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Chet Faliszek about his indie debut The Anacrusis “I hope we pull off a miracle”

PreMortem.Games

Co-founder Chet Faliszek , known for Left 4 Dead and Portal 2’s co-op campaign during his tenure at Valve, feels optimistic about the success of the game. Retro-futuristic sci-fi world Founded by Chet Faliszek and Dr. Kimberly Voll in 2019, Stray Bombay’s set out to build better co-operative games.

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Baladins from Seed by Seed is a narrative co-op RPG that respects your time

PreMortem.Games

French indie studio Seed by Seed appreciates the importance of players’ time. That’s why the play sessions of their narrative-driven, co-op multiplayer RPG Baladins last around an hour. Narrative designer and Seed by Seed co-founder Antonin Demeilliez explains the idea behind Baladins. “We

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Video Game Thoughts Bonus Bag #2

The Bottom Feeder

Our newest indie adventure, Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor, is out for iPhone and iPad ! Our peak experiences have always been with the Halo series, which has had couch co-op since the beginning. Then they said couch co-op was delayed. Also, couch co-op is still a hugely popular feature. Lots of fun.

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Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

So do they compete or co-exist peacefully? Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. However, Unreal is more optimal for 3D visuals, and Unity has a large focus and toolset for 2D animation production. VR and AR games. Multiplayer.

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Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

Radiator Blog

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. They had to design a 4 player co-op game that all the friendless Arkane fans play as a single player game.

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