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How can I effectively manage a hobby game project?

When should I use a fixed or variable time step?

What is the role of "systems" in a component-based entity architecture?

Why is it so bad to optimize too early?

What should a main game loop do?

What are some programming design patterns that are useful in game development? [closed]

How does entity communication work?

Why do we move the world instead of the camera?

How do I create 2D water with dynamic waves?

What is the point of update independent rendering in a game loop?

How does a collision engine work?

How does one make games playable before they are fully downloaded?

How can I optimise a Minecraft-esque voxel world?

Pathfinding for fleeing

What is ambient occlusion?

Algorithms for rainfall + river creation in procedurally generated terrain

How are voxel terrain engines made?

How to avoid the GameManager god object?

How do Raymarch shaders work?

What are the best resources on multi-threaded game or game engine design and development? [closed]

How to create adjustable formula for RPG level up requirements?

Water/Ocean simulation and physics

How AAA games use this texture in the tone-mapping shader?

Maximum audio delay before the player notices?

Why is it bad to hard-code content?

How can I procedurally render irregularly shaped health bars?

What makes a game look "good"? [closed]

How do you author HDR content?

How did EA DICE create destructible environments in Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3? [closed]

Given a RGB color x, how to find the most contrasting color y? [duplicate]