
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Arcade flight
Lonewing: Island Flight
Fly through a dreamy sky of floating islands, steer around obstacles, and collect every glowing blob.
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From the dev blog
Release notes, gameplay write-ups and honest lessons from shipping games.
Nov 10, 2026
Investigative Report: Megaspeed & Espionage Crisis
The Megaspeed Operational Facade Collapse How hyper-converged cloud infrastructure and high-level human counterintelligence assets bypassed global semiconductor export controls. By Next Fiction Games Newsroom Verified Intelligence Briefing...
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Nov 10, 2026
Mobile Game Retention in 2026: A Practical Guide for Indie Developers | Next Fiction Games
A mobile game does not become successful simply because thousands of people install it. The real test begins after the download: do players understand the game, enjoy the first session, return tomorrow and find a reason to keep playing? For...
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Nov 9, 2026
Android Dev Summit Tools for Game Teams: Faster Profiles, Safer Builds
What the latest Android tooling means for game teams that need faster performance feedback without weakening release safety.
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Nov 8, 2026
What Android Dev Summit 2026 Means for Game Developers
Android's latest developer tools focus on faster iteration, XR testing and AI-assisted workflows. Here is the practical game-development angle.
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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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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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