Game developers read engine documentation, research design patterns, monitor game industry news, and test browser-based games. Firefox extensions for game dev workflows:
Fast access to docs and tools
Speed Dial Hub — visual grid for game dev reference links: Unity docs, Unreal API, MDN Web Docs, Godot docs, OpenGL specification, your company's internal tooling.
Faster than bookmarks — visual and immediately accessible from every new tab.
Project tasks and milestone tracking
Daily Planner — today's dev tasks: "Implement jump physics," "Fix collision bug in level 3," "Review PR from team."
Engine and engine-specific documentation tabs
Tab Manager — save tab sets per feature or system.
Building a character controller: physics docs, animation state machine reference, input system API, your design notes, and profiler output might all be open. Tab Manager saves the full context.
Game development industry news
News Widget Dashboard — RSS feeds from game development sources: Gamasutra/Game Developer, GDC Vault announcements, Unity blog, Unreal blog, indie dev forums.
Weather and stock for context
Weather Clock Dashboard and Stock Market Dashboard — if you're an indie developer tracking performance of publicly-traded competitors (Roblox, Unity Technologies, Take-Two), ambient stock context helps.
Shipping habit tracking
Habit Tracker — monthly check-ins: "shipped one feature," "fixed 3 bugs," "playtested with someone outside the team."
All are part of a series I built — see the full series.
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