Art Dev Playtesting Prototyping 
PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
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Radiator Blog
MARCH 16, 2023
Last month, game industry documentary makers 2 Player Productions debuted a massive 32-part YouTube game dev doc series Double Fine PsychOdyssey , chronicling the development of Psychonauts 2 from its earliest glimmers of pre-production in 2015 to its final release in 2021.
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Brand Game Development
OCTOBER 23, 2017
I’ve split it into five sections for your convenience: How Ben, Sarah, and Will Got Started How Working in a Team Feels The Downsides of Teamwork Communication in a Team Advice for New Game Devs. Sarah: It was also in 2013 that we met Ben and were playtesters for his game Tower , which he launched on Kickstarter early in 2014.
Brand Game Development
MAY 1, 2017
Drama aside, it truly is difficult at first because you have to identify reviewers, send prototypes, make sure your game is ready enough, cross your fingers, and hope they like it. You can give it gorgeous art. You can keep a dev diary. appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. You can release a free PNP version.
PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. Since I was a child, I always found myself surrounded by art, because most of my family were artists (ballet dancers, painters, musicians). Which art and music will be needed? This finally leads me to prototyping and validation.
Brand Game Development
MARCH 16, 2020
You do the game development and playtesting. You go find the art. Publishers handle the marketing, the selling, and often they cover the art, too. You have to spend money making a nice prototype for publishers, sure, but you don’t have to get deep into the behind-the-scenes business processes. Why Publishers Suck.
Brand Game Development
JANUARY 2, 2018
Every iteration of each game has to be created somehow and there are A LOT of iterations – usually a new one after each playtest, especially in the beginning. I sometimes use blank cards or write on prototypes if I need to iterate quickly, but that typically only happens at conventions. Carla: I also do a lot of interviews!
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