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Perforce leans on memory. A c6i has half the RAM of an m6i the same size, so we start most teams on m6i and only use c6i from 4xlarge up. One of 10 ways to speed up Perforce for distributed teams: get.assembla.com/blog/how-to… #Perforce #GameDev

Git LFS supports file locking. Most guides skip that, and skip the catch: locks only hold if your Git host implements the locking API. Our updated guide covers install, the "lfs is not a git command" fix, costs, and alternatives. get.assembla.com/blog/git-lf…

Most first games never ship, and it's rarely the code. The plan is too big. John Scott, ex-Epic Games and Raven Software, on how to make a game you can actually finish, in 6 steps: get.assembla.com/blog/buildi… #GameDev #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieDev

Starting a game studio? Decide what you'll build, set up the business side, pick your tools (version control before production starts), prototype, then launch. Our refreshed guide walks through all five phases: get.assembla.com/blog/how-to… #GameDev #IndieDev

Still on SVN? Good, it works. Still running the SVN server yourself? That part is optional. Our 2026 guide compares SVN hosting providers, free options, and how to switch hosts without losing a single revision. get.assembla.com/blog/svn-ho… #SVN #Subversion

AI coding agents assume Git. Your code lives in Perforce. As of October 2026: Claude Code works with setup, Copilot works in the editor, Cursor has no Perforce support planned. Perforce's P4 MCP server bridges the gap. The full breakdown: get.assembla.com/blog/ai-cod…

Plastic SCM is now Unity Version Control, and since March it has no per-seat fees. So when does Perforce still make sense for an indie studio? Unreal, big binary depots, real file locking, a team that will grow. Our 2026 comparison: get.assembla.com/blog/perfor…

Is Perforce free? Yes, for up to 5 users and 20 workspaces, self-hosted. Add a sixth user and the server caps the whole system at 1,000 files. What the free tier covers, where it stops, and your options after: get.assembla.com/blog/is-per… #Perforce #GameDev

Perforce gives you strong security controls. The catch: someone has to set them, patch the server, and test restores, every week. Our new guide covers how to secure a Perforce server and who should own the work. #Perforce #DevOps get.assembla.com/blog/perfor…

When your Perforce server goes down, it's not one dev blocked. It's 50 to 100. Metadata corrupts, every depot drops offline, and recovery runs from hours to days. Downtime isn't a maintenance problem. It's a risk problem. Who carries it? get.assembla.com/blog/perfor…

Two people open the same .uasset in Unreal. One loses their work. That is why Unreal teams use Perforce: it locks binary files so no one overwrites anyone. Our guide: what to use, how to set it up, and where Git LFS fits. get.assembla.com/blog/versio…