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The sense of wonder in Verne: The Shape of Fantasy by Gametopia “It’s a tribute”

PreMortem.Games

In Verne: The Shape of Fantasy players take on the role of famous sci-fi writer Jules Verne and venture into a fantastical, parallel world built from his own imagination. At first glance a normal indie game studio, but the co-founders live and work continents apart. The influence of his work on our culture is enormous.

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

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Solo dev Graham Reid: “Being part of a like-minded community is really important” Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. I’m really very fast at creating artwork and assets. Her upcoming game, Spilled! ,

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

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Physics-based 2D platformer Bionic Bay is a collaboration between the Finnish one-man-studio Mureena and Taiwanese indie game company Psychoflow Studio. So, a fantasy setting instead of everyday environments would provide the most room to be creative without being too shackled to anything too specific.”

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Cosmic storms and galactic monsters in Pastaspace Interactive’s Underspace

PreMortem.Games

Kevin Brock , founder of indie game studio Pastaspace Interactive , is the creative mind behind Underspace. 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.

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3D Art Styles For Games

Moonmana

Fantasy Realism. Fantasy realism is used for games full of movement, action, and drive. Games developed with the fantasy realism art style often involve aliens, races, and creatures that aren’t “real” yet are depicted realistically within the game world. This style can be a nice option for adventure, mystery, and puzzle games.

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

Moonmana

Thanks to groundbreaking technology advancements, developers can now take advantage of cutting-edge software and game engines which enable them to create fantasy worlds in video games. Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #35

Astral Clock Tower Studios

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Many of our friends who've already had a chance to play early builds of Kristala have lovingly referred to it as Cat Souls.

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