For your game to be successful, you need to create something that players come back to time after time. A player retention strategy can aid you in achieving this success. Follow these tips and your players will return to your app or game for more every time. 1. Make A Great First Impression Player retention means getting players to come …
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10 Simple Tips That Will Boost Your Player Retention! Updated in 2020.
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Release 3.5.0: Run your Qt and Felgo Apps in the Browser with WebAssembly (WASM)
Felgo 3.5.0 adds support for WebAssembly (WASM). This allows you to use Felgo and Qt to build applications that also run in the browser. With this update you get access to a new target platform, with the same source code and skills you already used to develop mobile, desktop and embedded apps with Felgo and Qt. Felgo for WebAssembly helps …
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How to avoid C++ models in Qt and why you should care
Many tools rely on web technologies like JavaScript and HTML for mobile app development. But a web view does not offer the performance, features and user experience of native apps. While the Qt framework is C++ based, you can also code with QML and JavaScript. In fact, you can create full apps without even touching C++. This post shows how to save …
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How to Expose a Qt C++ Class with Signals and Slots to QML
Application Development with QML is simple and powerful. But Qt C++ can be more performant, offers many features and is less error-prone. This post shows you how to create apps that take advantage of both languages. How to Communicate between C++ and QML Advantages of Coding in QML When to Use C++ Instead How to Access a C++ Object from …
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QML Hot Reload with Felgo Live for Qt
Beginning with the latest release of Felgo 3.4.0, developers can use QML Hot Reloading in their Qt and Felgo projects. This is a major step forward from QML Live Reload, available with the previous versions. Here are a few things you should know about QML Hot Reload, and how you can use it to speed up your development massively. The …
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How to Handle Safe Area Insets, Notch & Display Cutout for iPhone X, iPad X and Android P – 2020
More and more mobile devices feature a notch (or display cutout, as it is called on Android). To handle this little monster, mobile app developers now face many new challenges. The trend is spreading fast and many manufacturers already announced new 2018 models with edge-to-edge screens. For example with Android P devices like Essential Phone, OnePlus 6, Oppo R15 Pro, …
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Cool Names for Games: How to Pick the Best Title in 2020!
With the large volume of games now being released on the App Store and Google Play, cool names for games are going to get harder and harder to come by. And it’s easy to see why you need a cool name for your game. The name you choose will have a massive impact on how you market your game. It’s …
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The Best Free Music for Games – 19 Most Useful Sites for 2020
Every game needs music. For some developers, game music is just as important as their characters, game sounds, story line or UI. But equipment can be expensive, and recording is a tricky process. It takes time, talent and a budget to create an original soundtrack for a mobile game. And then there are developers that view music as an afterthought. …
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Release 3.3.0: Update to Qt 5.13.2 and Qt Creator 4.10.2, Jira Tima App Demo
Felgo 3.3.0 adds support for Qt 5.13.2 and Qt Creator 4.10.2, which brings many features and improvements and fixes. On top of that, you get access to a lot of new APIs and theming options on all supported platforms. Check out a new Jira time tracker demo application, that shows how to use several of the new APIs. Migration Hints …
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Qt World Summit 2019 & Open-Source Conference App
The Qt World Summit 2019 in Berlin is around the corner: it will take place from November 4th – 6th in bcc, the Berlin Congress Center right at Alexanderplatz. The Qt World Summit is the biggest Qt conference of the year and a great way to connect with other Qt developers to share experiences and learnings, and to get the …
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