Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

We are an adventure puzzle game with 7 big chapters and 300+ small chapters. and more than 20 different puzzle mechanisms. Thank you to the cocos team for providing a great engine that allowed us to build this game without technical constraints, and to use our creative space and abilities as we pleased.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 4, 2024

The cozy puzzle game about organising household items was created by Max Inferno, a development team consisting of Anne Macmillan (art and animation) and Lukas Steinman (design and programming). Back then it was more a vertical slice, with ten puzzles that were playable in the browser. Read more

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

They must create art that is optimized for mobile devices, easy to understand, and engaging for players. All these and more are key to developing a successful game, and this article will focus mainly on tips that serve as art production solutions for developers. Furthermore, using a consistent art style can aid in brand recognition.

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Filmustage

JULY 31, 2023

In this comprehensive exploration of the "Art of Documentary Filmmaking", we'll uncover the nuances and complexities that contribute to the compelling nature of documentaries. Here are some compelling reasons why documentary filmmaking is considered an art: Unfiltered reality ? Visual artistry ? : Sound design ? :

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 7, 2024

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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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This is why game art studios have emerged over the past decade. Instead of working on the next big blockbuster title alone, game art studios help companies create their titles with minimal financial investment. This article will explain about Game Art Studios and what it means for the future of gaming! What is a Game Art Studio?

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Botany Manor is a 3 hour first person puzzle game about growing plants while exploring a big beautiful fancy house that smells like British Bake-Off. Gone Home anchors its story focus with voice acting, narration, simpler puzzles, and wry realism. The Witness fully commits to hundreds of puzzles at the scope of an open world game.

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Through this unique online network, Alan connected with Advanced Concept Art Course graduate Dogyeong (Do) Lee and Game Design Course graduate Alexios Vasilakis who both joined the Overwrite Interactive team. Currently in production, Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire is a 2D pixel art side-scrolling platformer with Metroidvania elements.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

But we know that if you get the player engaged or focused on something in the world – a puzzle or environmental storytelling -then they’re very susceptible to being suddenly scared. The post Alan Wake 2: The art of horror appeared first on GameDaily.biz | We Make Games Our Business. You can find out more here.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 17, 2024

She is currently transitioning into a new role as a social media and community lead at the American-based 3D Art Academy, Art Heroes. ” Concept art by Cassie Simpson Simpson loved to draw but never considered it as a potential career. In grade 10 I took art as a subject. Hard skills that I could make a living with.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Compelling puzzles And so the team built the game around the story. The gameplay mechanics and puzzles all came from the question ‘what fun things could we mess with inside a phone’. We ended up kind of struggling to really create a sense of progression and compelling puzzles.” Absolutely! Even a bit too much, maybe”, says Jean.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

We have strong art/animation foundation and started as casual/cartoon art outsourcer focusing on western market exclusively thanks to our founders experience in puzzle game. Again, we are only interested in casual-puzzle genre, similar to our portfolio. Cheers, Michelle

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

We have strong art/animation foundation and started as casual/cartoon art outsourcer focusing on western market exclusively thanks to our founders experience in puzzle game. We are HutuStudio, a HK based studio, with people in China and UK/London.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

We have strong art foundation and started as casual/cartoon art outsourcer focusing on western market exclusively due to our founders experience. hutustudio is our name Again, we are only interested in casual-puzzle genre. hutustudio is our name Again, we are only interested in casual-puzzle genre. Cheers, Michelle

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

We have strong art/animation foundation and started as casual/cartoon art outsourcer focusing on western market exclusively thanks to our founders experience in puzzle game. We are HutuStudio, a HK based studio, with people in China and UK/London.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 30, 2023

Kemppainen details the journey: “It starts with writing and coming up with a general outline of the story and the main puzzles. However, he notes that AI has a hard time getting things right and that he is constantly experimenting with his story and puzzle designs in order to actually achieve something useful. “So,

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 19, 2024

And so, the duo started exploring different ways to turn talking into a puzzle. That’s where Script Compass comes in.” “But there is also a wider significance to the hand-crafted art style.” For this to be a First Person Talker -and not just a conversational sim- the conversation itself had to be gamified in some way.

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DameDev.tv

JANUARY 22, 2024

Hi-Fi Rush Hi-Fi Rush stands out with its vibrant art style and rhythm-based gameplay. Its beautifully crafted pixel art, engaging turn-based combat, and emotionally rich story make it a gem in the modern gaming landscape. The game's focus on exploration, puzzle-solving, and character interactions has garnered widespread acclaim.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

That’s how I worked on the level design and puzzles in Raccoo Venture, for example. Although the levels often underwent changes after testing in the 3D environment, when you start to feel the dynamics of the level and the puzzles. There it will go through another polishing stage until reaching an acceptable product.

