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

PreMortem.Games

To get the cars drifting, Haman fixed a fundamental flaw in the Unity assets he used: “Two lines of nasty-hack later and the cars felt great and realistic.” I’m really very fast at creating artwork and assets. But why work solo? “I My speed may not be compatible with everyone.

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

Since then, the mod makers have remade it into a UE4 standalone time loop first person RPG called. The individual assets seem nice, but together they sort of clash -- a random junk prop will have the 4k photogrammetry HDR treatment, overwhelming the nearby gameplay pickup that you're actually supposed to notice.

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Reality, Upgraded: Navigating VR/AR Gaming with Alex Silkin

Game Dev Unchained

His experiences have led him to focus on the development of VR games based on popular intellectual properties such as Creed: Rise to Glory and an upcoming sci-fi horror game inspired by the Alien movies. Silkin states, “Now we’re finally on the other side [of the pandemic], and there is a second surge of VR interest.”

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

I wanted to try to merge these design sensibilities with my first person gay sex aesthetic, paired with the old tradition of retro grid-based first person CRPGs like Wizardry / Ultima Underworld / Legend of Grimrock where you crawl through dungeons step by step. You play as a sex angel.

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