While writing a batch file to remove stray Thumb.db files from my Ookibloks data, I figured it would be a good time to do a little extra content optimization. If, like Ookibloks, you happen to use PNG for your game’s textures, you may have a lot to gain by way of the PNG compression strategy […]

Icons and how they appear in your target OS are the sort of thing you don’t think much about until you actually have to make them. This was definitely the case for me after I prepped a build of Ookibloks and noticed that the icon was blurry. Looking more closely at how icons behave on […]

Despite our best efforts, Thumbs.db (a hidden file that Windows uses to store Explorer thumbnails for all the images in a folder) often manages to sneak its way into game data folders. At least, that has been the case for me while putting together build scripts for Ookibloks. Before potentially releasing a build with one […]