Xelabyte Studios

We build fun, polished games and digital experiences designed to keep people playing, exploring and coming back.
Creators of @merjup_game

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

@GamewithDave

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

@Giulio6686 @merjup_game

[TechawkNG @Techawk_NG]

Nigerian studio @xelabytestudios has launched MerjUp, a free mobile puzzle game.

Players toss cans, merge matching ones and climb through higher tiers. It is on Google Play now.

https://t.co/dha2BsAMEy

#MerjUp #Xelabyte #NigerianGaming #MobileGames #Techawkng

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

Performance problems have a way of forcing clarity.

When MerjUp reached the limits of the original physics setup, the architecture had to change.

#Performance #GameDevelopment

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

The more we build, the more obvious it becomes that game development is equal parts product, engineering and iteration.

The player only sees the final few seconds of that process.

#GameDev #GameStudio

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

We've shipped MerjUp 1.1.3! 🥫

The team has been working on smoother physics, faster rendering, new merge effects, and a better rewards experience.

Go check out what @merjup_game has been building.

https://t.co/LYZ9pGwyEE

#MerjUp #GameDev

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

A studio gets better every time a painful problem becomes a documented process.

That’s the part of shipping the first title we value most.

#GameStudio #GameDev

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

The first title is teaching us what the second title should not have to teach us from scratch.

That’s one of the most useful parts of shipping early.

#GameStudio #IndieGameDev

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

We’re learning Unity while still improving a React Native game.

Different tools. Same goal: build better games.

#Unity #ReactNative #GameDevelopment

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

A small team forces you to understand the whole product, not just your own layer.

That’s been one of the biggest side effects of building our first title.

#GameStudio #GameDevelopment

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

MerjUp is our first title, which means a lot of the studio’s operating knowledge is being built in real time.

Every bug, release and rejection teaches us something useful for the next one.

#GameStudio #IndieGameDev

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

Shipping a game gave us a much better appreciation for all the systems outside the game itself.

Stores. Analytics. Ads. Updates. Support. Infrastructure.

#GameStudio #GameDevelopment

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

Our game @merjup_game has reached 900 players. 🎉

300 more since our last celebration. Thank you for playing and sharing what we’re building from Nigeria.

https://t.co/LYZ9pGwyEE

#MerjUp #MadeInNigeria

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

The first version of a system is rarely the last one.

MerjUp’s physics started in JavaScript and eventually pushed us into native C++ through JSI.

#ReactNative #GameDev

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

A lot of game development is invisible until something breaks.

Physics, store rules, analytics, ads, publishing. MerjUp has touched all of them already.

#GameDev #GameStudio

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

A studio becomes more capable when fewer problems require heroics.

Reliable process is less exciting, but much more scalable.

#GameStudio #SoftwareEngineering

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

We would rather change a weak system than become experts at working around it.

That applies to code and process.

#Engineering #GameDev

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

The first title is where a lot of invisible studio infrastructure gets invented.

The next titles should inherit it instead of rebuilding it.

#GameStudio #GameDevelopment

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

The studio is still early.

That means every release, rejection, bug, store issue and player response is becoming part of the operating knowledge for the next title.

#GameStudio #GameDevelopment

[Xelabyte Studios @xelabytestudios]

MerjUp taught us to stop treating store submission as the last step.

Publishing is its own workflow.

#MobileDevelopment #GameStudio