The first project of the independent Yaroslavl studio Tigrido – a strategy about the management of the “banana republic” – will be released on the App Store next week.

Students and schoolchildren will be able to use Maya, Maya LT, Mudbox and MotionBuilder and many other programs for free, – such a statement appeared on the official Autodesk website.

How mobile game advertising on Russian television can affect downloads and revenue, App2Top.ru Sergey Babaev, Director of Business Development at Nekki, told us.

Maintaining morale in a creative development team is quite a difficult task. The head of the 22Cans studio, Peter Molyneux, as well as the heads of InnoGames, Christoph Schmidt and Fabio Lo Zito, discussed in an interview with Develop-online how to prevent developers from running away after the project is launched.

Let’s not be original: a simple and intuitive UI is one of the key elements of a good game. Resource Develop-online.net I have compiled into one list eight of the most popular systems for creating a user interface. 

Many popular games today have received the “green light” largely due to venture financing. One of the recent successful examples is the Finnish Seriously (developers of Best Fiends), which at the end of November brought the total number of raised investments to $ 10 million. In this regard, we decided to ask domestic investors about whether it is realistic to get money in Russia today to create a game. 

Money is needed to create a game. It’s no secret to anyone. Today, even more money is often needed to promote the game. This is also, like, not a secret. Therefore, for many, the main question turns out to be: where and how to get funds for the creation and advertising of the project?

Dan Potter, the creator of the infamous Draw Something, is launching a new application, writes Re/code.

How to choose which conferences to go to, and why Winter Nights and White Nights should be on your list,” said Yulia Lebedeva, Business Development Director at Nevosoft.

Central materials of last week: how the case ended “Mail.ru against the tax service”, how to make a good sequel, according to what principles to choose a card format for a casual game, for how much to sell a paid application, the principle of pricing in free-to-play games, and much more.

Nothing to play on the weekend? Pay attention to our brief Friday selection. It includes: The Last War, Bruce Lee, 2 Cars and Dice Heroes.

The Wargaming company, with the support of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, has released a free game without IAP, and even on Unreal Engine.

In Russia, companies selling paid digital products do not pay VAT. But in the case of shareware projects, 18% cannot be retained. The last six months Mail.ru I tried to stop this practice. But she didn’t succeed.

The Gamasutra resource regularly publishes articles by developers, art directors and game designers about the industry. We choose the most interesting ones and share them with you. In today’s article, Junxue Li, CEO of Novtilus Art studio, shares his thoughts on what kind of maps there are for mobile games and how to choose the format that suits your project specifically. 

Today, it is not uncommon for a publisher or developer to port their old game to mobile platforms. Not always the result can be called successful, but at least it allows holders of an older IP to earn a little, given that any such release attracts a lot of attention from both the press and the editors of app stores. 

Next up is a new selection of fresh releases! Today we have: Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath, BattleLore: Command, Dwelp, Dynasty of Dungeons and Rescue Quest.

The year is coming to an end, which means that analytical resources will make forecasts for 2015. Smaato decided to be one of the first to try to predict how the mobile advertising market will develop in the coming months. However, on the basis of well-known information and with non-obvious conclusions.

Recently, we have been increasingly touching on the topic of IP. Several interviews have already been published on our pages devoted directly to how you can start working with major brands. But at the same time, we hardly touched on the topic of why it is necessary to spend time and effort on attracting brands today.