Recently my first self published book went live on Amazon. This is my second published book. The book’s title is ‘How To Market Your Game Like A Pro And Make Money’. My first book was published by Packt Publishing and it was focused on developing an Android game. I wrote that book in 2016 and the entire process was extremely fascinating for me. To see those pages of book getting filled one by one and coming together in the shape of a book was something extremely satisfying to go through. So...

Virtua Cop 2 or more popularly known as VCop2 was a popular shooting game. It was an arcade rail shooter game which means that you had no control on the character’s movement and could only control when your character could shoot. It was wildly popular in the late 90s. VCop2 was released for PC in 1997 and was an absolute amazing experience to play. I would like to talk further about this game  and what made it so enjoyable. This game was also released for those old school arcade gaming...

Midtown Madness is one of the first classic PC games that offered an open world experience to drive in. I remember playing this game for countless number of hours just cruising through the city of Chicago. It was an escape from reality for me and to this date I can pick this game up anytime and start playing almost endlessly. So in this post I would like to talk more about this game and what made it so fun to play. What makes this game so fascinating for me personally is that I recently...

The Elder Scrolls V or popularly known as Skyrim has a vast open world map. This game was suggest to me to be reviewed by Amritanshu Verma. I played Skyrim in early 2012. The fact that it was an open world game was enough for me to get instantly interested in it since I am a huge fan of that genre. Skyrim boasts of a massive open world environment in which you can travel for hours and hours at end. The graphics of this game might not come off to be as realistic but surely are quite immersive...

I’ve loved playing games since I was a kid. My world basically revolves around games since I can sort of relate every year of my life with one game that totally defined it. Over the years I have played many many games and have had really special memories attached with some of them. I would like to talk about my top 10 favourite pc games of all time. Let’s begin! This is going to be exciting. I will tell you about the game as well as what made it so special. Alright, also I will be doing...

Every hardcore gamer knows about Rockstar Games. It has become a massively successful company thanks to it’s Grand Theft Auto franchise. They have also launched a couple of other games under their belt and one such rare gem was L.A. Noire. This game was originally developed by Australian developer Team Bondi and they had used some really amazing motion capture technology for it’s characters. However, shortly after the game’s launch, this company shut down. L.A. Noire was launched in May, 2011...

God Of War series is the finest mythology action game that has ever been created. This game was suggested to be reviewed by Tushar Makwana. My experience with this series started by playing the game’s 3rd instalment. I haven’t tried any other games in this series but would definitely love to since I had such an amazing time in God Of War 3. So here I’d like to talk a bit about this game and what I feel makes it so good. Before I start with the review of this game I would like to share a...

In 2014 I got my hands on The Last Of Us game. It is one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time and playing it is a whole new level of an emotional journey. There are many things I learnt from this game and in this video I am going to talk about those things. The Last Of Us is a game that has had an extremely profound effect on me. I should give you a spoiler alert before you read the entire post. If you haven’t played the game yet there are some specific plot points I will be...

PlayerUnknown’s Battleground or popularly known as PUBG has taken the gaming world by storm ever since it was launched. Recently they launched a mobile version of their game which furthermore boosted their user base significantly. Let us try to dissect this game and understand why exactly it has become such a big deal. PUBG has sort of established a genre of it’s own called Battle Royale. The central theme of this game is survival, you versus 99 other people. It touches upon our basic human...

I started playing Clash Royale this year itself. Earlier I had heard a lot about Clash Of Clans success but never really played that game to a level where I got addicted to it but then they launched a new game titled Clash Royale which looked kind of boring to me at first but when I actually started playing it I realised how truly addictive this game was. A lot of people still confuse between the two games Clash Of Clans and Clash Royale. These two are indeed two different games launched by...

I talk about one of my favourite game series. Grand Theft Auto or popularly known as the GTA has been one of the most popular game series ever made. I have been playing this game since 2008 and this is the story of how this series changed my life in a drastic way. I’ve been a gamer since the age of 3 when my Dad had bought a computer and together we used to play Doom on that system till 2 am. I have been developing games since 2011 now and it has been an amazing learning curve. I have also...

If you are in the business of making games you know how difficult it is to get discovery for your game. I’m currently actually writing an entire book on how to market your games and make money through them which will be coming out next month but recently I got a comment on my podcast from Rajesh asking me to provide some insights on ASO. I have covered this topic in great detail in my book however I’d be more than happy to share a summary of this topic here so it can help you out to get...

Almost all of us have played or at least heard about Candy Crush Saga. It is one of the most addictive games ever made. It was reported that the developer of this game makes as much as $1 million per day from Candy Crush Saga through in-app purchases alone. But what makes this game so insanely addictive? Let us explore in-depth to understand the same. But before that let’s dive into the history of this game a little. Candy Crush Saga’s game mechanics are based on an old match 3 game titled...

Back in 2014 I had started this website tellmenothing.com that focused on light hearted content. I also saw it as a great platform to get in touch with budding entrepreneurs, actors and almost anyone who had a story to tell. I had put up a lot of interesting interviews of many people on that website after starting it and one fine day I struck gold! I interviewed Billionaire investor Mark Cuban. Yes, that actually happened! At that time he was promoting Cyber Dust, an application that allowed...

I started playing games at a very young age. I have always loved playing games. Right when I was around 3 years old I remember my Dad had bought a brand new computer which had Windows 95 on it and one game: Doom. That was the first PC game I ever played and I remember playing it with my Dad till 2 AM late nights at times. That was the moment that fascinated me to the world of games. Years later, in 2013 I would be launching my first game that me and a few of my friends had developed. The game...

Hello friends my name is Nikhil Malankar and you are listening to my podcast Nikhil Malankar Mind Canvas. Through this podcast I talk about some of the things that fascinate me as well as things I have learned over the years by being in the gaming industry. My topics include a wide variety of stuff such as gaming, travel, business and current tech trends. I love playing as well as making games and have been developing games since 2011. So if you are listening to my podcast for the first time...