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Former EA devs' Simply Sweet Games aims to "raise the bar for the entire industry"

GamesIndustry.biz

Headquartered in British Columbia, Canada, Simply Sweet Games is a fully remote studio that is currently developing its inaugural mobile title – the roguelike word puzzle Criss Cross Castles. Merry and Kom have over thirty years of experience in AAA, mobile, and indie game development.

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What are AAA Games and Mobile Games?

iXie gaming

With the rise of the gaming industry, two distinct categories of games have emerged: AAA games and mobile games. As a result, mobile gaming is pushed aside in favor of AAA titles, which have their own position in the market. Now, when you think about high-end games, you think about AAA. Can Mobile Games Be AAA?

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On the topic of cutscenes, do you think we will get to the point where fully pre-rendered cutscenes will be phased out entirely? Are there any other advantages to having a cutscene be pre-rendered rather than in engine besides the cutscene being “prettier” than the base graphics?

Ask a Game Dev

As in-engine rendering improves, AAA games will likely move away from pre-rendered cutscenes but AAA games are far from the only games that use cutscenes and have engines that can render high quality cinematic visuals (e.g. Flight Simulator), rhythm games, puzzle games, and so on. Certain genres of games (e.g.

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Midnight Girl by indie studio Italic is a cool cat – Cat burglar that is

PreMortem.Games

Our last game was a kids puzzle game, our current game is a point-and-click adventure and our next game might be something completely different.” Ryder: “Making and releasing a game in general is extremely taxing, whether you’re making a small indie title or releasing a AAA-game on PS5.

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Mini compendium of indie games

Played with Fire

As game fans, we can choose from both big AAA productions and less known (but not always) indie productions. Although they are often devoid of loud releases from the AAA sector, they still gain unflagging popularity. Many players are already bored with the secondary nature of AAA games and the lack of innovative ideas.

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Game-Changing Storytelling: How To Integrate Narrative Elements in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

To put you on the right track, we’ve taken a deep dive into four games that have delivered innovative storytelling in four subgenres: Merge Puzzle from the Casual category, and MMORPG, Action RPG, and 4X Strategy from the Mid-core category.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review

Keith Burgun

I really wish big AAA game developers would stop stretching everything as thin as possible. And the Queen’s Blood puzzles are extremely well designed. I felt like Remake was also too long by about 5-10 hours, because it just didn’t have enough stuff to support the 40-some hours it took me to beat it. PRO : Barret.

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