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Detective Dotson by Masala Games is a cultural joyride through modern-day India

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While there certainly are games which feature India as a setting, both from Indian studios and international companies, they tend to focus on fantasy or mythical aspects of the nation. “We realized that if we don’t tell our stories, someone else will and it won’t be an appropriate representation.”

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Web3 metaverse MMO Avalon unveiled in new trailer

Game Daily

Players move between fantasy worlds, from medieval to cyberpunk. Furthermore, all assets and worlds are owned by players and authenticated by Avalon through the DAO [Decentralized Autonomous Organization] … The Avalon ecosystem allows fluid importing and exporting of items between user-created worlds as well as external games and platforms.”

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Cosmic storms and galactic monsters in Pastaspace Interactive’s Underspace

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Besides me, there’s also a legion of contractors and commissioned artists that help make assets for the game”, he says. There really aren’t a lot of fantasy-oriented space games out there”, he says. Operating out of Wisconsin, USA he spent the last ten years building his passion project. I didn’t listen.

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The gorgeous visuals of Bionic Bay that Juhana Myllys calls Painterly Pixel Art

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So, a fantasy setting instead of everyday environments would provide the most room to be creative without being too shackled to anything too specific.” I approach painting the assets a bit like I would with traditional painting. Currently, we are in a phase where most of the art assets and the whole editor are pretty much done.

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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

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Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres” Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio. But why work solo? “I

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Avalon seeks partners to build Web3 gaming’s interoperable future

Game Daily

Fresh from raising $13 million in funding, Avalan Corp is beginning to outline its vision for Web3 game development, most particularly the company’s belief in creating development tools that aid world and asset creation, as well as interoperability between games. Avalon is betting on large, social spaces, aka the metaverse.

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The Future of Art & AI in Game Production

iXie gaming

AI-driven tools generate dynamic content, adapt game mechanics, and customize aesthetics, resulting in more engaging gameplay and new storytelling possibilities. Generating Game Content Every video game features countless unique models, animations, sounds, graphics, and more. Producing these assets takes a long time and a lot of money.

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