A Shore Bet: Outsourcing Game Development
Onshore, Offshore or Nearshore - Which is Best? How to navigate and choose the ideal game developers for your needs Is outsourcing the same as offshoring? Outsourcing as a practice has always been there in…
A Treatise On Game Alpha Aesthetics
We all know what beauty is. Dewdrops on roses. An explosive sunset. The Legend of Zelda… To me, the greatest beauty is climbing mountains. At the top of the world, surrounded by alpine lakes and…
A FREE Game Design Doc Template
While we adore games here at Double Coconut and would probably make 'em for nothing if we could, we need to charge a modest sum to cover our time. In order to give you an…
The Flappy Bird that Laid the Golden Egg: Success in Hyper-Casual Games
Here are some slides from a little talk I gave about "how to be successful making hyper-casual games" from the 2019 Game Development Conference. Hyper-casual games are one of the (few) viable success stories in…
Can A Simple Mobile Game Make Money Just By Showing Ads?
Ads can be hugely successful, but you need to start with the math. At our outsourced game-dev studio Double Coconut we like to start by working with clients to not only build a high-quality yet…