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How did Rust make $1 million in Steam revenue in a day - twice?  
by Gamasutra Staff [01.13.21]
Wouldn’t it be nice to make $1 million gross on your Steam game.. in one day? Maybe many, many years after your game originally came out? That's what Rust did the other week. Twice. But how?
Business/Marketing, Design, Production, Console/PC, Indie
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Nova Drift - arcade space combat roguelite, Geometry Wars meets Asteroids meets randomly generated ‘runs’ - had a really good holiday season sales-wise. But why? We look into it.
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GDC 2021's Core Concepts submissions are closing today  
by Staff [01.11.21]
Today is the last day to submit your talk for GDC 2021's Core Concepts section. Get your submissions in before time runs out!
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Video: Audio choreography for battle design  
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Discount strategy: your key post-launch game discovery tool  
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So, when your game has been released, how do you get people to keep talking about it or buying it? Discounts are key, but are you looking at comparables, & do you have a methodical strategy?
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Game Dev Digest Issue #77 - Modelling and more. The latest from the free weekly #Unity3d/#gamedev newsletter.
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Compilation Visualizer: Uncover These Iteration Time Killers  
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Learn how to measure your assembly compilation times to uncover these time robbers that are making you release a worse game.
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How did Rust make $1 million in Steam revenue in a day - twice?  
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Getting your big break - 2021 edition (Video game music composer)  
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