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Brok the InvestiGator is the first Punch&Click game “Indies need to be innovative”

PreMortem.Games

When he left his day job in 2014 to become a full-time indie developer, he realised he had to come up with something special to stand out from the crowd. In 2014 I decided to leave my (unrelated) day job after saving up money for years in order to go ‘full indie’. It’s hard to get noticed as an indie dev.

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Gorilla Softworks’ debut game The Ancients aims for prehistoric realism

PreMortem.Games

They have to survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance the technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve their civilization. There are plenty of indie developers that say this and it’s possibly the most crucial part of game design and development.

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Solo dev Rohan Nowell of Doggy Don’t Care “Just start building and ideas will come” 

PreMortem.Games

I didn’t take the thought seriously until I watched Indie Game The Movie and even then it was another few years before I released my first game, Swoopy Boi. I like variety in my work (art, coding, animation, marketing); it keeps things interesting and I also love seeing my own progress over the weeks, months and years.”

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Generative AI Sparks Life into Virtual Characters with NVIDIA ACE for Games

Nvidia

The number of pre-recorded lines has grown, the number of options a player has to interact with NPCs has increased, and facial animations have become more realistic. Developers of middleware, tools, and games can use NVIDIA ACE for Games to build and deploy customized speech, conversation, and animation AI models in software and games.

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God Statues In Harvest Island

Yobob Games

There are a lot of items that you can collect in Harvest Island and once you offer them to the gods, you’ll receive bless which is used to befriend animals. Bless is needed to befriend wild animals. For one, it allows you to obtain bless which is used to befriend animals and wild animals. Bless and how it's used.

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Actually talk to the (author-led AI) murder suspect in Dead Meat by Meaning Machine

PreMortem.Games

When we showed the demo at EGX, the average playtime was forty minutes and we were having to kick people off to let others have a go.” Unknown Number put First Person Talkers on the map, with talks at GDC, several indie awards, and even being exhibited at the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. .

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Unchained, and ya hit the ground runnin’

The Art of the Game

I just did an interview with a podcast called BandanaGames , and it was a blast; looking at the rough cut, I’m this animated, geeky spaz – but its nice to see my enthusiasm carries over, and I do believe – its infectious. 2 days before that – I submitted my Oculus launch Pad demo (fingers crossed!)

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