Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

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AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

Thoughtful consideration of the game design is unsurprising considering the comprehensive development expertise behind it. This allows smaller game companies to produce AAA game content, and that’s exciting.

Studios 52

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iHobo

JULY 12, 2023

Although these lines are increasingly blurred today (as AAA cRPGs will tend to draw heavily from both traditions), there is a clear historical period after the Ultima - Wizardry split that dominates more than two decades of cRPG design.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Sande Chen Profiled as one of the Game Industry's Top 100 Most Influential Women and a 2020 Women in Games Global Hall of Fame winner, Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the industry.

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Writing Educational Education UX 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). Creating games this way is, as a result, more challenging. Is solving these problems enough for Godot to become a top AA / AAA game engine?

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

When I did earlier remasters, I often redid things like the game system, because I thought my wiser game designer brain could make the old stuff better. Never forget that nothing ruins a good game faster than more game design. They were crude, weird, and unbalanced.

Fantasy 69

Fantasy Game Design Game Designer AAA 69

Ask a Game Dev

JULY 10, 2023

It’s a pretty broad mix. Most devs are still using C++11/14 to my knowledge, with several ongoing legacy titles continuing to use C++03 to support them. One of the biggest pillars of development is that the ability for devs to work (stability) is paramount. If we were to make a change like an engine or software upgrade (e.g.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 13, 2021

We write super-retro, super-low-budget games that don't look great. Our game design is quite solid, but the stories we tell is what keeps us in business. Our games are highly interactive novels with settings, characters, and stories that get people to actually give us real money. Thus, you'll mainly get it in indie games.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Unity has created a large community and made video game development more accessible to game developers with various expertise levels. Unreal makes it possible to bring literally any vision to life in the form of an advanced video game.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

But a friend showed me Braid and Limbo towards the end of Film School and I finally realised ‘Wait a second, one person can make a game!?’ (I These were small versions of the AAA games I had played a lot of, but they were just as enjoyable.” Pat Naoum: “Game development takes so long!”

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But a friend showed me Braid and Limbo towards the end of Film School and I finally realised ‘Wait a second, one person can make a game!?’ (I These were small versions of the AAA games I had played a lot of, but they were just as enjoyable.” Pat Naoum: “Game development takes so long!”

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 3, 2023

If he wants a career in AAA games, he will need specialized expertise. If you look at any indie game, you'll generally see a small team of a handful of devs who are each responsible for a huge amount of different kinds of work. There's just too much work to be done without enough hands to do it within a small team.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Unity has a reputation for being a complex game engine designed to help developers make AAA games. However, recently they have made some major pivots which allow non-programmers to more easily use their game development software. Every game engine mentioned in this list is incredibly powerful.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The principles and design tenets he acquired in architecture seamlessly blended into his game design. The game “Star Citizen,” for instance, raised eyebrows for accumulating a whopping $600 million in contributions, smashing Guinness World Records.

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Indy Pixel AAA Art 64

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

That makes them the closest thing in games to a rock supergroup: Maya Kylmamaa (Game Lead, Engineer) , was CEO of the now defunct Reforged Studios (a Helsinki studio focused on AAA strategy games). Summarizing: a professional well experienced with PC, with first-hand experience leading a team/company.

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Studios Mobile Mobile Console 52

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

The Preferred Choice for AAA games Unreal Engine is well-documented and has great tools for the game development discipline that reduce the manual and resource-intensive tasks in game development.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Vampire Survivors got big at about the same time and really showed what the much bigger AAA game does wrong. 25 if your game is extra-fancy. Twin-Stick Shooters Show the Perils of Game Design This has been my favorite genre since the first of its kind, Robotron: 2084 , came out in 1982. It was great timing.)

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

Games that are this massive must be made in an “assembly line” sort of way; they’re just too expensive to put actual surprises into. AAA games are first and foremost products and their “smooth functionality” is prized above all else.

Fantasy 52

Fantasy AAA Concepts Cutscenes 52

Keith Burgun

JUNE 20, 2022

I think overall, it ends up just looking “ok” because it’s not as cohesive as I wanted, and I probably should have hired more amazing artists to do more large art and effects for the game. For the budget I had for the game ($0), I think it looks pretty good though. It was really cool to win that Game Design award!

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Indy Point and Click Game Design Game Designer 52

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In a past era of game design, we complained when combat games had obligatory stealth sections -- now we have story games with obligatory combat sections. Before you begin the zombie-filled Palace quest, the game UI helpfully advises, "if you're not a fan of action or horror gameplay, feel free to decline this quest."

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 13, 2024

Meanwhile, for a degree in Computer Game design, Digipen tuition is almost $60000/year now. Annual tuition to learn to make games at Digipen. They should be begging you for another chapter/song/game level. People should be taking your game home and playing it on their own until late at night. Almost $60K!

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Indy Art Writing Games 95

Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

In this sense, playing a 75% finished game is more useful than playing a 100% finished game. So this post will focus on my read of the general game design and player experience. Similarly, you can see where the core game design wanted to hit. that a bigger US AAA or a non-US indie would've failed to capture.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Standard Disclaimer This game is a huge success in every way, and I am an ant. Though God help any foolish reviewer who tries to give an AAA game less than 9/10.) Looking at the achievement percentages on my PS5, over 40% of players finished the game, which is a great rate. But in a, you know, Norse way. Sold a ton.

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Fighting Games Balance Writing 90

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

If this were true, then puzzle games like Portal or would also not have worked, because after the first few days of Portal’s release, players could quickly just look up solutions to puzzles if they wanted. The same is true for secrets in games.

Fantasy 52

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

While games like Plarium’s RAID Shadow Legends boast a lineup of AAA quality 3D champions, you can get away with less. This game significantly cheaper production budget with assets being done in relatively low-quality 2D. RPG used to be the frontrunner of meta game design.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In order to achieve that goal, the game had to overcome two major challenges: it had to be free-to-play and it had to appeal to the Chinese audience. However, the development of CoDO was a rich bootcamp in F2P FPS development and western IP localization. This is a lesson CoDO quickly learned from Chinese Live Ops practices.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Regular mobile game economies are deeper and more consumable-based than those in cosmetic-driven games , which means that Passes on these games can provide more rewards (currencies, boosters, upgrade resources, etc) and keep them perceived as valuable.

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The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 30, 2023

Yet, this is an amazing time for niche games to break out and become big hits. Lots of games from weird genres suddenly making serious bank out there. Which makes sense, because the AAA game scene right now is soooo tedious. If you want me to buy another Assassin's Creed game, set it in Newark. Elden Ring.

Fighting 90

Fighting Puzzle Games Engine 90

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. 4 Freedom of Session Design Lastly and most importantly, TiMi does not restrict the player from playing the game as often or as long as they like. This analysis is written by Adam Telfer , Om Tandon and Nate Ross. Make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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