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2023 was the year of creepy fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

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Playtesting is a major and frequent part of our development process so we had confidence throughout that we had a really good experience on our hands. They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. Dredge was one of three prototypes they created.

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Solo dev Almar works on debut game Repunk “I’ve had some darker moments”

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This finally leads me to prototyping and validation. But the process doesn’t end there, and usually I keep discovering things that make me go back and forth and iterate, playtest, iterate, refine, playtest, iterate… I definitely recommend getting feedback from external playtesters at each step.” “I

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