How To Query Effectively
Search queries on GameDev Torch are not sentences or questions. They are lists of keywords. For example procedural generation dungeon becomes
.The search engine can recognize common multiword phrases like procedural generation or version control. You can use quotes to join words into a custom keyword, e.g. "lua tutorial" becomes
.To break common phrases into separare keywords simply reorder them, e.g. generation procedural becomes
You can narrow search results by specifying negative keywords. For example procgen -dungeon becomes
.Negative keywords can be quoted like this: directx 11 -"directx 12" becomes
). Note that searching for negative keywords only will not return any results. Use at least one positive keyword.Some common keywords automatically search for synonyms. For example
also searches for procgen and also searches for sound effects. The same stands for negative keywords.