Indie game studio and software consultancy focused on playful experiences and reliable tools.https://brutalhack.comhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/fire-tv-hardware-overviewhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/fire-tv-hardware-overviewLet's have a look at all Fire TV devices and determine which devices we want to target and which devices you should deprecate.Thu, 19 May 2022 15:47:46 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/unity-avoid-enable-preprocessor-symbolshttps://brutalhack.com/blog/unity-avoid-enable-preprocessor-symbolsUnity allows us to define custom scripting define symbols. Here we explain why you should avoid naming them with the "ENABLE_" prefix.Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:40:00 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/low-maintenance-hosting-in-the-cloudhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/low-maintenance-hosting-in-the-cloudOperating servers costs time and money. Luckily, serverless functions and managed servers can help us stay focussed on product development.Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:52:24 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/doki-doki-ragnarok-release-delayed-to-valentines-dayhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/doki-doki-ragnarok-release-delayed-to-valentines-dayWe're sorry to announce that our release date will be delayed to February 14th, 2022. With that said, we are making steady progress!Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:35:57 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/games/doki-doki-ragnarok-steamhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/games/doki-doki-ragnarok-steamWe are excited to announce, that Doki Doki Ragnarok is coming to Steam! Wishlist now to get notified when it's released.Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:26:44 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/games/open-sourcing-9-game-jam-projectshttps://brutalhack.com/blog/games/open-sourcing-9-game-jam-projectsToday we are releasing the source code to all of our game jam projects on github. All projects are implemented in Unity and are developed cross-platform, following our Cross-Platform Guidelines.Sat, 27 Feb 2021 10:19:10 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/bouncerhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/bouncerBouncer provides lightweight runtime-only "contracts" for .Net applications. The main use-case is to validate parameters of important methods.Sat, 20 Feb 2021 14:20:32 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/one-click-deployments-for-small-projectshttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/one-click-deployments-for-small-projectsSometimes automated deployments are too expensive. Let me show you how I deploy small projects with a one-click deployment script.Sun, 08 Nov 2020 17:00:00 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/software-release-checklistshttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/software-release-checklistsSoftware engineers often aren't taught about releasing software. Therefore I want to share my software release checklist with you.Mon, 12 Oct 2020 07:42:00 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/testing-your-software-with-style-and-structurehttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/testing-your-software-with-style-and-structureLet's have a look at structured unit, integration and system testing, inspired by the V-Model used in automotive development.Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:57:00 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/build-servershttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/build-serversIn this tutorial we will setup a simple build server, which can build a C# hello world project for macOS and linux, verifying your cross-platform compatibility.Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:06:00 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/cross-platform-scriptinghttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/cross-platform-scriptingScripting is the fastest way to get stuff done. And of course there is a cross-platform solution: Let's get started with PowerShell Core.Sun, 12 Jul 2020 15:00:00 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/command-line-basicshttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/command-line-basicsGet started with command line basics for windows, macOS and Linux. They share a common set of commands, too.Sun, 14 Jun 2020 16:00:00 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/getting-started-with-devopshttps://brutalhack.com/blog/devops/getting-started-with-devopsWhat is DevOps and how can you get started?Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:00:00 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/polish-jams-making-of-doki-doki-ragnarokhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/polish-jams-making-of-doki-doki-ragnarokSeeing the popularity of our viking dating sim, we asked ourselves: "Can we make this bigger without investing too much time?" And so the Idea of the Polish Jam was born.Wed, 04 Mar 2020 07:00:16 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/game-jam-1o1https://brutalhack.com/blog/game-jam-1o1We love game jams and we would like to share our passion. Here are some basics to start with. If you have more questions you can find us in discord.Sat, 23 Nov 2019 01:22:26 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/website-relaunch-2017https://brutalhack.com/blog/website-relaunch-2017Hi Guys, It's been a while since our last article. Last year had many surprises in store for us. We finished our Master's theses and our time at university. During the writing phasSun, 12 Feb 2017 17:08:07 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/our-experiment-designhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/our-experiment-designHey guys, our SARSA-based learning AI is making great progress! We have our first experiment results and have begun further tweaking of our experiment setups. As our experiments alMon, 30 Nov 2015 22:12:23 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/how-to-develop-for-cross-platformhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/how-to-develop-for-cross-platformHey guys, the current work on our learning AI for Project Aleron is coming along nicely, but we won't have anything exciting to show you until next month. We have a big update comiWed, 28 Oct 2015 20:07:49 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/performance-optimization-for-unity-and-java-developershttps://brutalhack.com/blog/performance-optimization-for-unity-and-java-developersHey guys, in our blog article Implementing our Learning AI we mentioned that we optimized the calculation time for AI battles from 4 seconds to under 100ms! We want to show you howFri, 25 Sep 2015 13:42:59 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/implementing-our-learning-aihttps://brutalhack.com/blog/implementing-our-learning-aiHey guys, we’re very excited to introduce the initial version of our Machine Learning AI for Project Aleron. We will explain our architecture and how the AI works. We hope to proviSun, 23 Aug 2015 16:45:34 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/machine-learning-in-gameshttps://brutalhack.com/blog/machine-learning-in-gamesHey Guys, our upcoming article will be about our implementation of a learning AI for Project Aleron. As this topic is rather complicated, we wrote up an introduction to machine leaSun, 09 Aug 2015 19:41:32 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/client-server-architecturehttps://brutalhack.com/blog/client-server-architectureHey guys, in this months article we show you our client-server architecture in Project Aleron and give you valuable tips for networking in games ;) Our Client-Server Architecture PSun, 19 Jul 2015 16:09:56 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/items-and-skills-in-project-aleronhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/items-and-skills-in-project-aleronHey guys, in our previous articles we told you how we decided to use jMonkey Engine and why we use it. Today we will get back to talking about the game itself again. We want to shoMon, 22 Jun 2015 20:24:31 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/why-we-use-jmonkeyenginehttps://brutalhack.com/blog/why-we-use-jmonkeyengineHey guys, Some people asked us why we chose jMonkeyEngine 3 (we call it jMonkey) for our Project Aleron. Especially because we collected experience with Unity in the last months. TSun, 17 May 2015 21:52:22 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/alerons-map-editorhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/alerons-map-editorHey guys, last time we showed you the video below of our map editor and promised to share more details on it. This topic is a little technical, so we will try to link tutorials/wikSun, 19 Apr 2015 13:06:50 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/games/aleronhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/games/aleronProject Aleron started off in 2012 as an effort to improve our programming skills and aim very high: A turn-based MMORPG. From 2012 to 2016, we developed a Prototype using jMonkeyESun, 15 Mar 2015 18:00:14 GMThttps://brutalhack.com/blog/project-aleronhttps://brutalhack.com/blog/project-aleronThree Students take their chance at an MMORPG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKPJdk50XXE Hello, we are BrutalHack and today we would like to introduce you to our Team and our ProjSun, 15 Mar 2015 12:10:26 GMT