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Game Development

How to embed Godot in a React Native app and measure the real cost

17 min read

Written by: Jonathan Reis on Aug 7, 2026

An Expo POC hosts Godot in a native Android View, fixes the RN↔GDScript bridge, and replaces thousands of nodes with batched drawing; on iOS, the diagnosis shows why a build and bootstrap do not prove Simulator rendering.

Godot React Native Expo Game development Native modules Indie dev

UX and product

Running a heuristic UX critique on my own app — and actually fixing what it found

9 min read

Written by: Jonathan Reis on Jul 16, 2026

A solo developer walks through a Nielsen-based heuristic evaluation of a published React Native game, prioritizes the findings, and measures the score change after fixing them. Practical process for indie devs without a UX team.

UX React Native Heuristics Mobile games Accessibility Indie dev