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OPM Jobs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Escape Academy transports players to an espionage school where students learn the art of eluding capture. While you can complete the challenges and puzzles in Escape Academy on your own, why not bring in your special someone for split-screen or online co-op adventure. Unravel Two Unravel Two is built as a two-player experience.

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OPM Jobs

JUNE 20, 2023

This National Writing Day let’s celebrate the art of storytelling and the impact of words in games. With an sweet anthropomorphic art style that contrasts a dark and compelling storyline. You navigate the pages of Izzy’s diary, where written words materialise in the form of platforms and puzzles.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

I went through a Bachelor of Creative Arts, and then through Film School, all looking for bigger and better art forms. Painting or art I could work on everyday, but I felt it wasn’t broad enough. Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 2, 2023

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.” Dramatic lights and shadows Midnight Girl showcases a captivating art style that carries Ryder’s distinctive signature. “I

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Game Industry News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Sure, the game’s puzzles could be made much harder due to that, but the fact they got a working and relatively realistic physics engine in a cartridge for the Nintendo 64 is amazing. Art: Sadly, the art has aged fairly poorly, but that’s pretty much a given since this was made for the Nintendo 64.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Martial Law by @GroupFixer tells a story about Poland in the communist era, family, and making choices – all with gorgeous pixel art. s soundtrack seems pretty fitting anyway for this fast-paced "die and retry" runner with a beautiful art direction! Martial Law. It's a visual novel with branching paths and multiple endings.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I went through a Bachelor of Creative Arts, and then through Film School, all looking for bigger and better art forms. Painting or art I could work on everyday, but I felt it wasn’t broad enough. Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We've seen debates about whether video games can be art. Video games are a very young art form. Art is a slippery thing. As soon as you say art IS THIS, it goes “Whoopsie!” I don’t care about art theory. One is overcoming: Defeating puzzles, challenges, other people. It resists rules.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 9, 2023

Dream Games has joined that list by bolstering its hold on match-3 puzzles and widening its already mass-market audience through the addition of its newest game, Royal Kingdom , which features one of the smoothest casual PvP designs in the market. King Robert (left) and King Richard (right).

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 2, 2023

When I write a design document, I usually try to address the following: High level goal - What is this feature/system/puzzle/etc. You need to explain to the readers what you are building, why you are building it, and what you need in order to build it. supposed to do? What kind of experience do I want the player to have?

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Grumpy Gamer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

I have a (paid) art job opening for my side project. Think of it as a puzzle. You need to have experience building tiles sheets for a tile-based game, I would prefer it if you've worked on a released game, but if haven't and your art is just a hobby and you're really good, that's OK. Must love pixel art.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

It’s a puzzle-solving, tile placement board game for 1-4 players where you play as a fantasy monster who’s hungry for villagers. To sell in this awfully noisy, competitive board gaming environment, you have to have mechanics and art that people really enjoy. Need help on your board game? Mid-Development.

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Sirlin

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

It costs tens of thousands of dollars per month to pay the various people we need to do art and programming for these kinds of things. If you enjoyed Puzzle Strike, Yomi, and Fantasy Strike, then I really think you’ll be excited about seeing these new developments take shape.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market – not just the hybrid-casual genre. In many respects, this change isn’t particularly surprising.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 13, 2021

There Is No Family In Video Games Video games are art. Interestingly, for an art form with a lot of storytelling, video games almost never touch on real human issues. Art, since the Ancient Greeks/Forever, has always heavily dealt with the workings of the basic building block of human civilization, the family. Also, I AM ANGRY!"

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 21, 2023

A Void Hope is an atmospheric puzzle platforming adventure set in a world teetering on the edge of collapse. We have a very talented artist Alexander Berggren, we normally call him BG, and he puts all the art together. Time is limited, so it can be quite exhausting.” Quite early we decided on utilising very few colours.

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2d Game Art Guru

MAY 21, 2023

The Basisc of the Shape Builder Tool in Affinity Designer v2 and an advanced application for a T-shirt Design Affinity Designer Video Tutorials I have recorded a few videos on the Shape Builder tool in Affinity Designer v2 already [ working with grids , fun puzzle grids , Celtic knots , and Advanced mandala design ].

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2d Game Art Guru

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Learning the Shape Builder Tool with Puzzle Grids. I also uploaded 10 puzzle grids made of lines and shapes in Affinity Designer v2 [which means they won’t open in v1]. Play around, explore, and learn the ins and outs of the shape builder tool with these grids. Once you got your bearing, create your own base shapes and grids.

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